Category Archives: Local News
JEFFERSON COUNTY REPUBLICAN CHAIRMAN SUPPORTS CHANGE TO SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS
The Chairman of the Jefferson County Republican Party supports changing the way school board directors are elected. Today's edition of the Punxsutawney Spirit reports, Chad Horner, Chairman of the Jef...
Feb 09, 2022
VEHICLE CRASH REPORTED IN YOUNG TOWNSHIP SUNDAY
There was a single-vehicle accident on Sunday night along Harmony Road in Young Township. The Punxsutawney Spirit reports all three VFD's responded to the scene around 8:20 where a Chevrolet Silverado...
Feb 08, 2022
CAUSE OF PUNXSUTAWNEY APARTMENT BUILDING FIRE REMAINS UNDETERMINED
The cause of the a fire at the three story seven unit apartment building along West Mahoning Street in Punxsutawney on January 30th remains undetermined. Today's edition of The Punxsutawney Spirit rep...
Feb 04, 2022
SCHOOL CLOSINGS, DELAYS FOR FEB. 4, 2022
"Operation Snow watch is a service of McCabe Funeral Home, in Punxsy and Waldron Funeral Home, in Mahaffey." The following Schools are closed today due to the weather conditions: Punxsutawney DuBois J...
Feb 04, 2022
LOCAL SCHOOLS ANNOUNCE EARLY DISMISSALS TODAY DUE TO EXPECTED WEATHER
Due to the forecasted weather conditions, the following are letting out early today: The Punxsutawney Area School District and Punxsy Christian The DuBois Area School District and Dubois Christian (No...
Feb 03, 2022
EAST MAHONING TOWNSHIP VEHICLE CRASH INJURES AT LEAST ONE PERSON
A two-vehicle crash on Route 403 in East Mahoning Township Monday evening resulted in at least one person injured. Indiana County 911 reported that the Marion Center Volunteer Fire Department, Citizen...
Feb 02, 2022
FINAL BEAR HARVEST NUMBERS RELEASED
The State Game Commission has released the final tally of bears taken in the 2021 season, and hunters were quite successful statewide. Commonwealth bear hunters took 3,659 bears, the fifth largest har...
Feb 02, 2022
PUNXSUTAWNEY PHIL MAKES HIS ANNUAL PROGNOSTICATION
It's Groundhog Day again! It was the largest mid week crowd in the history of the 136 celebrations at Gobbler's Knob. This morning the Seerer of Seeers, Punxsutawney Phil, saw his shadow, meaning six ...
Feb 02, 2022
PUNXSUTAWNEY FIRE FIGHTERS RESPOND TO STRUCTURE FIRE SATURDAY
The Punxsutawney VFD's quick response knocked down a fire within minutes. The Punxsutawney Spirit reports, on Saturday morning around 3:30, a call came in for the blaze of a three-story seven-unit apa...
Feb 01, 2022
LUTHERSBURG MAN FACING MULTIPLE CHARGES AFTER ALTERCATION WITH TROOPER
A Luthersburg man is now facing several charges for allegedly getting into a physical altercation with a State Police Officer. ExploreJeffersonPA.Com reports, just before 3 am on January 9th, 63-year-...
Feb 01, 2022
