Category Archives: Local News
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO SPONSOR COVID-19 TESTING SITE IN JEFFERSON COUNTY
The PA Department of Health will sponsor a testing site for COVID-19 in Jefferson County later this month. According to the Punxsy Spirit, from Jan. 28 through Feb. 1, testing will be available from 9...
Jan 13, 2021
DUBOIS MAN ELECTROCUTED ON THE JOB
A 29-year-old local lineman for an area electric provider was electrocuted on the job Jan. 8 According to ExploreJefferson, Branden Baur, formerly of Shippenville, now resides in DuBois. He was severe...
Jan 12, 2021
POLICE REPORTS: BURGLARY, SUSPECTED DUI, PROWLER
A DuBois man was arrested after a traffic stop on Harmony Road/Anchor Inn Road in Young Township of Jefferson County on Jan. 8. State Police in Punxsutawney say the driver was arrested for suspicion o...
Jan 12, 2021
HIT-AND-RUN INCIDENT REPORTED IN FALLS CREEK
A hit and run crash occurred on Jan. 9 on Fuller Ave in Falls Creek Borough of Jefferson County. State Police in DuBois say the suspected vehicle is a silver sedan that turned onto Fuller Ave, hit two...
Jan 12, 2021
BROOKVILLE AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT REPORTS LOW COVID NUMBERS
All schools in the Brookville school district have been able to continue in-person instruction so far. According to the Punxsy Spirit, the Brookville school district superintendent said the district h...
Jan 12, 2021
POLICE INVESTIGATING INDECENT ASSAULT OF SHIPPENVILLE GIRL
State Police in Clarion are investigating a report of indecent assault of a child. Police say the alleged incident involved a 12-year-old Shippenville girl and reportedly occurred on Dec. 16 at a loca...
Jan 12, 2021
PAHS STUDENT TESTS POSITIVE; ANOTHER JEFFERSON COUNTY DEATH REPORTED
Another Punxsutawney Area High School student tested positive for COVID-19 this week. According to the Punxsy Spirit, the student along with 12 others who were in close contact have been instructed to...
Jan 12, 2021
GRAMPIAN WOMAN VICTIMIZED BY HIT-AND-RUN DRIVER
A hit and run crash occurred Jan. 5 on Route 219 in Bloom Township of Clearfield County. State Police in DuBois say a Grampian woman was traveling along Chestnut Grove Highway and made a left turn int...
Jan 12, 2021
UPDATE ON PUNXSUTAWNEY SCHOOL BUS ACCIDENT
Details have been released regarding an accident involving a school bus last week. 62-year-old Marylynn Lemmon of Rochester Mills was injured when a Punxsutawney School District bus backed into her ve...
Jan 11, 2021
POLICE INVESTIGATING ALLEGED RAPE OF WESTMORELAND COUNTY GIRL IN SYKESVILLE
State police in the Kiski Valley are investigating a reported rape of a 12-year-old Avonmore, Westmoreland county girl. Troopers said the rape occurred on Dec. 11 in Sykesville. The report was provide...
Jan 11, 2021
