Category Archives: Local News

A man from DuBois is facing felony charges for allegedly assaulting employees at the Penn Highlands DuBois ER. Witnesses say 39 year old Brandon Mottern walked in aggressively towards staff and report...

A local man was taken to the hospital after crashing his vehicle into multiple embankments in Gaskill Township Friday afternoon. The 29-year-old driver, Damian Barch of Punxsutawney, experienced a med...

Tonight is National Night Out. Several communities across the nation will connect community and local police departments. In Punxsutawney festivities for the kids will be at Barclay Square from 5 to 8...

In fun news, tonight's Mega Millions jackpot is estimated to be worth $1.05 Billion. That's the fourth largest in lottery history. Let's not talk about the odds of winning. It takes $2 to play. Good l...

A large fire broke out and destroyed a building in Grampion yesterday morning. Several fire companies responded and according to a Facebook post from the Grampian Penn Bloom Volunteer Fire Company , c...

A vehicle fire was reported a on Friday afternoon around 3:30 on Route 119 in Rayne Township. Marion Center and Plumville fire departments and State Police were called to the scene. Marion Center fire...

The first Tuesday of August is National Night Out. It's a community-police awareness-raising event across the nation. The Punxsutawney Spirit reports tomorrow evening from 5 to 8 p.m. at Barclay Squar...

Shawn Eugene Ghezzi of Sykesville is facing multiple charges for allegedly fleeing from police on a motorcycle in Washington Township. Punxsutawney-based State Police filed criminal charges against Gh...

Despite increased levels of precipitation over the past few weeks, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection is maintaining a statewide drought watch. The DEP said stream flows are respo...

A Punxsutawney woman avoided injury when she lost control of her car on a wet road in Knox Township. Pennsylvania State Police say the incident occurred on Tuesday evening when Tosha L. Riggie was dri...