Category Archives: Local News
PUNXSUTAWNEY AREA HOSPITAL TO HOLD PUBLIC ZOOM MEETING FRIDAY
The Punxsutawney Area Hospital will host a meeting on Zoom this Friday morning at 10. PR Specialist and Physician Recruiter for PAH Katie Donald, talks about the presenters for the virtual event. To b...
May 20, 2020
PITTMAN REACTS TO GOVERNOR WOLF’S VETO OF THREE REOPENING BILLS
Governor Tom Wolf yesterday vetoed a package of bills connected with the reopening of the state from the coronavirus shutdown. The three bills that Wolf vetoed would allow counties to make the decisio...
May 20, 2020
NEW AREA CODE COMING
The PA Public Utility Commission has announced they will begin to overlay a new area code, 582, and residents will soon have to dial 10 digits, instead of the current seven. Nils Fredericksen, spokesp...
May 20, 2020
TWO PEOPLE LIFE-FLIGHTED AFTER CHERRYHILL TOWNSHIP CRASH
Two people were life-flighted and a third was taken to IRMC by ambulance after a crash involving a utility task vehicle in Cherryhill Township. Cherryhill Township Firefighters, Pennsylvania State Pol...
May 19, 2020
CERAMIC DEER STOLEN FROM MAN'S PROPERTY IN CANOE TOWNSHIP
The Pennsylvania State Police are looking for information into a theft of $300 of property in Canoe Township of Indiana County. The incident happened last Thursday around 2 in the morning when a large...
May 19, 2020
PUNXSUTAWNEY WOMAN TRANSPORTED TO PITTSBURGH HOSPITAL FOLLOWING CAR CRASH
A woman from Punxsutawney was flown to a Pittsburgh hospital for treatment of serious injuries following an automobile crash on Saturday afternoon in North Mahoning Township of Indiana County. Pennsyl...
May 19, 2020
OLEKSIAK: PA UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION CLAIMS DECLINING
Jerry Oleksiak, Secretary of the Department of Labor and Industry, says as more counties move to the yellow phase of the governor's reopening plan, the department is seeing a decline in unemployment c...
May 19, 2020
GAS PRICES BEGIN CLIMBING AGAIN
Gas prices in Pennsylvania are starting to head back up now that most of the state is in yellow status. The current average cost of a gallon of gas in Pennsylvania is now $2.14. Triple-A says that the...
May 18, 2020
COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT - MAY 17, 2020
Our guest this Sunday morning on Community Spotlight is Punxsutawney Borough manager Toby Santik, who talks about the process of upgrading the sewer lines, improvements to the East-End Play Ground wit...
May 17, 2020
PENNDOT: HIGHWAY FATALITIES DOWN
Jennifer Kuntch, PennDOT spokesperson, says there was a record low number of highway fatalities in Pennsylvania in 2019.
May 15, 2020
