Category Archives: Local News
PUNXSUTAWNEY BOROUGH COUNCIL PRAISES POLICE DEPARTMENT
The Punxsutawney Borough Council met on Tuesday and praise was given to the Punxsutawney Borough Police Department. According to today's Punxsutawney Spirit, Police Chief Matt Conrad read a letter pra...
Feb 15, 2019
JUDGE ORDERS D.A. TO SUBMIT BRIEF IN BROWN HOMICIDE BY VEHICLE CASE
After a hearing on Wednesday, Judge Thomas Bianco has ordered the Indiana County District Attorney's office to submit a brief outlining its position on issues raised by James Brown's omnibus pretrial ...
Feb 15, 2019
DUBOIS MAN CHARGED, FIRED AFTER ALLEGED SEXUAL ASSAULT ON MENTALLY DISABLED WOMAN
A man from DuBois has been charged for allegedly assaulting a mentally disabled woman in a care home. WTAJ cites the affidavit, which says 48 year old Daniel Smith was fired for making inappropriate c...
Feb 15, 2019
POLICE BRIEFS - FEB. 15, 2019
Ten charges were waived for a man from Rimersburg. ExploreClarion.com reports 30-year-old Steven Ray Johnston is accused of breaking down a house door, punching a man and threatening to shoot him. The...
Feb 15, 2019
PUNXSUTAWNEY WOMAN ACCUSED FOR THREATENING TO KILL HER MOTHER, BURN DOWN HER HOUSE
A woman from Punxsutawney is in jail for allegedly threatening to kill her mother and burn her house down. The State Police in Punxsutawney say the incident occurred between February 4th and 5th when ...
Feb 14, 2019
STATE POLICE INVESTIGATING VANDALISM IN YOUNG TOWNSHIP
We have scant details about a case of vandalism. The State Police in Punxsutawney say the incident happened on January 31 around 7 pm when someone caused about $500 worth of damaged the rear driver si...
Feb 14, 2019
COUDERSPORT MAN ON STATE POLICE OF INDIANA MOST WANTED LIST
The State Police in Indiana have released their "most wanted" list for the month of February. On the list, 30-year-old Casey James Crozier of Coudersport, who is wanted on a 2014 felony theft of a fir...
Feb 14, 2019
ROUTE 286 CRASH BLAMED PARTLY ON CONDITIONS
Ice and slush was part of the cause of an accident that happened on Tuesday. The State Police in Punxsutawney say 43-year-old Phillip Voss from Mahaffey driving north on Route 286 in Burnside Township...
Feb 14, 2019
PUNXSUTAWNEY MAN UNINJURED IN ROLL-OVER CRASH ON ROUTE 36
There was a roll over crash on Route 36. According to the Punxsutawney State Police, the accident happened on Tuesday around 2 in the afternoon, when 23 year old Devin Gill from Punxsutawney lost cont...
Feb 14, 2019
NEW BETHLEHEM MAN CHARGED WITH ASSAULTING PREGNANT WOMAN
A man from New Bethlehem allegedly assaulted a pregnant woman during a domestic dispute in Union Township, Jefferson County. According to ExploreClarion.com, the State Police in Punxsutawney have file...
Feb 14, 2019
