Category Archives: Local News

CAUSE OF PUNXSUTAWNEY APARTMENT BUILDING FIRE REMAINS UNDETERMINED
The cause of the a fire at the three story seven unit apartment building along West Mahoning Street in Punxsutawney on January 30th remains undetermined. Today's edition of The Punxsutawney Spirit rep...
John Smathers Feb 04, 2022

SCHOOL CLOSINGS, DELAYS FOR FEB. 4, 2022
"Operation Snow watch is a service of McCabe Funeral Home, in Punxsy and Waldron Funeral Home, in Mahaffey." The following Schools are closed today due to the weather conditions: Punxsutawney DuBois J...
John Smathers Feb 04, 2022

LOCAL SCHOOLS ANNOUNCE EARLY DISMISSALS TODAY DUE TO EXPECTED WEATHER
Due to the forecasted weather conditions, the following are letting out early today: The Punxsutawney Area School District and Punxsy Christian The DuBois Area School District and Dubois Christian (No...
John Smathers Feb 03, 2022

EAST MAHONING TOWNSHIP VEHICLE CRASH INJURES AT LEAST ONE PERSON
A two-vehicle crash on Route 403 in East Mahoning Township Monday evening resulted in at least one person injured. Indiana County 911 reported that the Marion Center Volunteer Fire Department, Citizen...
John Smathers Feb 02, 2022

FINAL BEAR HARVEST NUMBERS RELEASED
The State Game Commission has released the final tally of bears taken in the 2021 season, and hunters were quite successful statewide. Commonwealth bear hunters took 3,659 bears, the fifth largest har...
John Smathers Feb 02, 2022

PUNXSUTAWNEY PHIL MAKES HIS ANNUAL PROGNOSTICATION
It's Groundhog Day again! It was the largest mid week crowd in the history of the 136 celebrations at Gobbler's Knob. This morning the Seerer of Seeers, Punxsutawney Phil, saw his shadow, meaning six ...
John Smathers Feb 02, 2022

PUNXSUTAWNEY FIRE FIGHTERS RESPOND TO STRUCTURE FIRE SATURDAY
The Punxsutawney VFD's quick response knocked down a fire within minutes. The Punxsutawney Spirit reports, on Saturday morning around 3:30, a call came in for the blaze of a three-story seven-unit apa...
John Smathers Feb 01, 2022

LUTHERSBURG MAN FACING MULTIPLE CHARGES AFTER ALTERCATION WITH TROOPER
A Luthersburg man is now facing several charges for allegedly getting into a physical altercation with a State Police Officer. ExploreJeffersonPA.Com reports, just before 3 am on January 9th, 63-year-...
John Smathers Feb 01, 2022

TWO MEN ARRESTED ON WEAPONS, DRUGS CHARGES IN FOREST COUNTY
Two men were arrested for possession of illegal weapons, drugs and drug paraphernalia in Jenks Township of Forest County. Pennsylvania State Police in Marienville say the incident took place at a traf...
John Smathers Feb 01, 2022

DEATH OF NEW BETHLEHEM MAN RULED NATURAL CAUSES
Following an investigation the death of an 82 year old New Bethlehem man was ruled natural causes. Pennsylvania State Police in Clarion report the victim's body was discovered in a field on his proper...
John Smathers Jan 31, 2022