Category Archives: Local News

HEARING SCHEDULED FOR PUNXSUTAWNEY MAN ON DUI CHARGES
A preliminary hearing for a DUI is scheduled for a Punxsutawney man. According to the State Police in Punxsutawney, 46 year old Patrick David Knox was charged for driving under the influence, careless...
John Smathers Feb 08, 2019

SHIPPENVILLE MAN WANTED ON MULTIPLE CHILD RAPE CHARGES CAUGHT IN FLORIDA
The man from Shippenville who is wanted on 865 charges including 216 counts of rape of a child was caught by the U.S. Marshals in Florida yesterday. The Clarion State Police say Garrick Landon Bloom w...
John Smathers Feb 08, 2019

CHICKENS DIE IN PERRY TOWNSHIP COOP FIRE
Yesterday morning several chickens died in a coop fire. The Punxsutawney Spirit reports the fire happened on Frostburg Road in Perry Township around 7:45 am and the Perry Township Volunteer Fire Compa...
John Smathers Feb 08, 2019

BROOKVILLE WOMAN INJURED IN ROLL-OVER CRASH
This past Friday a woman from Brookville was injured in a roll-over crash. The State Police in Punxsutawney say the incident happened close to 8 in the morning when 45-year old Dana Smeal of Brookvill...
John Smathers Feb 07, 2019

POLICE SEEKING HIT-AND-RUN SUSPECT FROM INCIDENT IN BIG RUN
The State Police have a description of a driver and a vehicle that was allegedly involved in a hit and run and they need you help. Authorities say the incident happened on January 29 around 1:30 pm on...
John Smathers Feb 07, 2019

POLICE BRIEFS - FEB. 7, 2019
A 72 year old man from Strattanville is accused of using his vehicle to hit a police officer who was in the cross walk at the time. According to ExploreClarion.com, the Clarion Borough Police Departme...
John Smathers Feb 07, 2019

SYKESVILLE BOROUGH COUNCIL MEETS TO DISCUSS PROBLEMS RELATED TO RECENT COLD WEATHER
The Sykesville Borough Council Met on Monday night and discussed the problems caused by the recent polar vortex that brought extreme cold temperatures to the area. According to the Punxsutawney Spirit...
John Smathers Feb 06, 2019

POLICE BRIEFS - FEB. 6, 2019
A deer was the cause of an accident on Route 28. The State Police in Punxsutawney say the accident happened this past Friday morning around 8 o'clock when a deer entered the roadway on Route 28 near G...
John Smathers Feb 06, 2019

CARFAGNO INDUCTED INTO METEOROLOGIST HALL OF FAME FRIDAY
Weather Channel Meteorologist Jen Carfagno is now in the Punxsutawney Weather Discovery Center's Meteorologist Hall of Fame. She was inducted into the Hall of Fame this afternoon at the Weather Center...
John Smathers Feb 01, 2019

HIT-AND-RUN REPORTED IN PUNXSUTAWNEY BOROUGH
There was a hit and run in Punxsutawney and the borough Police are looking for information. According to the Punxsutawney Borough police department, the incident happened today just after midnight whe...
John Smathers Feb 01, 2019