Category Archives: Local News

HEARINGS WAIVED FOR BROOKVILLE MAN, SHIPPENVILLE MAN
A couple preliminary's hearings were waived this week. According to ExploreJeffersonpa.com, 36-year-old Jeffery Joe Shaffer of Brookville, who is charged with possession of unstamped cigarettes, will ...
John Smathers Apr 04, 2019

DUBOIS POLICE PULL OVER LUTHERSBURG DRIVER, DISCOVER DRUGS, GUN, CASH
The DuBois City Police were conducting a traffic stop and allegedly discovered the driver was in possession of meth, heroin, marijuana, a gun and $3,000 in cash. According to GantDaily.com, 40 year ol...
John Smathers Apr 04, 2019

DAYTON WOMAN INJURED WHEN HIT BY CAR IN BURRELL TOWNSHIP
A woman from Dayton was walking along a highway and was hit by a car. According to the PSP in Indiana, this incident happened yesterday afternoon around 4:30 when 21 year old Michelle Franco was on fo...
John Smathers Apr 04, 2019

BROOKVILLE POLICE ARREST WOMAN FOR DRIVING UNDER INFLUENCE OF METH
A 32 year old woman was arrested for driving under the influence of meth. According to the Brookville Borough Police Department, the incident happened on March 2, around 1:30 in the afternoon, when th...
John Smathers Apr 04, 2019

POLICE BRIEFS - APRIL 4, 2019
We have scant details about another scam in Clearfield County that happened yesterday afternoon around 4. The victim in this one was a 70 year old man from Grampian in Bloom Township, who made the Sta...
John Smathers Apr 04, 2019

“FIRE WEATHER WATCH” ISSUED FOR DOZENS OF COUNTIES
The state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources has issued a "Fire Weather Watch" for dozens of Pennsylvania counties. A map issued yesterday by DCNR places Jefferson and Indiana County in ...
John Smathers Apr 03, 2019

BROOKVILLE COUNCIL APPROVES ZONING CHANGE
Brookville Council last night approved a change in zoning. The area where South Pickering, Race and Mabon Street meet will be re-zoned from residential to commercial. The area includes Dirty Ehrma's a...
John Smathers Apr 03, 2019

POLICE SEARCHING FOR MISSING MARION CENTER TEEN
There's a 16 year old male who is reported as missing. According to the State Police in Indiana, Nicholas Adam McCoy of Marion Center left his residence on Sunday between the hours of one and six AM. ...
John Smathers Apr 03, 2019

BROOKVILLE POLICE ARREST TWO MALE JUVENILES FOR THREATS
According to the Brookville Borough Police Department, on March 29 they received information about two male juveniles who had detailed plans and spoke of what they wanted to do with their peers. Both ...
John Smathers Apr 03, 2019

POLICE BRIEFS - APRIL 3, 2019
Indiana Borough Police are investigating an accidental discharge of a firearm that happened yesterday morning near the IUP Campus. According to an announcement sent out by IUP, the firearm went off in...
John Smathers Apr 03, 2019