Category Archives: Local News
PUNXSUTAWNEY AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT ANNOUNCES SCHEDULE FOR UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR
The Punxsutawney Area School District announced its schedule for the upcoming school year. According to the Punxsutawney Spirit, the high school will have seventh grade and new student orientation Aug...
Aug 09, 2019
BOTH DRIVERS INJURED IN TWO-VEHICLE CRASH IN PAINT TOWNSHIP
On Tuesday there was a two-vehicle accident in Paint Township, sending both drivers to the hospital. The Pennsylvania State Police in Clarion report the crash happened just before noon on the 28th Div...
Aug 09, 2019
TWO PUNXSUTAWNEY PEOPLE CHARGED WITH ANIMAL CRUELTY
Charges of Cruelty to Animals, and three counts of Neglect of Animals, have been filed against two people from Punxsutawney. According to ExploreJeffersonPA.com, 40 year old Robert E. Stormer and 38 y...
Aug 09, 2019
PENNS MANOR RENEWS JOHNSTON AS SUPERINTENDENT
The Penns Manor School Board last night awarded Superintendent Darren Johnston a new five-year contract. It was approved by a 7-1 vote, with one board member, John Hardesty, Sr., absent. Johnston, who...
Aug 09, 2019
PUNXSUTAWNEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE NAMES NEXT YEAR'S FOURTH OF JULY FESTIVAL
On Wednesday night, Executive Director of the Punxsutawney Chamber of Commerce Bob Cardamone announced the official name of next year's July 4 festival in Barclay Square. The first ever "Festival In T...
Aug 09, 2019
PENNDOT ANNOUNCES BRIDGE REPAIR EXTENSION
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation announced bridge repair work will be extended on Sylvis road in Burnside Township Clearfield County... PennDOT expects to finish the work on August 16, bu...
Aug 08, 2019
TWO CAR CRASH IN PINEY TOWNSHIP
Last Wednesday afternoon around 4:30 there was an accident in Piney Township... The PSP report the crash occurred when 66 year old Donald Finefrock of Sligo was traveling north on route 68 at the inte...
Aug 08, 2019
CLARION POLICE LOOKING FOR INFORMATION ON CASE OF THEFT
The state police in Clarion are looking for information related to a case of theft in Strattanville... According to the PSP on Tuesday afternoon between 3:30 and 4:45 the theft occurred at the America...
Aug 08, 2019
UNNAMED PERSON FACING MULTIPLE CHARGES IN JEFFERSON COUNTY
An unnamed person is facing charges of Forgery, Theft, Receiving Stolen Property and other related charges in Jefferson county... Brookville Borough police were dispatched to a fast food restaurant on...
Aug 08, 2019
WOMAN AND DAUGHTERS ARRESTED AFTER STEALING $250,000 FROM WASHINGTON COUNTY BUSINESS
A woman from Indiana County, her mother and sister were arrested yesterday and charged with stealing about $250,000 from a Washington County business... State police say 52-year-old Laurie Christ of S...
Aug 08, 2019
