Category Archives: Local News

With Valentine's Day right around the corner, what better time to get petty revenge on an ex and do some good at the same time. A number of zoos around the country are offering the opportunity to name...

A letter to its depositors, CNB Bank writes that it is closing its branch office located in the Atrium in downtown Indiana. The letter dated January 27th advises CNB customers that its online and mobi...

The Big Lots store in DuBois may stay open despite the company's bankruptcy and nationwide closures. Variety Wholesalers plans to acquire up to 400 Big Lots locations, including the DuBois store, unde...

A Homer City man was arrested in Jefferson County on Thursday after setting up a sexual encounter with someone he thought was a teenager. Police in Brookville arrested 27-year-old Todd Yarnell, Jr. at...

Pheasant-hunting season continues in the commonwealth. The Pennsylvania Game Com-mission reports that they will be releasing approximately 84-hundred pheasants on the state's hunting grounds in the co...

Troopers are searching for 63-year-old John J. Dofollo of New Derry, whose vehicle was found unoccupied in Derry Township, Westmoreland County. Foul play is not suspected. Dofollo, an avid hiker and f...

Oil City Police are investigating an attempted child abduction near Seventh Street and Central Avenue on Thursday morning. A student reported that a younger white male in a black truck or SUV tried to...

Downtown Punxsutawney's parking meters were removed Wednesday as part of a six-month study on parking use. You'll see in Today's Punxsutawney Spirit, Borough Manager Dr. William Spencer said officials...

The Pennsylvania state Senate has approved two bills to reform the state's vehicle emissions testing program. Senate Bill 35 would remove several counties, from annual emissions testing. Senate Bill 1...

Health workers in Western Pennsylvania say they are seeing a surge in flu and respiratory illness cases right now. Doctor Amy Crawford-Faucher with Allegheny Health Network says the care system had ne...