Category Archives: Local News
MAN CHARGED AFTER BROOKVILLE TRAFFIC STOP
Brookville police have filed charges against a 30-year-old man after a traffic stop on Allegheny Blvd Dec. 10. According to the Brookville PD police report, the vehicle was stopped for speeding and of...
Dec 14, 2020
CAR FIRE IN PUNXSUTAWNEY ON FRIDAY
Elk Run Fire Department extinguished a car fire in a parking lot on Clark Street in Punxsutawney on Friday. According to the Punxsutawney Spirit, there were no injuries and the fire began due to a gas...
Dec 14, 2020
CHANGES FOR THIS YEAR'S MAKE-A-WISH LIGHT UP A CHILD'S LIFE CAMPAIGN
The Make-A-Wish Light Up a Child's Life campaign starts today and will run from 7 am to 4 pm every day through Friday. A few changes will take place this year to ensure participants safety. According ...
Dec 14, 2020
VEHICLE ROLLS OVER IN YOUNG TOWNSHIP CRASH
The driver of a pickup truck walked away from a rollover accident with no injuries on Harmony Road in Young Township on Saturday evening. The Punxsutawney Spirit says that according to reports from th...
Dec 14, 2020
POLICE INVESTIGATING THEFT AT BROOKVILLE BUSINESS
Police say a skid steer was stolen from Humphrey Charcoal, a Brookville business, located on Knox Dale Road in Pine Creek Township of Jefferson County sometime between Thursday afternoon and Friday mo...
Dec 14, 2020
MAN ARRESTED FOR MURDER OF CLARION UNIVERSITY GRADUATE
A 21-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the murder of Clarion University graduate, Caitlyn Kaufman. ExploreJeffersonPA.com says Kaufman was fatally shot in her vehicle on her way to wor...
Dec 14, 2020
WINERY FIRE UNDER INVESTIGATION
Police say the fire at Shadow Vineyard Winery in Bell Township of Jefferson County that occurred on Monday is still under investigation. Big Run Area Volunteer Fire Company and McCalmont Township Volu...
Dec 11, 2020
CURWENSVILLE MAN CHARGED WITH SEXUAL ASSAULT OF PRE-TEEN
Clearfield State Police charged 42-year-old Kenneth Earl Rowles III of Curwensville for allegedly sexually assaulting an 11-year-old. Gant News Agency says the assaults occurred between March 1 and De...
Dec 11, 2020
SIGEL MAN'S VEHICLE CATCHES FIRE
Marienville State Police say a vehicle caught on fire Thursday afternoon on State Route 36 in Eldred Township of Jefferson County. 30-year-old Jonathan C. Michel, of Sigel was traveling on State Route...
Dec 11, 2020
IUP APPROVES PLAN TO ACQUIRE BUILDING FOR IUP CULINARY ARTS PROGRAM
IUP's Council of Trustees approved a plan to get another building, located at 131 and 133 W. Mahoning St. in Punxsutawney, that will help advance the IUP Culinary Arts master plan. The Punxsutawney Sp...
Dec 11, 2020
