Category Archives: Local News

DUBOIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ON LOCKDOWN WEDNESDAY MORNING
Yesterday morning in DuBois the Juanita Elementary School was on lock down for a little over an hour after a man was reported to have been walking around the neighborhood with a gun. According to WTAJ...
John Smathers Mar 12, 2020

MOTIONS, BOND REVOCATION HEARINGS TODAY FOR ARSON SUSPECT DALESSIO
Indiana County Judge Thomas Bianco is scheduled to conduct pretrial defense motions hearings today on the three arson cases against 19-year-old Dylan Dalessio of Plumville, and at the same time the ju...
John Smathers Mar 12, 2020

INDIANA COUNTY COMMISSIONERS APPROVE PANDEMIC RESPONSE PLAN
On Wednesday, The Indiana County Commissioners approved updates to the Pandemic Response Plan for the county. Tom Stutzman of the County's Emergency Management Agency said the Pandemic Planning Commit...
John Smathers Mar 12, 2020

PUNXSUTAWNEY BOROUGH HIRES TWO NEW POLICE OFFICERS
If you're parking in Punxsutawney make sure you feed the meter. The Punxsutawney Borough Council approved the hiring of two new enforcement officers. Police Chief Matt Conrad explained why. Motions we...
John Smathers Mar 11, 2020

POLICE BRIEFS - REYNOLDSVILLE ARRESTED FOR DUI
A man from Reynoldsville was arrested for driving while intoxicated in Brady Township of Clearfield County. Pennsylvania State Police in DuBois say around 2 in the morning they observed the man stoppe...
John Smathers Mar 11, 2020

REGIONAL, STATE FLU NUMBERS UPDATED
New flu cases of type A & B have slowed quite a bit in the past week. Jefferson County had 59 new cases for a season total of 601. In Clearfield County they added 160 more last week, for a total of 1,...
John Smathers Mar 11, 2020

STRUCTURE FIRE IN INDIANA COUNTY MONDAY
There was a structure fire yesterday afternoon in Banks Township in Indiana County. According to the Punxsutawney Spirit, around 3:15 Punxsutawney Central Fire Department and Lindsey Fire Company resp...
John Smathers Mar 10, 2020

POLICE BRIEFS - TEACHER/COACH CHARGED WITH DUI
The Brookville Borough Police filed DUI charges against a teacher/basketball coach following the lab results. The incident happened last month on the 16th when officers were requested to respond to a ...
John Smathers Mar 10, 2020

NAMES RELEASED IN FATAL I-80 CRASH ON SATURDAY
The names of those involved in the fatal crash on I 80 East on Saturday afternoon in Sandy Township have been released. Pennsylvania State Police in DuBois are calling it Homicide By Vehicle, when, ac...
John Smathers Mar 10, 2020

DRIVER KILLED IN I-80 CRASH
There was a fatal crash on I-80 East on Saturday afternoon in Sandy Township of Clearfield County. Pennsylvania State Police in DuBois say just after 3:00 someone was driving westbound in the eastboun...
John Smathers Mar 09, 2020