Category Archives: Local News
WOLF ANNOUNCES NEW MITIGATION MEASURES AIMED AT COVID-19 SURGE
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf put new mitigation restrictions on Pennsylvanians today in a virtual press conference, aimed at blunting the current Covid-19 surge. Wolf, who tested positive for the vi...
Dec 11, 2020
GLEN CAMPBELL MAN FACES DRUG CHARGES AFTER PUNXSUTAWNEY TRAFFIC STOP
Steven Matthew Barnett, 38, of Glen Campbell is facing multiple charges after he was caught with drugs and paraphernalia while attempting to flee police early Monday morning in Punxsutawney. Punxsutan...
Dec 11, 2020
NEW DETAILS RELEASED ON HIGH-SPEED PURSUIT AND CRASH
In an update of a story we had for you earlier this week... As you'll recall Tuesday morning, Punxsutawney Fire Units were called for traffic control for an accident on route 28 following a police pur...
Dec 11, 2020
WOMAN'S HOME BURGLARIZED IN BIG RUN
Punxsutawney State Police are investigating a burglary that occurred Tuesday at a residence on East Main Street in Big Run Borough. The police report says an unknown individual took household goods an...
Dec 10, 2020
BROOKVILLE TAKES OVER COUNTY PROPERTY
Jefferson County Commissioners approved a quitclaim deed from a church in Brookville and gave the title to the properties to Brookville Borough for the Pickering Street Church and Cemetery properties,...
Dec 10, 2020
CLARION GRADUATE SHOT DEAD IN NASHVILLE
Clarion University graduate and Butler County native, 26-year-old Caitlyn Kaufman was fatally shot while driving to work in Nashville. Police say she was found dead in her vehicle in early December on...
Dec 10, 2020
CLEARFIELD AREA PARENTS CHARGED WITH CHILD ABUSE
Two Clearfield Area parents have been charged with alleged child abuse. Gant News Agency says, the parents are 33-year-old Andre Maurice Sheffey and 34-year-old Savannah Grove. According to police inf...
Dec 10, 2020
SIGEL MAN VICTIMIZED BY HIT-AND-RUN DRIVER
State Police have released details about a hit-and-run crash on State Route 3002 in Millstone Township of Elk County involving 60-year-old Paul J. Slosser of Sigel. We first reported it on Nov. 21. Sl...
Dec 10, 2020
BROCKWAY MAN CHARGED WITH THREATENING TO BURN DOWN BARN
DuBois State Police have filed charges against 47-year-old Thomas C. Nellis of Brockway for allegedly barging into a man's Washington Township home and threatening to burn down his barn on Dec. 2. The...
Dec 10, 2020
JEFFERSON COUNTY REPORTS MORE COVID-19 CASES
Jefferson County has reported 55 new coronavirus cases bringing the county's total to 1,243, according to the PA Department of Health. Clearfield County has 79 new cases, Clarion has 45, and Indiana h...
Dec 10, 2020
