Category Archives: Local News
FUNDRAISER UNDERWAY TO HELP OX HILL COMMUNITY FAIR
Organizers are looking for funding to help with the Ox Hill Fair's move to a new location. The 2020 edition of the fair was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic, but over the past few years, the fai...
Feb 26, 2021
PENNDOT ANNOUNCES VIRTUAL PLANS DISPLAY FOR BRIDGE PROJECTS
PennDOT is inviting the public to view plans for the I80 North Fork Bridges project in Brookville Borough and Pine Creek Township of Jefferson County. The bridges cross over North Fork Redbank Creek a...
Feb 26, 2021
JEFFERSON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS REWRITE COUNTY DEBT
The Jefferson County commissioners approved an ordinance to rewrite the county's debt on Tuesday, which includes a bond issue and several loans that are currently on the books. According to the Punxsy...
Feb 26, 2021
POLICE REPORTS FOR FEB. 26, 2021
State Police in Punxsutawney are investigating a DUI and drug possession incident that occurred in Oliver Township of Jefferson County on Wednesday. Troopers say a 20-year-old Reynoldsville man was ar...
Feb 26, 2021
JEFFERSON COUNTY REPORTS TWO COVID-19-RELATED DEATHS
Jefferson County reported two new COVID-19 related deaths and no additional cases Thursday. According to the Punxsy Spirit, the last time Jefferson County did not identify any new cases of the virus w...
Feb 26, 2021
JEFFERSON COUNTY REPORTS 6 NEW COVID-19 CASES, ONE DEATH
Jefferson County reported six new COVID-19 cases and one new death on Wednesday. According to the PA Department of Health, the county's total case count has reached 2,774 and the death toll has reache...
Feb 25, 2021
DEVELOPER PROPOSES NEW ARBY'S FOR PUNXSUTAWNEY
A Pittsburgh developer asked the Punxsutawney Borough Planning and Zoning Commission Wednesday for a zoning change that would allow his group to build an Arby's Restaurant in the 500 block of West Mah...
Feb 25, 2021
PA GOP LEGISLATORS SAY WOLF ADMINISTRATION IS "SABOTAGING" UPCOMING REFERENDUM QUESTION
Two state Republican senators said yesterday that Governor Wolf has sabotaged the upcoming referendum question concerning how long an emergency disaster declaration can last. During a news conference ...
Feb 25, 2021
POLICE REPORTS FOR FEB. 25, 2021
In an update of a story we had for you earlier this week, the Sykesville man that was reported missing by his wife on Feb. 19th has been found safe. State Police in DuBois say 42-year-old Rally Dean w...
Feb 25, 2021
BOARD SAYS COVID-19 IMPACTS PASD 2021-22 BUDGET
The Punxsutawney Area School Board had its first review of the 2021-2022 budget, which has an increase of $4 million and was heavily impacted by COVID-19. According to the Punxsy Spirit, Susan H. Robe...
Feb 24, 2021
