Category Archives: Local News

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ISSUED
The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh has issued a Winter Weather Advisory from 7 this evening until 7 in the morning tomorrow for Jefferson, Indiana and Clarion Counties, It's from 5 pm until 10...
John Smathers Feb 05, 2020

UNEMPLOYMENT RATE TICKS UP IN DECEMBER
The statewide unemployment rate increased in December by two-tenths of a percentage point to 4.5 percent. Breaking it down locally by counties according to the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Ind...
John Smathers Feb 05, 2020

BROOKVILLE WOMAN ACCUSED OF SHOPLIFTING IN MONROE TOWNSHIP
On Monday afternoon around 3, a woman from Brookville was arrested for allegedly shoplifting from a business in Monroe Township. The Pennsylvania State Police in Clarion say 58 year old Rita Hippchen ...
John Smathers Feb 05, 2020

SNOW BLAMED FOR GROUNDHOG DAY CRASH
Snow was the cause of an accident on the morning of groundhog day in Jefferson County. Pennsylvania State Police in DuBois didn't releases information about the driver who was traveling south on Route...
John Smathers Feb 05, 2020

CHERRY TREE MAN ACCUSED OF TAKING INAPPROPRIATE PICTURES OF TEEN GIRL
Authorities have accused a Cherry Tree man of taking nude photos of a teenage girl while she was showering at his residence. Cherry Tree Police charged 44-year-old Matthew Deyarmin of unlawful contact...
John Smathers Feb 05, 2020

WOLF TO MAKE BUDGET ADDRESS TODAY
Governor Tom Wolf will make his budget address late this morning in Harrisburg. Wolf said he will not ask for new taxes or seek increases in current tax rates for operating expenses, but he will call ...
John Smathers Feb 04, 2020

POLICE RELEASE RESULTS FROM WEEKEND SOBRIETY CHECKPOINT IN JEFFERSON COUNTY
The Pennsylvania State Police in Punxsutawney set up a checkpoint in Jefferson County over the weekend. Troopers say between February 1st and the 2nd, they arrested two people for DUI, another person ...
John Smathers Feb 04, 2020

NO INJURIES REPORTED IN AMISH HOUSE FIRE IN TIMBLIN
Nobody was injured in a flue fire yesterday on Hungry Hook Road in Timblin. According to The Punxsutawney Spirit, the residents retrieved some belongings out of the Amish house where the fire is belie...
John Smathers Feb 04, 2020

RIMERSBURG MAN ARRESTED AFTER INCIDENT WITH TWO WOMEN
A man from Rimersburg was arrested for simple assault criminal mischief and resisting arrest in Toby Township of Clarion County. Pennsylvania State Police say on January 31st around 10:30 pm at a resi...
John Smathers Feb 04, 2020

TWO CLARION WOMEN INJURED IN I-80 CRASH
Two people were seriously injured in an accident on Interstate 80 in Washington Township of Jefferson County. On Friday around 6 pm, 25 year old Cassandra Smith and her passenger 28 year old Sarah Low...
John Smathers Feb 04, 2020