Category Archives: Local News
CLEARFIELD COUNTY JAIL INMATE CHARGED ON BAIL MONEY SCHEME
A man who is incarcerated in the Clearfield County Jail faces new charges after police say he conspired with a DuBois woman to sell drugs for bail money. WTAJ News reports 49 year old Dennis Glace, wa...
Oct 20, 2021
PENN STATE DUBOIS TO REQUIRE ALL FACULTY, STAFF TO BE COVID-19 VACCINATED
Penn State DuBois and the other satellite campuses will require all faculty and staff to be vaccinated against COVID-19. According to its website full-time and part-time employees must be fully vaccin...
Oct 20, 2021
PENNS MANOR KEEPS CURRENT PRESIDENT, REJECTS PETITION TO BYPASS MASK MANDATE
On Thursday night, the Penns Manor School Board voted to keep their current board president in place and to not go against the state mask mandate. The vote to ask board president John Hardesty to reli...
Oct 15, 2021
YOUNG TOWNSHIP SUPERVISORS, PUNXSUTAWNEY BOROUGH COUNCIL AT ODDS OVER SEWER RATE
The Young Township Supervisors had a discussion about the proposed sewer rate increase starting this January 1st that was passed by the Punxsutawney Borough Council at the October 11th Meeting. That's...
Oct 15, 2021
PENNDOT ANNOUNCES TRAFFIC PATTERN CHANGES COMING TO BROOKVILLE INTERSECTION
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced upcoming changes in traffic patterns at the Route 28/US 322 intersection in Brookville Borough and Pine Creek Township, Jefferson Coun...
Oct 15, 2021
CLEARFIELD WOMAN SENTENCED IN DEATH OF HUSBAND
A woman from the Borough and County of Clearfield has been sentenced to serve up to two years in prison for involuntary manslaughter charges in the death of her husband. WTAJ News reports, Kimberly Su...
Oct 13, 2021
PUNXSUTAWNEY AREA SCHOOL BOARD CONSIDERS A SOLICITOR
Last night, the Punxsutawney Area School Board debated the need for a solicitor at every meeting. In today's edition of The Punxsutawney Spirit, retainer fees, other costs and districts that don't hav...
Oct 13, 2021
SYKESVILLE MAN CHARGED WITH SELLING METH
The Jefferson County DA filed felony charges against a Sykesville man for allegedly selling meth to a police officer. According to the Courier Express 28 year old James Weaver is charged with manufact...
Oct 12, 2021
PUNXSUTAWNEY BOROUGH COUNCIL RAISES SEWER RATES
Punxsutawney Borough Council voted to increase sewer rates. In today's edition of the Punxsutawney Spirit, at last night's meeting in 5-1 vote for a $2.00 increase for Punxsutawney making the base rat...
Oct 12, 2021
NORTH CAROLINA MAN PLEADS GUILTY IN DUBOIS ROBBERY
A North Carolina man had pled guilty on Tuesday to a 2011 robbery of a firearm store in DuBois. 38 year old David Shahriari according to WTAJ News was found guilty of stealing eight guns from a licens...
Oct 07, 2021
