Category Archives: Local News
PA WILDLAND FIREFIGHTERS BACK HOME AFTER HELPING CREWS OUT WEST
Pennsylvania wildland firefighters are back home after being deployed to help crews out west. Members of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Bureau of Forestry were sent across the co...
Aug 22, 2024
BROOKVILLE MAN FACING CHARGES AFTER BITING AND PUNCHING OFFICER
A Brookville man, 43-year-old Frank Carrier, is facing a felony charge after allegedly biting and punching an officer while intoxicated. According to ExploreJeffersonPa.com, police were called to a Ma...
Aug 22, 2024
GETGO UNDER NEW OWNERSHIP STARTING 2025
Starting next year, GetGo will have new ownership. Giant Eagle announced on Monday that they entered into an agreement with Canadien-owned convenience store operator Couche-Tard, which will assume own...
Aug 22, 2024
FORD BRONCO REAR-ENDED BY UNIDENTIFIED VEHICLE ON 119
Authorities are seeking information about a hit-and-run that occurred on Saturday, August 17, around 3:55 p.m. in Young Township, Jefferson County. A PSP media report states, that a 2022 Ford Bronco w...
Aug 22, 2024
PENNDOT & BRIDGING PENNSYLVANIA CONSTRUCTORS IMPLEMENT 7-DAY LEFT LANE CLOSURE ON I-80
Motorists should be aware that PennDOT and Bridging Pennsylvania Constructors will implement 7-day left lane closures on I-80 in Jefferson County for the North Fork Bridge Project. The eastbound closu...
Aug 22, 2024
FCC WARNS STUDENTS OF SCAMMERS
With the start of the college year comes a warning from the Federal Communications Commission of scams targeting students. FCC says the most prevalent scams involve scholarships, tech support, and bog...
Aug 19, 2024
STATE POLICE RESPONDS TO TWO INCIDENTS IN VENANGO COUNTY
State police responded to two incidents in Venango County. ExploreClarion.com is reporting, that on August 12, a physical altercation between a 36-year-old man and a 16-year-old boy on Main Street in ...
Aug 19, 2024
TWO KITTANNING WOMEN ACCUSED OF ABANDONING SIX DOGS IN VACANT HOUSE
Two women from Kittanning, 31-year-old Tiara Mercedes Dunkle, and 52-year-old Heidi Sue Dunkle, were charged by State Police in Butler for allegedly abandoning six dogs in a vacant house in Clay Towns...
Aug 19, 2024
DAYTON MAN HOSPITALIZED AFTER HORSE-DRAWN BUGGY REAR-ENDED
A Dayton man was hospitalized after his horse-drawn buggy was rear-ended by a pickup truck in West Mahoning Township, Indiana County. The accident occurred on August 13, when 68-year-old David L. Patt...
Aug 19, 2024
PENNDOT ANNOUNCES CLOSURE OF I-80 EASTBOUND REST AREA
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced that the I-80 Eastbound Rest Area at mile marker 87 in Jefferson County will close for about two weeks starting August 26, 2024, for m...
Aug 19, 2024
