Category Archives: Local News

STATE POLICE LOOKING FOR INFORMATION IN PINE CREEK TOWNSHIP THEFT
The Pennsylvania State Police are looking for information into the theft of a travel trailer that happened in Pine Creek Township of Jefferson County. According to authorities, the incident occurred b...
John Smathers Sep 15, 2020

BLOOD DRIVES SCHEDULED FOR LATER THIS MONTH
The American Red Cross has a blood drive going on in a couple weeks. - Monday, September 21st at the American Legion in Reynoldsville, 305 Broadway Street from 1:00 PM - 06:30 PM. - Thursday, Septembe...
John Smathers Sep 08, 2020

CLEARFIELD COUNTY BURGLARY UNDER INVESTIGATION
The Pennsylvania State Police in DuBois are investigating a burglary where more than $5,000 of equipment were stolen from a commercial property in Brady Township in Clearfield County. Pennsylvania Sta...
John Smathers Sep 08, 2020

DUBOIS NURSING HOME REPORTS NEW RESIDENT COVID-19 CASES
Over the weekend the DuBois Nursing Home posted on its website they had four new confirmed resident cases of COVID-19 for a cumulative total of 22. They had seven new confirmed staff cases of coronavi...
John Smathers Sep 08, 2020

PITTMAN, STRUZZI SPEAK AT RGGI RALLY
For the third straight day, the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative was the center of attention for our area lawmakers, with Senator Joe Pittman and Representative Jim Struzzi among the speakers at a "...
John Smathers Aug 27, 2020

IUP ANNOUNCES FIRST POSITIVE COVID-19 STUDENT
In a posting yesterday, IUP revealed that it has its first case of Covid-19 among the campus community. The university said that it had been informed by the Pennsylvania Department of Health that a st...
John Smathers Aug 27, 2020

JEFFERSON COUNTY OUTDOOR BURN BAN STARTS TODAY
The Jefferson County Commissioners have adopted a resolution imposing a 30-day outdoor burn ban, which starts at noon today. Open burning is defined as some combustible material like garbage, leaves, ...
John Smathers Aug 27, 2020

WOLF CALLS FOR LEGALIZATION OF RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf is calling on the legislature to legalize recreational marijuana with the proceeds going to existing small business grant funding. Fifty percent of the funding would be ...
John Smathers Aug 26, 2020

WALSH APPOINTED MAYOR AT DUBOIS CITY COUNCIL MEETING
The DuBois City Council reorganized at its meeting on Monday evening following the resignation of Mayor Randy Schmidt last week. According to The Courier Express, council member Ed Walsh, who served a...
John Smathers Aug 26, 2020

PUNXSUTAWNEY BOROUGH COUNCIL APPROVES NEW POLICE INTERCEPTOR
The Punxsutawney Borough Council held a special meeting over the phone yesterday and approved the purchase of a new police interceptor for the K-9Unit with InFirst Bank as the vendor. According to The...
John Smathers Aug 26, 2020