Category Archives: Local News
GRAMPIAN MAN CHARGED AFTER CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIAL FOUND ON DEVICES
State police have filed additional charges against Devin Moore, 38, of Grampian after a forensic review of seized devices allegedly uncovered nearly two dozen files containing child sexual abuse mater...
Feb 20, 2026
CLARION WOMAN ACCUSED OF KEEPING $20 BILL SHE FOUND IN WALMART SELF-CHECK MACHINE
A 65-year-old Clarion woman has been charged after state police said she kept a $20 bill left behind at a self-checkout machine at a Monroe Township Walmart. ExploreClarion.Com reports, Joanne Clark-B...
Feb 20, 2026
CLARION MAN CHARGED WITH FIRING HANDGUN IN THE AIR
A 34-year-old Clarion man has been charged after state police said he fired a handgun into the air while intoxicated and allowed two young children to discharge the weapon outside a residential home e...
Feb 20, 2026
FLOODING, ICE JAMS FORCE TEMPORARY ROUTE 28 CLOSING ON THURSDAY
A section of State Route 28 in the New Bethlehem area was temporarily closed Thursday due to flooding and ice jams along Redbank Creek. According to ExploreJeffersonPa.Com, Mayor Gordon Barrows said w...
Feb 20, 2026
PUNXSUTAWNEY TEEN CRASHES SUV IN INDIANA COUNTY
A 17-year-old Punxsutawney boy escaped injury in a single-vehicle crash that left his SUV disabled along Kachmar Road in North Mahoning Township, state police said. Troopers with Pennsylvania State Po...
Feb 20, 2026
DUBOIS WOMAN ARRESTED ON DRUG CHARGES
A DuBois woman has been jailed after state police said she sold methamphetamine to an undercover trooper and later kept money meant for a second drug purchase without delivering the drugs. Heather Ren...
Feb 20, 2026
CLEMENT TAKES OVER AS PUNXSUTAWNEY MAYOR
Bill Clement has assumed office as mayor of Punxsutawney, succeeding retiring Mayor Rich Alexander after decades of service in local and state law enforcement. Today's Punxsutawney Spirit reports, Cle...
Feb 20, 2026
MAN CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL TRESPASS INTO PUNXSUTAWNEY BUSINESS
State police in Punxsutawney charged a former employee of a Bell Township oil and lube shop with felony criminal trespass after investigators say he used a key and safe code to enter the business afte...
Feb 19, 2026
CLARION MAN ACCUSED OF THREATENING ANOTHER MAN WITH KNIFE
A 58-year-old Clarion man is facing multiple charges after allegedly threatening another man with a knife during a confrontation Saturday afternoon at an apartment complex in Clarion Township, state p...
Feb 19, 2026
COUPLE ACCUSED OF CHILD ABUSE
Police in Saint Marys said a local couple has been jailed after a months-long investigation into the alleged abuse of two children in their care. Authorities charged Justin Crawford and Monica McKinne...
Feb 19, 2026
