Category Archives: Local News
PUNXSUTAWNEY POLICE LOOKING FOR HIT-AND-RUN SUSPECT
Punxsutawney Borough Police are investigating a hit and run late Tuesday night on Pine Street in the borough. Reports say a greenish Ford Tempo or Mercury Topaz was seen leaving Groundhog Lanes throug...
Sep 27, 2018
VENANGO COUNTY MAN SENTENCED AFTER PUNCHING PREGNANT GIRLFRIEND
Tyler Brown of Venango County was sentenced up to two years jail on Tuesday. Brown was handed down a sentence of nine to 24 months to be served consecutive to other sentences. Brown punched his pregna...
Sep 27, 2018
CLARION MAN ACCUSED IN ARGUMENT TURNED VIOLENT AGAINST WOMAN
Justin Harris of Clarion is headed to trial on charges he choked and hit the woman's head on a bookshelf. Reports say earlier this month Harris got into a verbal argument with the victim that turned p...
Sep 27, 2018
JERSEY SHORE MAN ACCUSED OF SWINDLING GASKILL TOWNSHIP MAN
David Yoder of Jersey Shore has a preliminary hearing with Judge Mizerock on theft charges. According to reports, Yoder and the 83-year-old victim in Gaskill Township became friends when they were inc...
Sep 27, 2018
TRUCK ROLLS OVER ON ROUTE 899 IN BARNETT TOWNSHIP
State Police reported a rollover crash in Barnett Township, Jefferson County Tuesday morning. Reports say William Confer was traveling south on Route 899, when he went to negotiate a left curve and lo...
Sep 27, 2018
POLICE BRIEFS, SEPTEMBER 27, 2018
State Police in Punxsutawney investigated a reported rape/sexual assault in Mahaffey borough in early August. The victim is a 14 year old Dixonville girl. Police are also investigating the indecent as...
Sep 27, 2018
TRAFFIC STOP LEADS TO DRUG ARREST FOR BROCKWAY MAN
Michael Trunzo of Brockway was arrested for marijuana possession and paraphernalia. Reports say around 1 am on Saturday the 15th, Brockway Police saw a car leaving the Sheetz parking lot with an inope...
Sep 26, 2018
BROOKVILLE WOMAN FACING MULTIPLE SEX CRIME CHARGES
Christine Nichols of Brookville, currently residing in the Jefferson County Jail on a child rape case, has a preliminary hearing next Tuesday on additional charges. The charges, including unlawful con...
Sep 26, 2018
BECCARIA WOMAN, HOUTZDALE MAN ARRESTED IN ASSAULT INCIDENT
State Police arrested two people for assault Saturday night. Reports say Misty Mick of Beccaria threatened other members of her family that she was going to set a 57 year old woman's house on fire wit...
Sep 26, 2018
POWER OUTAGE HITS CLARION BOROUGH MONDAY
A power outage hit parts of Clarion Borough overnight Monday. Reports say a power insulator on a pole along South 2nd Avenue causing a hot wire to make contact with the pole. West Penn power responded...
Sep 26, 2018
