Category Archives: Local News

WOMAN'S HOME BURGLARIZED IN BIG RUN
Punxsutawney State Police are investigating a burglary that occurred Tuesday at a residence on East Main Street in Big Run Borough. The police report says an unknown individual took household goods an...
John Smathers Dec 10, 2020

BROOKVILLE TAKES OVER COUNTY PROPERTY
Jefferson County Commissioners approved a quitclaim deed from a church in Brookville and gave the title to the properties to Brookville Borough for the Pickering Street Church and Cemetery properties,...
John Smathers Dec 10, 2020

CLARION GRADUATE SHOT DEAD IN NASHVILLE
Clarion University graduate and Butler County native, 26-year-old Caitlyn Kaufman was fatally shot while driving to work in Nashville. Police say she was found dead in her vehicle in early December on...
John Smathers Dec 10, 2020

CLEARFIELD AREA PARENTS CHARGED WITH CHILD ABUSE
Two Clearfield Area parents have been charged with alleged child abuse. Gant News Agency says, the parents are 33-year-old Andre Maurice Sheffey and 34-year-old Savannah Grove. According to police inf...
John Smathers Dec 10, 2020

SIGEL MAN VICTIMIZED BY HIT-AND-RUN DRIVER
State Police have released details about a hit-and-run crash on State Route 3002 in Millstone Township of Elk County involving 60-year-old Paul J. Slosser of Sigel. We first reported it on Nov. 21. Sl...
John Smathers Dec 10, 2020

BROCKWAY MAN CHARGED WITH THREATENING TO BURN DOWN BARN
DuBois State Police have filed charges against 47-year-old Thomas C. Nellis of Brockway for allegedly barging into a man's Washington Township home and threatening to burn down his barn on Dec. 2. The...
John Smathers Dec 10, 2020

JEFFERSON COUNTY REPORTS MORE COVID-19 CASES
Jefferson County has reported 55 new coronavirus cases bringing the county's total to 1,243, according to the PA Department of Health. Clearfield County has 79 new cases, Clarion has 45, and Indiana h...
John Smathers Dec 10, 2020

WOLF TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID-19
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf has tested positive for the coronavirus but said he is feeling well and has no symptoms. His office released a statement from the governor on Wednesday afternoon. It sai...
John Smathers Dec 10, 2020

JUNIOR FIREFIGHTER OK AFTER GETTING SENT TO HOSPITAL FROM BELL TOWNSHIP FIRE
The junior firefighter that was injured in Monday's fire in Bell Township is okay. She was taken by Jefferson County EMS to Punxsutawney Area Hospital where she was treated and released. Eight area fi...
John Smathers Dec 09, 2020

BARTLEBAUGH PRETRIAL CONFERENCE SCHEDULED TODAY
In Indiana County Court today, Judge Thomas Bianco will conduct another pretrial conference for 26-year-old Matthew Bartlebaugh, the Glen Campbell man charged with shooting his father to death on New ...
John Smathers Dec 09, 2020