Category Archives: Local News
WIND ADVISORY, FLOOD WARNING ISSUED
The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh has issued a wind advisory for several counties, including Jefferson, Clearfield, Indiana and Clarion. The wind advisory is in effect from 5 pm this evening ...
Nov 01, 2019
CLARION COUNTY BUSINESS HIT BY SCAMMER
A business in Clarion County was victimized out of almost $1500 from a phone scam. Pennsylvania State Police were dispatched just before 4 pm on Monday to a business in Callensburg for a report of an ...
Nov 01, 2019
WEATHER CAUSES HALLOWEEN POSTPONEMENTS
The weather caused downed trees, limbs, debris and power outages in various areas last night leading to Halloween traditions to be postponed in some places. According to The Punxsutawney Spirit, Hallo...
Nov 01, 2019
BILL PASSES STATE HOUSE TO ALLOW ADDITIONAL SUNDAY HUNTING
A bill has passed the State House of Representatives that would allow some additional Sunday hunting in Pennsylvania. By a 144-54 vote in the State House of Representatives, an amended version of the ...
Oct 31, 2019
WIND ADVISORY ISSUED FOR JEFFERSON, SURROUNDING COUNTIES
The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh has issued a wind advisory for several counties, including Jefferson, Clearfield, Indiana and Clarion. The wind advisory is in effect from 5 pm this evening ...
Oct 31, 2019
HALLOWEEN EVENTS THREATENED BY WEATHER
It's Halloween. But, with the heavy rain and a wind advisory, there's a chance the Punxsutawney Halloween Parade will be canceled, only if the rain and wind gusts become too heavy. If it is canceled, ...
Oct 31, 2019
JEFFERSON COUNTY UNEMPLOYMENT EDGES UP
The unemployment rate increased last month in area counties. According to the PA Department of Labor and Industry, Jefferson County has a 4.5 percent unemployment rate, Indiana County's unemployment r...
Oct 30, 2019
TWO PEOPLE ARRESTED IN JEFFERSON COUNTY CHURCH
An open door at a church in Jefferson County lead to the arrest of two people who were wanted on warrants. The Brookville Borough Police say the incident happened yesterday morning just before 8, when...
Oct 30, 2019
PUNXSUTAWNEY MAN KILLED IN SINGLE-VEHICLE CRASH
There was a fatal single-vehicle accident yesterday in Rose Township of Jefferson County. According to The Punxsutawney Spirit, the crash occurred around 11 in the morning on Route 36 when the only oc...
Oct 30, 2019
DRIVER HITS DEER IN CLARION TOWNSHIP
Various studies tend to show deer are more active around dawn and dusk and between midnight and two. That's when drivers are more prone to colliding with them, and that's what happened on Sunday aroun...
Oct 29, 2019
