Category Archives: Local News
MONTGOMERY COUNTY WOMAN ACCUSED OF ATTEMPTING TO CORRUPT RAYNE TOWNSHIP MINOR
A Montgomery County woman has been charged in Indiana County with corruption of minors. Rebecca Jean Kaelin, 62, of North Wales, allegedly engaged in inappropriate conversations with a 17-year-old cyb...
Aug 11, 2025
OHIO MAN KILLED IN VENANGO COUNTY MOTORCYCLE CRASH
An Ohio man died Friday night after crashing his motorcycle while fleeing police in Venango County. According to ExploreClarion.Com, Thomas W. Swearingen, 59, of Masury, Ohio, was pronounced dead at t...
Aug 11, 2025
PENNDOT: BRIDGE IN BROOKVILLE TO REOPEN
PennDOT says Moore Bridge Road in Brookville will reopen to traffic after noon on Aug. 13, weather permitting. Single-lane restrictions may continue through late August as crews finish the $1.3 millio...
Aug 08, 2025
PLEASANTVILLE MAN ACCUSED OF THREATENING UTILITY WORKERS
A 73-year-old Pleasantville man, Daniel Alan Eakin, was arrested after allegedly threatening to shoot utility workers if they came to his Harmony Township home on August 5. State Police say he admitte...
Aug 08, 2025
HORSE KILLED IN VEHICLE ACCIDENT ON TUESDAY
State police have released details on a crash on Tuesday in East Mahoning Township. Troopers were sent out at 5:51 AM to Barnard Road near Rocky Road in Smicksburg. As a Ford F350 truck was headed sou...
Aug 08, 2025
TIONESTA COUPLE HOSPITALIZED AFTER ROUTE 62 CRASH
An elderly Tionesta couple was hospitalized with minor injuries after a single-vehicle crash in Tionesta Township on July 28, state police said. Around 6:50 a.m., 81-year-old Lois B. Wynkoop was drivi...
Aug 08, 2025
PSP INVESTIGATING: WOMAN FOUND DEAD, A FIRE, SOCIAL MEDIA DISPUTE, ANIMAL CRUELTY REPORT
PSP responded to several incidents recently, including the discovery of a woman's body in the Allegheny River on July 25. Her death was ruled a suicide, and no foul play is suspected. A fire on July 3...
Aug 07, 2025
NEW DEPUTY WARDEN OF CLARION COUNTY JAIL INTRODUCED
Jarrod Sowa was introduced as the new deputy warden of Clarion County Jail at the August prison board meeting. With nearly 30 years of experience in corrections, law enforcement, and emergency managem...
Aug 07, 2025
FORMER SCI FOREST CORRECTIONS OFFICER ACCUSED OF SEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH PRISONERS, FRAUD SCHEME
Kristina Leigh Miller, 35, a former corrections officer at SCI Forest, has been charged with multiple felonies for allegedly engaging in sexual relationships with inmates and stealing their personal i...
Aug 07, 2025
PENNSYLVANIA MAN ACCUSED OF THREATENING TRUMP
Jacob Buckley, 22, of Port Matilda, is facing federal charges after allegedly threatening to kill former President Donald Trump in TikTok posts days before Trump's inauguration. The DOJ said the threa...
Aug 07, 2025
