Category Archives: Local News
FOOD TRUCK FESTIVAL COMING TO BIG RUN
The Big Run Volunteer Fire Company will have a food truck festival to recoup some of the revenue lost due to the cancellation of the gun raffle. According to The Punxsutawney Spirit, the Big Run Counc...
May 21, 2020
CANOE TOWNSHIP MAN FACING CHARGES AFTER DOMESTIC INCIDENT
State police say a Canoe Township man is facing charges after a domestic argument turned physical on Monday night. 31-year-old Brian Kirbaugh is accused of hitting a 39-year-old woman over the head wi...
May 21, 2020
DOMESTIC INCIDENT SUSPECT ARRESTED IN BROOKVILLE
The Brookville Borough Police and the Pennsylvania State Police in Punxsutawney had a confrontation with a man who allegedly was involved in a domestic incident. According to the Brookville Borough Po...
May 21, 2020
BLOOD DRIVE FRIDAY IN SYKESVILLE
The American Red Cross has a blood drive going on. Tomorrow you can donate at the Assumption Church, Sykesville 1 - 5:30. To make an appointment, call 1.800.RED.CROSS or go to RedCrossBlood.Org.
May 21, 2020
PUNXSUTAWNEY AREA HOSPITAL TO HOLD PUBLIC ZOOM MEETING FRIDAY
The Punxsutawney Area Hospital will host a meeting on Zoom this Friday morning at 10. PR Specialist and Physician Recruiter for PAH Katie Donald, talks about the presenters for the virtual event. To b...
May 20, 2020
PITTMAN REACTS TO GOVERNOR WOLF’S VETO OF THREE REOPENING BILLS
Governor Tom Wolf yesterday vetoed a package of bills connected with the reopening of the state from the coronavirus shutdown. The three bills that Wolf vetoed would allow counties to make the decisio...
May 20, 2020
NEW AREA CODE COMING
The PA Public Utility Commission has announced they will begin to overlay a new area code, 582, and residents will soon have to dial 10 digits, instead of the current seven. Nils Fredericksen, spokesp...
May 20, 2020
TWO PEOPLE LIFE-FLIGHTED AFTER CHERRYHILL TOWNSHIP CRASH
Two people were life-flighted and a third was taken to IRMC by ambulance after a crash involving a utility task vehicle in Cherryhill Township. Cherryhill Township Firefighters, Pennsylvania State Pol...
May 19, 2020
CERAMIC DEER STOLEN FROM MAN'S PROPERTY IN CANOE TOWNSHIP
The Pennsylvania State Police are looking for information into a theft of $300 of property in Canoe Township of Indiana County. The incident happened last Thursday around 2 in the morning when a large...
May 19, 2020
PUNXSUTAWNEY WOMAN TRANSPORTED TO PITTSBURGH HOSPITAL FOLLOWING CAR CRASH
A woman from Punxsutawney was flown to a Pittsburgh hospital for treatment of serious injuries following an automobile crash on Saturday afternoon in North Mahoning Township of Indiana County. Pennsyl...
May 19, 2020
