Category Archives: Local News
JEFFERSON-CLARION HEAD START CLASSROOMS RECOGNIZED
The Brookville I, Brookville II and A-C Valley Head Start classrooms of Jefferson-Clarion Head Start have been formally recognized for their implementation of Positive Behavior Interventions and Suppo...
Dec 30, 2020
JEFFERSON COUNTY REPORTS MORE COVID-19 DEATHS
Four more people have died due to COIVD-19 in Jefferson County. The county reported 20 new cases of coronavirus as of Dec. 29. According to the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Jefferson County's to...
Dec 30, 2020
BROOKVILLE POLICE CALLED FOR INCIDENT AT SHEETZ
Brookville Borough Police were called to Sheetz for a possible intoxicated person on December 28. Police say while on the scene they found a passenger in the vehicle who was named in an active PFA on ...
Dec 29, 2020
BLOOD DRIVE SLATED FOR CHURCH IN BROOKVILLE
There will be a Brookville Community Blood Drive on Jan. 8 from noon to 6 pm at the Brookville Evangelical United Methodist Church located at 30 White Street in Brookville.
Dec 29, 2020
CLEARFIELD COUNTY MAN JAILED AFTER POLICE STANDOFF
A Karthaus man was jailed after a 12-hour police standoff on Christmas Eve when he allegedly fired a round from a firearm that struck the ground in front of four troopers. According to Gant News, 46-y...
Dec 29, 2020
VEHICLE CRASHES: SPRUCE STREET, ROUTE 310
Police say no injuries were reported in two crashes that occurred Wednesday in McCalmont Township of Jefferson County. The first was a head-on collision that occurred Wednesday morning between two dri...
Dec 29, 2020
JEFFERSON COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY TO WORK REMOTELY THROUGH FEBRUARY
The Jefferson County Housing Authority staff will work remotely through February due to the surge in coronavirus cases. According to the Punxsy Spirit, Housing Authority Executive Director Sandra McGu...
Dec 29, 2020
JEFFERSON COUNTY REPORTS ONE COVID-19 DEATH ON MONDAY
Jefferson County reported one additional death and 11 new COVID-19 cases as of Monday Dec. 28, bringing the county's case total to 1,812. According to the PA Department of Health, in the last two days...
Dec 29, 2020
NO NEW COVID-19 DEATHS IN JEFFERSON COUNTY FOR FIRST TIME SINCE LAST MONDAY
There have been no new coronavirus-related deaths in Jefferson County for the first time since last Monday, according to the latest PA Department of Health data. There are 28 additional positive cases...
Dec 28, 2020
SYKESVILLE MAN INJURED IN ATV CRASH
A 57-year-old Sykesville man was seriously injured in a suspected DUI-related ATV crash on Buhite Road in Winslow Township of Jefferson County on Christmas Eve. DuBois-based Pennsylvania State Police ...
Dec 28, 2020
