Category Archives: Local News
PUNXSUTAWNEY BOROUGH UPDATED ON STORM SEWER PROGRESS
The Punxsutawney Borough Council was updated on the Indiana Street storm sewer progress. According to The Punxsutawney Spirit, at Tuesday's meeting the borough engineers said the project is in the qua...
Jun 14, 2019
TRACTOR VANDALIZED IN PORTER TOWNSHIP, CLARION COUNTY
Authorities in Clarion are asking for information about a case of criminal mischief. Between June 6 and June 12, a farming tractor parked at the intersection of Rockville Road Blose Road in Porter Tow...
Jun 14, 2019
POLICE INVESTIGATE RACIAL INCIDENT IN CANOE TOWNSHIP
State Police in Punxsutawney are investigating an apparent attempt at racial intimidation in northern Indiana County. Authorities say on May 27th, 35 year old William North of Rossiter discovered some...
Jun 14, 2019
PITTMAN ASSIGNED TO TWO COMMITTEES
State Senator Joe Pittman has received his first assignment, and it is on the committee that will have a key role in shaping Pennsylvania's budget. In a news release, it was announced that Pittman wil...
Jun 14, 2019
MAN ACCUSED OF FIRING WEAPON AT TWO PEOPLE MOWING GRASS
A man was arrested In Plumcreek Township of Armstrong County after allegedly firing his semi-automatic at two people mowing lawns. According to the Pennsylvania State Police report, Joseph Riederer of...
Jun 13, 2019
POLICE BRIEFS - JUNE 13, 2019
State Police yesterday added more charges against a man who was involved last Saturday in an altercation with his mother in West Wheatfield Township, Indiana County. There are now three active cases a...
Jun 13, 2019
SHOT FIRED IN INDIANA RESIDENCE ON TUESDAY
On Tuesday afternoon around 2 someone fired a shot gun inside a residence in Indiana. The Pennsylvania State Police in Indiana responded to reports of shots fired on Jeffery Street in White Township a...
Jun 13, 2019
UPDATE ON TRUCK-CAR COLLISION AT PUNXSUTAWNEY INTERSECTION
There are more details about the traffic accident that happened yesterday morning in Punxsutawney. The Punxsutawney Spirit confirmed early scanner reports of the accident occurring just after 7 betwee...
Jun 13, 2019
PUNXSUTAWNEY AMISH MAN ACCUSED OF TAKING NEIGHBOR'S CAR, CRASHING IT
A free ride was not so free for an Amish man from Punxsutawney. According to ExploreJeffersonPA.com the Punxsutawney Borough Police Department filed criminal charges of theft by unlawful taking, recei...
Jun 12, 2019
AT LEAST ONE PERSON INJURED IN PUNXSUTAWNEY TRUCK-CAR COLLISION
There was an accident that happened this morning in Punxsutawney. Fire activations around 7 o'clock had scanner reports indicating a log truck/car accident on Snyder Hill Road in the old Five Points a...
Jun 12, 2019
