Category Archives: Local News

BROOKVILLE POLICE CHARGE PUNXSUTAWNEY MAN AFTER POTENTIAL MASS SHOOTING DEFUSED
A crisis delegate, along with the Brookville Borough Police, prevented a potential mass shooting in Jefferson County. ExploreVanango.Com reports on the morning of July 20th the Brookville PD received ...
John Smathers Jul 29, 2022

EXCITEMENT GROWS OVER GROWING MEGA MILLION JACKPOT
Excitement is growing in Pennsylvania over the more than one billion dollar jackpot for tomorrow night's Mega Millions drawing. Ewa Swope, Pennsylvania Lottery spokesperson, talks about the chances of...
John Smathers Jul 28, 2022

POLICE INVESTIGATING THEFT IN WINSLOW TOWNSHIP
Around $250 of items, including adult toys, tools and gel pens, were stolen from a couple of people in Winslow Township of Jefferson County. Pennsylvania State Police based in DuBois say the incident ...
John Smathers Jul 28, 2022

PUNXSUTAWNEY BOROUGH CHOSES VENDOR FOR POLICE FIRING RANGE SOLAR PANELS
The solar panels that are planned to be located above the Punxsutawney Borough Police firing range are getting closer to becoming a reality. The Punxsutawney Spirit reports the Borough Council voted t...
John Smathers Jul 28, 2022

HUGE MEGA MILLIONS JACKPOT CONTINUES TO GROW
No one hit the Mega Millions jackpot on Tuesday night. The next drawing will be Friday for the multistate lottery, with an estimated jackpot of more than a billion dollars. The largest jackpot was mor...
John Smathers Jul 27, 2022

DUBOIS HEALTH CLINIC OFFERING NO-APPOINTMENT SERVICES
Direct Workforce Care Health Clinic is now offering "no appointment needed" urgent care health care services to meet non-emergency needs in the DuBois community. The clinic has staff available Monday ...
John Smathers Jul 27, 2022

JEFFERSON COUNTY JAIL REPORTS NO INCIDENTS
There have been no incidents at the Jefferson County Jail for the past month. According to The Punxsutawney Spirit, Jefferson County Jail warden Dustin Myers said at Tuesday's jail board meeting that ...
John Smathers Jul 27, 2022

MEGAMILLIONS JACKPOT NEAR $800,000,000
MegaMillions has a jackpot of almost $800 million dollars. That's the fourth highest in its history. The drawing will be tomorrow night at 11. By the way, the odds of hitting the Mega Millions jackpot...
John Smathers Jul 25, 2022

MARION CENTER SCHOOL BOARD TO DEAL WITH TEACHER HIRINGS TONIGHT
The Marion Center School Board meets tonight, with a number of personnel moves anticipated in advance of the coming school year. The board will look to hire three elementary school teachers, three sec...
John Smathers Jul 25, 2022

LANE RESTRICTION ANNOUNCED FOR ROUTE 28 FOR MILLING
PennDOT announces a lane restriction that will affect traffic patterns on State Route 28 in Jefferson County (Rose Township) between South Main Street and Seldom Seen Road/Seneca Trail. Starting today...
John Smathers Jul 25, 2022