Category Archives: Local News
CORONER ISSUES CLARIFICATION ON CAUSE OF DEATH OF SCI PINE GROVE INMATE
The Indiana County Coroner is clarifying some of the information from a previous news release by the state Department of Corrections, regarding the cause of death for an inmate at the SCI Pine Grove i...
Jan 04, 2019
STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT DECLARES FLU "WIDESPREAD"
The state Department of Health has declared the flu "widespread", the highest classification of confirmed flu cases in the state index. Eight people have died from complications of the flu this season...
Jan 04, 2019
MARION CENTER SCHOOL DISTRICT REMINDS RESIDENTS OF KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION
A quick reminder: Marion Center kindergarten registration for 2019-2020 is underway. Children who are five years of age prior to September 1, 2019 are eligible to attend. To start the process, call 72...
Jan 04, 2019
JEFFERSON COUNTY RELEASES UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR NOVEMBER
Nationally the unemployment rate is 3.7 percent, and recently the State Department of Labor and Industry released the November unemployment rate for Pennsylvania, which was at 4.2 percent. In comparis...
Jan 04, 2019
SYKESVILLE MAN FOUND GUILTY ON MULTIPLE CHARGES INVOLVING CLEARFIELD COUNTY ARSONS
Yesterday a man from Jefferson County was found guilty of arson, endangering persons, aggravated arson, and many other charges. According to published reports, 24-year-old Steven Rode of Sykesville wa...
Jan 04, 2019
POLICE BRIEFS - JAN. 4, 2019
New details have been released on a car crash that happened on New Years Day. Punxsutawney State Police say the crash happened just after 2 pm on January 1, when 84 year old Wilmer McQuown from Punxsu...
Jan 04, 2019
HEARING SET FOR MAYPORT MAN AFTER CHOKING INCIDENT
A hearing is for a Jefferson County man who allegedly choked and bit a woman on Christmas Eve. Online Court documents show 40-year-old Brent Richard Minick from Mayport will have a preliminary hearing...
Jan 03, 2019
SENECA WOMAN CHARGED WITH CHILD ENDANGERMENT
We have an update in a child endangerment case involving a three-year-old girl who left a Seneca residence after her mother passed out from mixing alcohol and anxiety medication. Online court document...
Jan 03, 2019
PUNXSUTAWNEY MAN CHARGED WITH THREATENING WIFE
A man from Punxsutawney is facing charges after he allegedly threatened his wife. According to online court documents, Punxsutawney State Police filed criminal charges, including terroristic threats a...
Jan 03, 2019
SCI PINE GROVE INMATE IN INDIANA COUNTY FOUND DEAD
The investigation continues into the death of an inmate at SCI Pine Grove, the state prison in White Township. The State Corrections Department announced yesterday that 32-year-old Luis Santiago was f...
Jan 03, 2019
