Category Archives: Local News
HEMP POISED TO MAKE AGRICULTURAL COMEBACK IN PENNSYLVANIA
Could industrial hemp once again be the future of farming in Pennsylvania following the Farm Bill's removal of it from the Controlled Substances Act? Once a thriving crop in Pennsylvania, with its rem...
Dec 17, 2018
JEFFERSON, CLARION COUNTIES RANK LOW IN HEALTH STUDY
The findings of a new health study rank Clarion and Jefferson Counties near the bottom. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute found of the 67 c...
Dec 17, 2018
CLARION STATE POLICE REPORT DRUG, DUI ARRESTS - DEC. 17, 2018
Clarion State Police say two out of state males were arrested and arraigned on drug charges. The incident occurred on December 6th around 9:30 in the morning when Clarion State Police responded to a c...
Dec 17, 2018
BIG RUN MAN CRASHES ON 119, ARRESTED ON DUI CHARGES
A 55 year old man from Big Run was seriously injured in a car crash on Saturday. Punxsutawney State Police report the crash occurred on Route 119 around 5:30, when Robert Stiles was traveling south an...
Dec 17, 2018
POLICE CLOSE CASE ON REPORTED ASSAULT IN DOMESTIC DISPUTE IN WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP
Earlier this month, DuBois State Police responded to an assault with bodily injury claim. According to the report, police were responding to a domestic depute on Airport Road in Washington Township, J...
Dec 17, 2018
PUNXSUTAWNEY MAN ARRESTED AFTER INCIDENT IN CANOE TOWNSHIP
A Punxsutawney man is in the Indiana County Jail after an incident early last Sunday morning in Canoe Township. State police say 34-year-old Patrick Covert followed a man and woman from a social Club ...
Nov 19, 2018
THREE CRASHES IN NORTHERN INDIANA COUNTY BLAMED ON HARSH ROADS
Harsh road conditions have been blamed for three crashes in the northern Indiana County. Punxsutawney State police say that all three of the crashes happened on November 10th. The first was a hit-and-...
Nov 19, 2018
BEAR HUNTER ARRESTED FOR TRESPASSING IN BEAVER TOWNSHIP
Troopers from Punxsutawney say they arrested a Brookville man for criminal trespass in Beaver Township, Jefferson County. Police say the 52-yr-old man was found hunting bear, without permission, on th...
Nov 19, 2018
TRAFFIC STOP LEADS TO DRUG BUST IN CLEARFIELD COUNTY
Punxsutawney State Police say they made a drug bust in Bell Township, Clearfield County on Saturday afternoon. Police pulled a passenger car on West Main Street/Colonal Drake Highway for a summary tra...
Nov 19, 2018
ONE INJURY REPORTED IN PICK-UP TRUCK CRASH IN GASKILL TOWNSHIP
Punxsutawney State Police say a driver was slightly injured when the pick-up truck he was driving skidded off of Route 36 in Gaskill Township Friday evening. Investigators say a 25-year Punxsutawney m...
Nov 19, 2018
