Category Archives: Local News
PENNDOT: 2020 TRAFFIC FATALITIES SECOND LOWEST ON RECORD
PennDOT announced Monday that in 2020, statewide traffic deaths increased to 1,129 from the record low of 1,059 in 2019. Last year was the second-lowest number of highway fatalities recorded and overa...
Apr 21, 2021
PUNXSY SCHOOL BOARD AWARDS BID FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
The Punxsutawney School Board awarded the site Contractor bid for the canopy and paving project at a special voting meeting Tuesday. A representative from HHSDR Architects, Bob Englebaugh presented th...
Apr 21, 2021
POLICE REPORTS FOR APRIL 21, 2021
State Police in Punxsutawney say a 36-year-old Natrona Heights man was transported to UPMC Presbyterian by medical helicopter following a two vehicle crash in Summerville on April 12. Troopers say the...
Apr 21, 2021
PUNXSUTAWNEY YOUTH FOOTBALL TEAM, LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS TO HOLD FUNDRAISER ON SATURDAY
The Punxsutawney youth football program is teaming up with the local fire departments for a boot drive to help raise money for new cheer leading uniforms. The drive will be held this Saturday from 9am...
Apr 20, 2021
DINNER TO BENEFIT LOCAL WOMAN'S BATTLE WITH CANCER
A benefit dinner will be held for Sharon Writght of Punxsutawney, who is receiving treatment for cancer, from noon to 4 pm Saturday at the Flashover Club in Punxsutawney. The Punxsy Spirit reports tha...
Apr 20, 2021
WESTERN PA GAS PRICES STEADY; NATIONAL DEMAND ON THE RISE
Gas prices in Western Pennsylvania are stable this week at $3.00 per gallon, according to Triple A East Central's Gas Price Report. The average gas price during this week last year was $2.12. Jefferso...
Apr 20, 2021
GUN RALLY SET FOR NEXT MONTH AT JEFFERSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE
The Constitutional Republicans of Western Pennsylvania are hosting a Second Amendment rally in Brookville on Saturday May 15. The Punxsy Spirit reports that the rally will begin at 1 pm on the lawn of...
Apr 20, 2021
DRIVERS URGED TO BE AWARE OF ROADWORK ON INDIANA STREET
Punxsutawney Borough Manager Toby Santik has announced that Peoples Gas will be laying a new service line and working on a road bore in the area of Indiana Street in Punxsutawney starting tomorrow. Dr...
Apr 20, 2021
POLICE REPORTS FOR APRIL 20, 2021
State Police in Ridgway are investigating a report of an indecent assault of a 13-year-old Reynoldsville girl. Police say the incident reportedly occurred on January 10, at location in Ridgway Townshi...
Apr 20, 2021
YOUNG TOWNSHIP DISCUSSES FUTURE OF BURNED-DOWN BUILDING
A number of Walston residents were in attendance at last week's Young Township supervisors meeting to request assistance with a home that caught fire in November. The Punxsy Spirit reports that the ho...
Apr 19, 2021
