Category Archives: Local News

STATE POLICE REMIND RESIDENTS ABOUT FRAUDULENT UNEMPLOYMENT CHECK SCAMS
The Pennsylvania State Police remind residents to be careful and cautious of fraudulent unemployment checks being sent to some people. Don't provide personal information over the telephone or on socia...
John Smathers Jun 16, 2020

CHERRY TREE MAN ARRESTED FOR TERRORISTIC THREATS
A 40-year-old man from Cherry Tree was arrested for Terroristic Threats, violating the terms of a PFA and Driving Under the Influence while suspended in Canoe Township of Indiana County last week. Pen...
John Smathers Jun 16, 2020

TWO PEOPLE INJURED IN MOTORCYCLE-DEER COLLISION IN PINE CREEK TOWNSHIP
Two people from Reynoldsville were flown by Stat Medevac from a crash site for injuries on Friday night in Pine Creek Township of Jefferson County. Pennsylvania State Police in DuBois say 42-year-old ...
John Smathers Jun 15, 2020

MAN DIES IN ATV CRASH IN CLARION COUNTY
A man from Crescent City, Florida was killed yesterday in an ATV accident in Knox Township of Clarion County. Pennsylvania State Police say 21-year-old Michael Brown was traveling west on Huefner Spri...
John Smathers Jun 15, 2020

GLEN CAMPBELL MAN DIES IN TRACTOR ROLLOVER
Indiana County Coroner Jerry Overman Jr. says a Glen Campbell man died from crushing injuries to the chest on Saturday afternoon in a tractor rollover accident in Banks Township. Overman says 68-year-...
John Smathers Jun 15, 2020

CLYMER, CHERRY TREE MEN AMONG STATE POLICE FIVE MOST WANTED
The Pennsylvania State Police in Indiana released their five most wanted list. In our area police are looking for David A. Bratcher AGE: 36 HT: 5'07", WT: 165 lbs. EYES: Hazel, HAIR: Blonde LKA: Clyme...
John Smathers Jun 15, 2020

COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT - JUNE 14, 2020
Today on the Community Spotlight, Punxsutawney Borough manager Toby Santik talks about the progress of the levee project, Indiana Street Sanitary Storm Sewer Project and the East End Playground Improv...
John Smathers Jun 14, 2020

GLEN CAMPBELL MAN CHARGED AFTER LEWD INCIDENT IN CLEARFIELD COUNTY
A man from Glen Campbell was charged with Indecent Exposure, Open Lewdness and Disorderly Conduct in Pine Township of Clearfield County. Pennsylvania State Police in Clearfield say the incident occurr...
John Smathers Jun 12, 2020

STATE POLICE CALLED TO DOMESTIC DISPUTE IN BIG RUN
Pennsylvania State Police in Punxsutawney are investigating a domestic dispute where more than $500 of property was damaged in the Borough of Big Run in Jefferson County. This past Tuesday police were...
John Smathers Jun 12, 2020

SANTIK ADDRESSES TREE REMOVAL AT PUNXSUTAWNEY POOL
Tree removal, including the root system, is part of the Mahoning Creek Levee project in Punxsutawney. Among the several trees, one of them is against the bathhouse at the pool with a major root system...
John Smathers Jun 12, 2020