Category Archives: Local News

BLOOD DRIVES TOMORROW IN PUNXSUTAWNEY, DUBOIS
The American Red Cross has a blood drive going on. - Tomorrow (Thursday) from 1:30 pm until 6 at the SS Cosmas Damian Church, 205 Chestnut Street in Punxsutawney. - On the same day there's a blood dri...
John Smathers Jul 01, 2020

STATE POLICE STEPPING UP INDEPENDENCE DAY WEEKEND TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT
State Troopers will be out in force this Independence Day weekend, starting now through July 5th. Pennsylvania State Police will be conducting traffic enforcement, looking for distracted, aggressive a...
John Smathers Jul 01, 2020

DOG SHOT, KILLED IN BEAVER TOWNSHIP
The Pennsylvania State Police based out of Punxsutawney are investigating a report of someone who shot and killed a dog in Beaver Township of Jefferson County. On June 29th around 9:30 pm along Heathv...
John Smathers Jul 01, 2020

NEW BETHLEHEM WOMAN REPORTS SEXUAL ASSAULT BY RELATIVE
On Sunday morning around 4:30, a 30-year old New Bethlehem woman reported a case of sexual assault to the Pennsylvania State Police. The victim says she had been sexually assaulted by a relative sever...
John Smathers Jun 30, 2020

VENUS MAN ACCUSED OF DUI AFTER TRIPPING SECURITY ALARM
A man from Venus who tripped a security alarm at a residence along Hartman Road in the Township and County of Clarion may get a DUI. Yesterday morning just after midnight Pennsylvania State Police res...
John Smathers Jun 30, 2020

WOMAN ADMITS DUI DURING DOMESTIC INCIDENT RESPONSE IN SYKESVILLE
Pennsylvania State Police in DuBois responded to an inactive domestic and arrested a 25-year-old woman for DUI in Jefferson County. Last Thursday around 2 in the morning authorities responded to the s...
John Smathers Jun 30, 2020

FESTIVAL IN THE PARK TO HONOR 'SUPER HEROES' ON SATURDAY
The Festival In The Park at Barclay Square in Downtown Punxsutawney continues all week. This Independence Day morning starting at 11 VFW Post 2076 will host "Honoring Our Super Heroes" on stage. They ...
John Smathers Jun 30, 2020

EMERGENCY SERVICES REMINDS EVERYONE TO KEEP WEARING MASKS
The Jefferson County Department of Emergency Services reminds everyone, we are one of only three states in the country that has flattened our curve while reopening our economy. Everyone must wear a ma...
John Smathers Jun 29, 2020

MORE INFORMATION ON VEHICLE COLLISION IN PERRY TOWNSHIP
More information has been released about an accident that happened last Tuesday in Perry Township of Jefferson County. The crash occurred a little after noon when 33-year-old Chelsea Fenstermaker of S...
John Smathers Jun 29, 2020

CASE OF IDENTITY THEFT UNDER INVESTIGATION IN UNION TOWNSHIP
The Pennsylvania State Police in Punxsutawney are investigating a report of identity theft in Union Township of Jefferson County. On Friday, Pennsylvania State Police went to a residence along Rosevil...
John Smathers Jun 29, 2020