Category Archives: Local News

PUNXSUTAWNEY MAN UNINJURED IN ROLL-OVER CRASH ON ROUTE 36
There was a roll over crash on Route 36. According to the Punxsutawney State Police, the accident happened on Tuesday around 2 in the afternoon, when 23 year old Devin Gill from Punxsutawney lost cont...
John Smathers Feb 14, 2019

NEW BETHLEHEM MAN CHARGED WITH ASSAULTING PREGNANT WOMAN
A man from New Bethlehem allegedly assaulted a pregnant woman during a domestic dispute in Union Township, Jefferson County. According to ExploreClarion.com, the State Police in Punxsutawney have file...
John Smathers Feb 14, 2019

IUP STUDENTS ASSISTING WITH CREATION OF CO-WORK SPACES IN PUNXSUTAWNEY
IUP Interior Design students are helping to create co-work spaces in downtown Punxsutawney. Punxsy Connect is a co-working space project to provide temporary or permanent office space that includes al...
John Smathers Feb 13, 2019

HEARING HELD FOR ROSSITER MAN ACCUSED IN CRASH THAT KILLED HOME GAS STATION EMPLOYEE
Motions hearings are being held today in Indiana County Court for James Brown, the Rossiter man charged with homicide by vehicle and other offenses in the death of a woman who was working at a gas sta...
John Smathers Feb 13, 2019

POLICE BRIEFS - FEB. 13, 2019
A three-car accident that happened on Monday involved a man from Home, another from Indiana and one who fled the scene. The accident happened just before 7 in the morning when James Smith from Indiana...
John Smathers Feb 13, 2019

TRACTOR TRAILER HITS CAR IN CLEARFIELD COUNTY
A commercial vehicle hit a car in Clearfield County Monday. According to the State Police in DuBois, the crash happened on Monday around nine in the morning on State Park Road near Colby Road in Husto...
John Smathers Feb 13, 2019

KNOX MAN WAIVES PRELIMINARY HEARING ON CHILD RAPE, BESTIALITY CHARGES
The man from Knox who is accused of repeatedly raping two young children and bestiality waived his preliminary hearing yesterday. According to the court documents, four charges, including 36 counts of...
John Smathers Feb 13, 2019

FRYBURG MAN IN COURT TODAY FOR THREATENING TO SHOOT, KILL WOMAN
A man from Fryburg who is accused of threatening to shoot and kill a woman will be in court today. According to court documents, 64-year-old Scot McDermid of Fryburg has been charged with terroristic ...
John Smathers Feb 12, 2019

FALLS CREEK MAN VICTIMIZED BY PHONE SCAM
Another phone scam shorts victim out of $4,100. Last Wednesday around 11 in the morning, a 76 year old man from Falls Creek received a call from a person claiming to be with a phone company the victim...
John Smathers Feb 12, 2019

STATE POLICE STILL SEARCHING FOR MISSING CLEARFIELD COUNTY WOMAN
The Pennsylvania State Police are still looking for your help to find a missing Clearfield County woman. Delona Jade Bowser was reported missing on February 8, after she failed to show up to visit her...
John Smathers Feb 12, 2019