Category Archives: Local News
BELL TOWNSHIP PREPS FOR SUMMER MAINTENANCE
Jefferson County's Bell Township supervisors have begun preparing road equipment for summer maintenance. According to the Punxsy Spirit, Supervisors chair Jeff Kromer said they were busy repairing a r...
Mar 15, 2021
YOUNG TOWNSHIP REVIEWS OSHA COVID-19 WORKPLACE SAFETY
Jefferson County's Young Township supervisors discussed workplace safety mandates regarding COVID-19 that OSHA is proposing at Wednesday's meeting. According to the Punxsy Spirit, Supervisors chair, M...
Mar 15, 2021
COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT (3-14-21): Jeff Pisarcik, Jefferson County Commissioner
Jeff talks about the COVID-19 Hospitality Industry Recovery Program (CHIRP) grant award that Jefferson County received. He also goes over the Emergency Rental Assistance Program. Jeff notes that for-p...
Mar 14, 2021
MATSON REMINDS RESIDENTS OF AVAILABLE SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS
Chairman of the Jefferson County Commission, Jack Matson, reminded residents that grants of up to $5,000 are available to small businesses through the Small Business Economic Recovery Assistance Progr...
Mar 12, 2021
BROCKWAY MAN ACCUSED OF RELIEVING HIMSELF ON STATE POLICE STATION FLOOR
A 33-year-old Brockway man is accused of urinating on the floor at the State Police Station in Punxsutawney Tuesday after being arrested for suspicion of DUI. Police say the one-vehicle crash occurred...
Mar 12, 2021
DUBOIS MIDDLE SCHOOL CLOSED FRIDAY DUE TO COVID-19
The DuBois Area Middle School is temporarily closed Friday after it was notified of its eighth confirmed case of COVID-19 within a rolling 14-day window. According to the Punxsy Spirit, district admin...
Mar 12, 2021
STATE POLICE SEARCHING FOR MISSING CORSICA WOMAN
State Police in Punxsutawney are searching for 43-year-old Shannon Gray of Corsica. Police say she was last seen in Corsica on Feb 6 with Michael Francis and Jeremy Francis, both of Albany, New York, ...
Mar 12, 2021
MORE THAN 5,000 PEOPLE VACCINATED IN JEFFERSON COUNTY
So far more than a million Pennsylvania residents have been fully vaccinated, including 5,457 Jefferson County residents. The state is receiving more coronavirus vaccine this week. Lindsey Mauldin, PA...
Mar 11, 2021
SEWER PROJECT NEARING END
The Indiana Street Sewer Project in Punxsutawney is nearing an end. According to the Punxsy Spirit, Borough Manager Toby Santik announced that as of March 2, all sanitary and storm sewer lines, manhol...
Mar 11, 2021
POLICE REPORTS FOR MARCH 11, 2021
Four people escaped injury following a two-vehicle crash along Route 119 on Tuesday. Troopers say the crash occurred on Route 119 at its intersection with Alliance Drive in Young Township of Jefferson...
Mar 11, 2021
