Category Archives: Local News

STRUCTURE FIRE IN SYKESVILLE TUESDAY NIGHT
If you were wondering where firefighters were headed after the sirens went off last night in Sykesville. The Sykesville Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched to a reported structure fire at a natio...
John Smathers Dec 30, 2020

TWO-VEHICLE CRASH IN CLOVER TOWNSHIP
No injuries were reported after a two-vehicle crash on Route 28 in Clover Township of Jefferson County on Dec. 25 Troopers say a 20-year-old New Bethlehem woman was traveling north on Route 28 when sh...
John Smathers Dec 30, 2020

JEFFERSON-CLARION HEAD START CLASSROOMS RECOGNIZED
The Brookville I, Brookville II and A-C Valley Head Start classrooms of Jefferson-Clarion Head Start have been formally recognized for their implementation of Positive Behavior Interventions and Suppo...
John Smathers Dec 30, 2020

JEFFERSON COUNTY REPORTS MORE COVID-19 DEATHS
Four more people have died due to COIVD-19 in Jefferson County. The county reported 20 new cases of coronavirus as of Dec. 29. According to the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Jefferson County's to...
John Smathers Dec 30, 2020

BROOKVILLE POLICE CALLED FOR INCIDENT AT SHEETZ
Brookville Borough Police were called to Sheetz for a possible intoxicated person on December 28. Police say while on the scene they found a passenger in the vehicle who was named in an active PFA on ...
John Smathers Dec 29, 2020

BLOOD DRIVE SLATED FOR CHURCH IN BROOKVILLE
There will be a Brookville Community Blood Drive on Jan. 8 from noon to 6 pm at the Brookville Evangelical United Methodist Church located at 30 White Street in Brookville.
John Smathers Dec 29, 2020

CLEARFIELD COUNTY MAN JAILED AFTER POLICE STANDOFF
A Karthaus man was jailed after a 12-hour police standoff on Christmas Eve when he allegedly fired a round from a firearm that struck the ground in front of four troopers. According to Gant News, 46-y...
John Smathers Dec 29, 2020

VEHICLE CRASHES: SPRUCE STREET, ROUTE 310
Police say no injuries were reported in two crashes that occurred Wednesday in McCalmont Township of Jefferson County. The first was a head-on collision that occurred Wednesday morning between two dri...
John Smathers Dec 29, 2020

JEFFERSON COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY TO WORK REMOTELY THROUGH FEBRUARY
The Jefferson County Housing Authority staff will work remotely through February due to the surge in coronavirus cases. According to the Punxsy Spirit, Housing Authority Executive Director Sandra McGu...
John Smathers Dec 29, 2020

JEFFERSON COUNTY REPORTS ONE COVID-19 DEATH ON MONDAY
Jefferson County reported one additional death and 11 new COVID-19 cases as of Monday Dec. 28, bringing the county's case total to 1,812. According to the PA Department of Health, in the last two days...
John Smathers Dec 29, 2020