Category Archives: Local News
ROAD OPENING UPDATES FOR GASKILL TOWNSHIP AND CLARION COUNTY
State Route 2005 Lipp Road in Gaskill Township is set to re-open today before noon. In a press release from the Department of Transportation, Lipp Road has been closed in both directions due to a larg...
Jul 22, 2019
PUNXSUTAWNEY BOROUGH COUNCIL VOTES TO DENY GROUNDHOG FESTIVAL COMMITTEE USE OF BARCLAY SQUARE
On Friday the Punxsutawney Borough Council held a special meeting to determine if the Groundhog Festival Committee Inc., would be allowed to continue to use Barclay Square for the 2020 festival. Accor...
Jul 22, 2019
TWO VEHICLES COLLIDE IN YOUNG TOWNSHIP
Two vehicles collided head-on this morning in Jefferson County. According to eye witnesses, the accident happened on the westbound lane of Route 436 between West Main Street and Route 119 in Young Tow...
Jul 22, 2019
BROOKVILLE MAN IN SINGLE-VEHICLE CRASH
There was a single-vehicle collision that happened on Friday in Jefferson County. According to police, 22 year old Ryan Lucas of Brookville was traveling south on SR 1830 near Diamond Lane in Pine Cre...
Jul 22, 2019
POLICE LOOKING FOR MAN WHO EXPOSED HIMSELF TO WOMAN IN REYNOLDSVILLE
Pennsylvania State Police in DuBois are looking for information involving a case of indecent exposure in Jefferson County. Officials say on Saturday morning just before 9, a white man with a medium bu...
Jul 22, 2019
TERRORISTIC THREATS ALLEGEDLY MADE IN CANOE TOWNSHIP
We have limited information about a case of terroristic threats in Indiana County. What we know is the incident occurred on July 2 around 8 pm. on Buffalo Lodge Road in Canoe Township when a 67 year o...
Jul 22, 2019
PENNDOT REPORTS SEAT BELT USE ON RISE
Overall results show seat belt use in Pennsylvania increased nearly three percent in 2018 to 88.5 percent, which is in line with the national average at 89.6 percent. Seat belt use is the single most ...
Jul 19, 2019
PROGRESS REPORTED IN APSCUF/STATE SYSTEM NEGOTIATIONS
There appears to be some forward momentum in the negotiations for a new contract for faculty members at IUP and the 13 other state-owned universities. After two days of negotiations this week, both th...
Jul 19, 2019
CLYMER MAN CHARGED WITH SEXUAL ASSAULT
An investigation that began last October has led to the arrest of a 56-year-old Clymer man, who is accused of sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl. David Oswalt, 56, is accused of 92 criminal offenses,...
Jul 19, 2019
TWO WOMEN INVOLVED IN ONE-VEHICLE CRASH IN ROSE TOWNSHIP
There was a vehicle involved in an accident in Rose Township of Jefferson County. The Pennsylvania State Police in Punxsutawney report the crash happened on Route 28 west of Seneca Trail on July 7, ju...
Jul 19, 2019
