Category Archives: Local News
REPORT: CIGARETTE STARTED FIRE THAT DESTROYED PUNXSUTAWNEY APARTMENT COMPLEX
The Punxsutawney Spirit has published more details about the fire that destroyed a $200,000 apartment complex along East Liberty Street on Monday afternoon. The published report cites Trooper Russell ...
Nov 12, 2020
BUREAU OF LIQUOR CONTROL ENFORCEMENT ISSUES LATEST COMPLIANCE REPORT
The Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement released the latest compliance check data from November 6 through the 8th. The Punxsutawney office, which covers the counties of Jefferson, Clearfield, Indiana...
Nov 12, 2020
COVID-19 CASES CONTINUE TO RISE
COVID 19 cases continue to rise all across the Commonwealth, including locally. Combing Sunday and Monday totals: Indiana County 52 people have tested positive for corona-virus. Other counties in our ...
Nov 10, 2020
PUNXSUTAWNEY AREA HOSPITAL, IRMC BOARDS ESTABLISH PENNSYLVANIA MOUNTAINS HEALTH CARE NETWORK
The Board of Directors of Punxsutawney Area Hospital and Indiana Regional Medical Center are pleased to announce they have entered into a definitive agreement effective November 1, 2020 establishing P...
Nov 10, 2020
STRUCTURE FIRE IN YOUNG TOWNSHIP
There was structure fire this morning in Young Township. According to Jefferson County Fire wire the fire broke out just after 8 (am) in the area of 1961 Walston Road. Scanner chatter indicated 30 Chi...
Nov 10, 2020
BALLOT COUNTER CLAIMS BIDEN WON FAIR AND SQUARE; TOOMEY CONCURS
It was Pennsylvania that put Joe Biden over the top, giving him a Presidential victory. Heather Cronin, who helped count mail in and absentee ballots in Philadelphia, says the process was fair and acc...
Nov 09, 2020
NORTHERN INDIANA COUNTY MAN KILLED IN SATURDAY ACCIDENT
Indiana County Coroner Jerry Overman Jr. has not yet released the name of the Rochester Mills man who died Saturday afternoon in a single-vehicle crash on Route 119 in Rayne Township. The victim's ide...
Nov 09, 2020
STRUCTURE FIRE IN YOUNG TOWNSHIP
There was structure fire this morning in Young Township. According to Jefferson County Fire wire the fire broke out just after 8 (am) in the area of 1961 Walston Road. Scanner chatter indicated 30 Chi...
Nov 09, 2020
WOMAN INJURED IN CRASH AS SHE FLEES STATE POLICE TRAFFIC STOP
State police say a Northern Cambria woman fled the scene of a traffic crash in Cherryhill Township yesterday and later crashed and was injured after troopers used a PIT maneuver to stop her. At 10:14 ...
Nov 04, 2020
THOMPSON, DUSH, ARMANINI CALLED UNOFFICIAL WINNERS
Looking at unofficial election results: In Pennsylvania's 15th Congressional District Glenn Thompson defeated the Democrat challenger Robert Williams. In the 25th Senate district Cris Dush overtook De...
Nov 04, 2020
