Category Archives: Local News
RIVER VALLEY SCHOOL BOARD APPROVES NEW MARKETING PROGRAM
The River Valley School Board last night approved a new marketing program that will help teach students about the broadcast industry. The Creative Productions: Sports Media & Marketing Class will ...
Feb 27, 2025
CLARION MAN FACES CHARGES AFTER LEAVING LOADED FIREARM IN WALMART CART
A 70-year-old Clarion man, Michael Wayne Wise, faces charges after allegedly leaving a loaded firearm in a Walmart shopping cart in Monroe Township. Store employees found the gun on February 5, and po...
Feb 27, 2025
OIL CITY MAN FACES 457 FELONY COUNTS OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY POSSESSION
A 26-year-old Oil City man, Jonathan Alexander Masters, faces 457 felony counts of child pornography possession, along with other charges, following a Pennsylvania State Police investigation. Accordin...
Feb 27, 2025
PUNXY MAN FACES MULTIPLE CHARGES AFTER ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTING GIRLFRIEND
A 21-year-old Punxsutawney man, Nathaniel Matthew Thorpe, faces multiple felony charges after allegedly assaulting his girlfriend in Gaskill Township. ExploreJeffersonPa.com reports that Thorpe is acc...
Feb 27, 2025
PUNXY PLAYER WINS MILLIONS FROM SCRATCH-OFF TICKET
A lucky player in Punxsutawney won $3 million from a Pennsylvania Lottery scratch-off ticket sold at Uni-Mart on E. Mahoning St. According to the Courier Express, the store will receive a $10,000 bonu...
Feb 27, 2025
KITTANNING FATAL FIRE VICTIMS IDENTIFIED
The Armstrong County Coroner has identified the three victims in Monday morning's fatal fire in Kittanning. The two adults who died in the blaze were 28-year-old Kayla Whittaker, 26-year-old Jason Bly...
Feb 26, 2025
STATE POLICE INVESTIGATING VEHICLE THEFT IN WHITE TOWNSHIP
State police are investigating a theft of a motor vehicle that took place Monday morning in White Township. Troopers say a white Chevy Silverado bearing the license plate number ZYC-8234 was stolen fr...
Feb 26, 2025
PIAA REVISES TRANSGENDER ATHLETE POLICY IN RESPONSE TO TRUMPS EXECUTIVE ORDER
The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) has revised its policy on transgender athletes in response to an executive order by President Donald Trump. Previously, school principals d...
Feb 26, 2025
PENN STATE PRESIDENT TO EVALUATE POTENTIAL CLOSURE OF MULTIPLE CAMPUSES
Penn State President Neeli Bendapudi announced a plan to evaluate the potential closure of multiple Commonwealth campuses due to declining enrollment. While the seven largest campuses will remain open...
Feb 26, 2025
BROOKVILLE TRUCK DRIVER SAVES WOMAN AFTER VAN CRASHES ON I-80
A Brookville truck driver, Jim Northey, rescued an 85-year-old woman after her van crashed on an icy stretch of I-80. ExploreJeffersonPA.com reports, seeing her trapped and injured, he risked his own ...
Feb 25, 2025
