Category Archives: Local News
TWO CARS COLLIDE IN NORTH MAHONING TOWNSHIP
Earlier this morning we had an eye witness account of a two-vehicle accident in North Mahoning Township just south of Punxsutawney. It was near the intersection of routes 119 and 210. Pennsylvania Sta...
Oct 29, 2021
BROOKVILLE MAN CHARGED WITH CHILD ABUSE
A Jefferson County man is jailed and facing child abuse charges for allegedly smacking a child's head off a wall several times. WTAJ News reports, 45 year old Anthony Brosius of Brookville was intervi...
Oct 22, 2021
CLEARFIELD MAN ACCUSED IN DOMESTIC SHOOTING
A Clearfield man is in the County Jail awaiting arraignment following a shooting that sent a woman to UPMC Altoona. WTAJ News reports police responded to a residence on Southwest Fourth Avenue in Clea...
Oct 22, 2021
PUNXSUTAWNEY POLICE VEHICLE STRUCK AT INTERSECTION
A Punxsutawney Borough Police cruiser was involved in an accident yesterday around 3 in the morning. Today's edition of The Punxsutawney Spirit says Officer Miller was at a traffic light waiting to tu...
Oct 21, 2021
GAS PRICES CONTINUE TO RISE IN REGION
The average cost of a gallon of gasoline continues to increase as crude oil prices remain high. Triple-A Reports the statewide average is $3.52 a gallon. That's a 19 cent increase from last month at t...
Oct 21, 2021
MARION CENTER MAN ARRESTED FOR PLUMVILLE BANK HEIST
A Marion Center man was arrested Tuesday for robbing the InFirst Bank branch in Plumville. 33-year-old Brian Richard Potts faces charges of robbery, theft, receiving stolen property and making terrori...
Oct 21, 2021
BROOKVILLE RECEIVES NEARLY TWO MILLION IN PROJECT FUNDING
The Brookville Borough was awarded a total of $1.95 million in financing by the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority (PENNVEST), according to Senator Cris Dush (R-25) and state Representat...
Oct 21, 2021
CLEARFIELD COUNTY JAIL INMATE CHARGED ON BAIL MONEY SCHEME
A man who is incarcerated in the Clearfield County Jail faces new charges after police say he conspired with a DuBois woman to sell drugs for bail money. WTAJ News reports 49 year old Dennis Glace, wa...
Oct 20, 2021
PENN STATE DUBOIS TO REQUIRE ALL FACULTY, STAFF TO BE COVID-19 VACCINATED
Penn State DuBois and the other satellite campuses will require all faculty and staff to be vaccinated against COVID-19. According to its website full-time and part-time employees must be fully vaccin...
Oct 20, 2021
PENNS MANOR KEEPS CURRENT PRESIDENT, REJECTS PETITION TO BYPASS MASK MANDATE
On Thursday night, the Penns Manor School Board voted to keep their current board president in place and to not go against the state mask mandate. The vote to ask board president John Hardesty to reli...
Oct 15, 2021
