Category Archives: Local News
GAS PRICES HIT ALL-TIME HIGH
We now have the highest gas prices in history, according to Triple A. The national average for a gallon of gasoline is now $4.17. That surpasses the previous national average high of $4.11, set on Jul...
Mar 08, 2022
CLARION BOROUGH OPTS TO GO FORWARD WITH SINKHOLE REPAIR, STORMWATER PROJECT
In Clarion on Tuesday the Borough Council decided to go ahead with repairing a sinkhole and a stormwater project with Clarion University. ExploreClarion.Com reports, a member of the stormwater authori...
Mar 03, 2022
STATE TROOPERS CHARGED IN RELATION TO CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
The Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) arrested Sean McKenzie, a PSP corporal, on Tuesday for various charges relating to child pornography. McKenzie is assigned to Troop T, New Stanton and has been susp...
Mar 03, 2022
PENNDOT TEMPORARILY REDUCES I-80 SPEED LIMIT
Due to the severity of the winter storm, PennDOT is temporarily reducing the speed limit to 45 for the entire length of Interstate 80. On roadways with speed restrictions, commercial vehicles not affe...
Feb 25, 2022
PHILIPSBURG WOMAN TO BE SENTENCED FOR FEDERAL NARCOTICS VIOLATIONS
A Philipsburg woman is facing up to 40 years in prison after to pleading guilty in federal court to violating federal narcotics laws. WTAJ News reports, 28 year old Miranda Williams plea, was in conne...
Feb 25, 2022
SYKESVILLE BLOOD DRIVE SLATED
Give blood next month with the American Red Cross for a $10 Fanatics e-gift card and chance at trip to the MLB All-Star Game. March 15th they will be at the Grace United Methodist Church in Sykesville...
Feb 25, 2022
BELSANO MAN CHARGED WITH SEXUALLY ASSAULTING TWO GIRLS
A Belsano man who works as a State Police Liquor Control Enforcement Officer assigned to the Punxsutawney District Office now faces charges of sexually assaulting two girls in Cambria County. 40-year-...
Feb 25, 2022
SCHOOL DELAYS AND CLOSINGS FOR FEBRUARY 25, 2022
Operation Snow watch is a service of McCabe Funeral Home, in Punxsutawney and Waldron Funeral Home, in Mahaffey The following schools are Closed: Punxsutawney, Punxsutawney Christian and SSCD Clearfie...
Feb 25, 2022
JEFFERSON COUNTY RECEIVES HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT
Jefferson County Emergency Services director Tracy Zents talked about the grant the department received from the Federal Emergency Management Agency at Tuesday's county commissioners meeting. Today's ...
Feb 24, 2022
BROOKVILLE POLICE APPREHEND MAN FOUND HIDING ON PORCH
Authorities were called to the scene along Clark Street in Brookville for a report of a person who entered the closed porch of a residence. Early Tuesday morning Brookville Police found the male suspe...
Feb 24, 2022
