Category Archives: Local News
STEELERS SEEM CONTENT AT SAFETY HEADING INTO 2025 DRAFT
The Pittsburgh Steelers seem content at safety heading into the 2025 NFL Draft, with Minkah Fitzpatrick returning and DeShon Elliott entering the final year of his contract after a solid 2024 season. ...
Apr 22, 2025
CLARION WOMAN CHARGED WITH ASSUALT AFTER CHOKING HUSBAND
A Clarion woman, Dakota Baier, was charged with assault after allegedly choking her husband during a fight sparked by her use of social apps on April 15, around 10 pm. According to ExploreJeffersonPa....
Apr 22, 2025
PA UNEMPLOYMENT RATE STAYED BELOW NATIONAL RATE
Pennsylvania's unemployment rate stayed at 3.8% in March 2025, below the national rate of 4.2%. The state added 20,900 nonfarm jobs, hitting a record high for the 11th month in a row. Job growth was l...
Apr 22, 2025
MOVE TO OPEN PA PRIMARY TO ALLOW INDEPENDENT VOTERS
There's a move to open Pennsylvania's primary elections. A new poll shows strong bipartisan support for allowing Pennsylvania's 1.4 million independent voters to participate in primary elections. Penn...
Apr 22, 2025
PITTSBURGH PIRATES FALL SHORT IN LOSS TO CLEVELAND
The Pittsburgh Pirates nearly staged a late comeback but fell short in a 5-4 extra-innings loss to the Cleveland Guardians on Sunday. Down by three in the ninth, back-to-back doubles from Tommy Pham a...
Apr 21, 2025
WHITE TOWNSHIP TO HOLD PUBLIC HEARING TO DISCUSS NEW SUBDIVISION AND LAND DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE
White Township will hold a public hearing this week to discuss and take public comment on the proposed new Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance. The 95-page document was posted for public displa...
Apr 21, 2025
PINEY RAIL RIDERS SECURES STATE GRANT TO BUY 24-MILE RAIL CORRIDOR
Piney Rail Riders secured a $937,900 state grant to buy a 24-mile rail corridor stretching through Jefferson and Clarion counties. The trail will provide legal ATV access across multiple townships and...
Apr 21, 2025
JEFFERSON COUNTY FIRE CREWS TACKEL PALLET YARD FIRE
Fire crews in Jefferson County sprang into action Saturday after a fire erupted at a local pallet yard. The blaze, reported on April 19, drew a response from the Sykesville Fire Department. Upon arriv...
Apr 21, 2025
NEW TECH USED TO REVEAL FALSE CLAIMS FROM PA POULTRY FARM
New technology was used to unveil false claims coming from one Pennsylvania poultry farm. Drone footage helped Animal Outlook expose Alderfer Poultry Farm's misleading "free roaming" egg claims at the...
Apr 21, 2025
JEFFERSON COUNTY MAN CHARGED WITH ROBBERY
A man from Jefferson County is facing several charges after confessing to robbing a Dollar General in January while wearing his ex-girlfriend's clothes. According to ExploreJeffersonPa.Com, 31-year-ol...
Apr 18, 2025
