Category Archives: Local News
PUNXSUTAWNEY TEACHERS TEAM WITH AREA RESTAURANTS TO PROVIDE FREE MEALS
Some good news: Members of the Punxsutawney Area Education Association, the union representing teachers in the Punxsutawney Area School District, have partnered with area restaurants to provide 600 fr...
May 04, 2020
INDIANA COUNTY VEHICLE INCIDENTS REPORTED
Pennsylvania State Police have issued a report on an accident Saturday afternoon in Clymer. A tractor trailer driven by James Woolery of Irvine, Kentucky was turning left from Walcott Street onto Sout...
May 04, 2020
JEFFERSON COUNTY REACHES SIX REPORTED POSITIVE CASES OF COVID-19
We now have more than 49,267 of people who tested positive for COVID 19 in the Commonwealth; however, the recovery rates are not listed. A total of 2,444 have died in Pennsylvania, according to the De...
May 04, 2020
COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT: STEPHANIE CHAMBERS (MAY 4, 2020)
Stephanie Chambers started working from home when the Stay at Home Order was implemented in March of this year. She uses materials from her own supply and some that were donated to her to make protect...
May 03, 2020
WOLF ANNOUNCES REOPENING OF SEVERAL COUNTIES
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolfe on Friday announced the reopening of 24 counties on May 8 and Jefferson, Clarion and Clearfield are among them. The 24 counties are located in the northern regions of t...
May 01, 2020
TWO AREA TEENS ARRESTED FOR THEFT IN OLIVER TOWNSHIP
Two teenagers were arrested for stealing around $900 of property in Oliver Township of Jefferson County. The incident occurred sometime between April 7th through the 28th and, according to the Pennsyl...
May 01, 2020
BELLS ACROSS PENNSYLVANIA TO RING OUT ON SUNDAY
"Bells Across Pennsylvania Day" will honor health care providers and other workers deemed essential amid the COVID 19 pandemic. Houses of worship and residents across Pennsylvania are encouraged to ri...
May 01, 2020
ALMOST READY TO GO FROM RED TO YELLOW
Next week at this time, if all goes as planned, we should move from the red light we're at now to yellow. Department of Health Secretary Rachel Levine says going from red to yellow does not mean peopl...
May 01, 2020
STATE SENATE VOTES TO SUBPOENA DOCUMENTS RELATED TO WOLF COVID-19 BUSINESS CLOSURES
A state Senate committee has voted to subpoena documents related to Governor Tom Wolf's COVID19 business closure order waiver process. Senate Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee Chai...
May 01, 2020
COMMODORE MAN CHARGED WITH STRANGULATION IN ASSAULT ON WOMAN
Pennsylvania State Police say a Commodore man will be charged with strangulation for an assault on a woman last Sunday afternoon at a home along Cookport Road in Green Township. 39-year-old Jason Abra...
May 01, 2020
