Category Archives: Local News

JEFFERSON COUNTY MAN ARRESTED FOR DUI, RESISTING ARREST
A Jefferson County man is facing chargers of DUI, resisting arrest and other related charges. Pennsylvania State Police in Punxsutawney say yesterday just after midnight they were doing a traffic stop...
John Smathers Jun 22, 2020

COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT - JUNE 21, 2020
Stevette Rosen (General Manager of Renda Radio Punxsutawney and Vice President of the Punxsutawney Area Chamber of Commerce) talks with Katie Laska (President of the Punxsutawney Area Chamber of Comme...
John Smathers Jun 21, 2020

OX HILL FAIR CANCELED
The Ox Hill Fair is the latest event to be canceled in the wake of the Coronavirus outbreak. In a Facebook post, it was announced that the fair board came to the decision to close the fair, which was ...
John Smathers Jun 18, 2020

CRASH LANDING AT PUNXSUTAWNEY AIRPORT
There was a crash landing at the Punxsutawney Municipal Airport last evening around 6. According to The Punxsutawney Spirit, it was a small Piper aircraft that didn't deploy its landing gear. The publ...
John Smathers Jun 18, 2020

GLEN CAMPBELL MAN VICTIMIZED IN IDENTITY THEFT
A Glen Campbell man was the victim of identity theft for $11,000 in Indiana County. According to the Pennsylvania State Police in Punxsutawney, from November 1st 2019 through June 11th of this year, c...
John Smathers Jun 18, 2020

WOLF IMPEACHMENT RESOLUTION INTRODUCED
State Representative Daryl Metcalfe on Tuesday introduced a resolution co-sponsored by Jeff Pyle and Cris Dush that calls for the impeachment of Governor Tom Wolf. The resolution in part says: Wolf ex...
John Smathers Jun 18, 2020

POLICE RELEASE DETAILS OF CLARION COUNTY VEHICLE CRASH
Details have emerged about a single-vehicle accident that happened last week in the Township and County of Clarion. The crash occurred on the evening of June 9th around 6, when Pennsylvania State Poli...
John Smathers Jun 18, 2020

DALESSIOS SCHEDULED FOR MOTIONS HEARINGS TODAY
There's a motions hearing in Indiana County Court today for Dylan Dalessio and his father, Doug. 20-year-old Dylan Dalessio is charged with setting three arson fires in 2018 and 2019 in northern India...
John Smathers Jun 17, 2020

BIKE RODEO COMING TO HARMON FIELD
The Punxsutawney Borough Police Department, in conjunction with The Festival in the Park, will have a bike rodeo on Friday July 3rd from 3:00 (pm) until 5 (pm) at Harmon Field. The bike rodeo is for r...
John Smathers Jun 17, 2020

PUNXSUTAWNEY BOROUGH TO OIL, CHIP ALLEYS IN JULY
The borough of Punxsutawney will be oiling and chipping alleys, weather permitting. July 6th through the 8th and between 27th to the 29th. The borough secretary asks residents avoid the streets while ...
John Smathers Jun 17, 2020