Category Archives: Local News

MAHAFFEY MAN CHARGED WITH RESISTING ARREST
State Police took an 18-year-old Mahaffey man into custody for involuntary mental health commitment on Ridge Road in Bell Township of Clearfield County on Dec. 6. Troopers say the man failed to follow...
John Smathers Dec 15, 2020

PENNDOT SEEKS FEEDBACK ON CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
PennDOT is looking for feedback on construction projects that occurred throughout 2020 in Armstrong, Butler, Clarion, Indiana and Jefferson counties. You can take it now through Jan. 8, 2021. The brie...
John Smathers Dec 15, 2020

PUNXSUTAWNEY MAN INJURED IN ELK COUNTY VEHICLE CRASH
A Punxsutawney man was involved in a crash on Johnsonburg Road in Ridgeway Township of Elk County on Friday. Ridgeway PSP say the 21-year-old man was traveling on SR 255 when he swerved to miss a deer...
John Smathers Dec 14, 2020

GIRL INJURED IN WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP ROLLOVER CRASH
A 12-year-old girl was injured in a rollover crash that occurred early Thursday morning in Washington Township on Copenhaver Road. DuBois State Police say an 18-year-old woman of Reynoldsville was goi...
John Smathers Dec 14, 2020

MAN CHARGED AFTER BROOKVILLE TRAFFIC STOP
Brookville police have filed charges against a 30-year-old man after a traffic stop on Allegheny Blvd Dec. 10. According to the Brookville PD police report, the vehicle was stopped for speeding and of...
John Smathers Dec 14, 2020

CAR FIRE IN PUNXSUTAWNEY ON FRIDAY
Elk Run Fire Department extinguished a car fire in a parking lot on Clark Street in Punxsutawney on Friday. According to the Punxsutawney Spirit, there were no injuries and the fire began due to a gas...
John Smathers Dec 14, 2020

CHANGES FOR THIS YEAR'S MAKE-A-WISH LIGHT UP A CHILD'S LIFE CAMPAIGN
The Make-A-Wish Light Up a Child's Life campaign starts today and will run from 7 am to 4 pm every day through Friday. A few changes will take place this year to ensure participants safety. According ...
John Smathers Dec 14, 2020

VEHICLE ROLLS OVER IN YOUNG TOWNSHIP CRASH
The driver of a pickup truck walked away from a rollover accident with no injuries on Harmony Road in Young Township on Saturday evening. The Punxsutawney Spirit says that according to reports from th...
John Smathers Dec 14, 2020

POLICE INVESTIGATING THEFT AT BROOKVILLE BUSINESS
Police say a skid steer was stolen from Humphrey Charcoal, a Brookville business, located on Knox Dale Road in Pine Creek Township of Jefferson County sometime between Thursday afternoon and Friday mo...
John Smathers Dec 14, 2020

MAN ARRESTED FOR MURDER OF CLARION UNIVERSITY GRADUATE
A 21-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the murder of Clarion University graduate, Caitlyn Kaufman. ExploreJeffersonPA.com says Kaufman was fatally shot in her vehicle on her way to wor...
John Smathers Dec 14, 2020