Category Archives: Local News

Jefferson County DA Jeff Burkett's office issued a statement yesterday announcing that a former Henderson Township man who was convicted of child sex abuse charges was sentenced on Tuesday to 140 to 2...

Next year the American Red Cross will have a blood drive on January 17th from noon until 5 at the Big Run War Memorial Building,123 East Main Street.

A Punxsutawney woman is facing charges of Theft by Unlawful Taking and Recieving Stolen property for allegedly grabing a wallet another woman left behind at a local business. ExploreJeffersonPA.Com re...

Authorities are looking for information into a hit-and-run that happened on Sunday in Jefferson County. According to the police report, the crash occurred just before 3 in the morning when a vehicle w...

No one was injured in a ATV fire that happened yesterday afternoonin Young Township. The Punxsutawney Spirit reports shortly after 2 pm Lindsey Fire Company, the Borough Police and the public works de...

Gasoline prices have dropped a bit with the national average standing at $3.30 a gallon an 11 cent decrease from a month ago. Pennsylvania is averaging $3.55 down five cents from last month. Looking a...

In today's Punxsutawney Spirit, the Bell Township supervisors approved their 2022 budget with a tax increase which amounts to .5 mills - an average of about $25 per household.

Make-A-Wish with the 30th annual Light Up a Child's Life campaign in Punxsy raised a record breaking $107,305.97. Saturday's edition of The Punxsutawney Spirit reports the first-ever Jail-or-Bail, alo...

A new Tik Tok post refers to a threat to school safety "for every school in the USA today, even elementary." This week, several area school districts had police respond to perceived threats, all of wh...

The American Red Cross has a blood drive on December 30th at the Best Western Conference Center in DuBois, 82 North Park Place, from 12:30 to 6. Make an appointment at RedCrossBlood.Org or 1 800 Red C...