Category Archives: Local News

Punxsutawney Borough Council elected a new president at its reorganization meeting last night. According to The Punxsutawney Spirit, Jim Bianco is the new Punxsutawney Borough Council president, the p...

The Punxsutawney Weather Discovery Center is once again sponsoring the "Little Mr. & Miss Groundhog" contest. All kindergarten children attending Punxsutawney Area schools, SSCD and the Punxsutawney C...

Next year the American Red Cross will have a blood drive on January 17th from noon until 5 at the Big Run War Memorial Building,123 East Main Street.

The Pennsylvania State Police are looking for information into a hit-and-run crash that happened in Big Run. Authorities say on Monday morning around 9, someone was driving a white box truck on 102 Ea...

Seasonal influenza is becoming more prevalent in Pennsylvania. Since the start of the 2021-2022 flu season, Jefferson County has 131 confirmed cases of seasonal influenza. In Indiana County, there hav...

More Pennsylvania counties have agreed to be a part of a historic settlement with opioid manufacturers and distributors, including Jefferson, Clearfield, Indiana, and Clarion. Attorney General Josh Sh...

Sadly a total of 184 people have died from complications related to COVID in Jefferson County. That's with the addition of two more people in the latest numbers from the PA Department of Health. Four ...

There was a fatal crash on Monday night on Main Street in Big Run following a police pursuit. Today's edition of the Punxsutawney Spirit reports the incident began around 10:45 p.m. when the Punxsutaw...

Motorists are being advised to exercise patience as they take to the roads for the Christmas holiday. Officials with the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission say they expect a 40 percent increase in volum...

The statewide average cost for a gallon of gas according to Triple-A, is $3.54, a decrease of one cent from last week and five cents from last month. The national average is also falling gradually, cu...