Category Archives: Local News
PAWSITIVE FOR HEROES ACCEPTING VETERAN APPLICATIONS FOR SERVICE DOGS IN CLEARFIELD, JEFFERSON COUNTIES
Pawsitive for Heroes, a service dog program for veterans is accepting veteran applications in Clearfield, Jefferson County The New-York based service dog program has recently expanded to Jefferson and...
Jun 02, 2021
POLICE REPORTS FOR JUNE 2, 2021
Brookville Borough Police officers say drugs and a stolen firearm were seized following a traffic stop on Main Street in Brookville on May 24. Police say a truck, driven by a un-named 33-year-old DuBo...
Jun 02, 2021
PUNXSY SCHOOL BOARD DISCUSSES OPTIONS FOR COVID-19 GRANT FUNDING
The Punxsutawney School Board discussed some options for the COVID-19 relief funding at Wednesday's meeting. The ARP Esser (American Recovery Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief ) II...
May 27, 2021
EMPLOYEE INJURED AFTER FALL AT JEFFERSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE
An employee at the Jefferson County Courthouse in Brookville was injured in a fall at the courthouse on May 25. According to ExploreJeffersonPA.com, the fall resulted in a cut to an artery on the empl...
May 27, 2021
DUBOIS MAN ACCUSED OF INAPPROPRIATELY TOUCHING 9-YEAR-OLD GIRL
A DuBois man is facing felony charges for allegedly inappropriately touching a nine-year-old girl. According to GANT News, State Police charged 55-year-old Cletus Alan Ripple last week. The victim rep...
May 27, 2021
BODY OF MISSING PUNXSUTAWNEY MAN FOUND ALONG ALLEGHENY RIVER
Following a three-day search, the body of a missing Punxsutawney man was discovered in Gilpin Township, Armstrong County last night. 38-year-old Nathan Lauer was found dead shortly after 7 p.m. near t...
May 27, 2021
MOOSE CLUB HOLDS FUNDRAISER FOR SPLASH
Punxsutawney's SPLASH Organization (Save Punxsy's Local Area Swimming Hole) is $1,350 closer to its $75,000 goal following a fundraiser held at The Loyal Order of the Moose Punxsutawney No. 954 last w...
May 26, 2021
POLICE REPORTS FOR MAY 26, 2021
Police say a Mayport woman was injured in a crash that occurred on I80 in Venango County last week. State Police in Franklin say the accident happened around 7:00 pm on May 19 on I80 near mile-marker ...
May 26, 2021
MEMORIAL DAY TRAVELERS WILL PAY HIGHEST GAS PRICES SINCE 2014
Gas prices in Western Pennsylvania are two cents higher this week at $3.17 per gallon, according to AAA East Central's Gas Price Report. Jefferson County drivers are paying an average of $3.19 per gal...
May 26, 2021
MILLING, PAVING ON INDIANA STREET TENTATIVELY SET FOR SECOND WEEK IN JUNE
Punxsutawney Borough Manager Toby Santik provided an update this week on two projects: The Indiana Street sewer project and the dredging of the channel. Milling and paving on Indiana Street in Punxsut...
May 26, 2021
