Category Archives: Local News
TRAVEL ADVISORY ISSUED FOR MARGIOTTI BRIDGE USERS
PennDOT has issued a travel advisory for anyone using the Margiotti Bridge in Jefferson County. As part of the final phase of the Margiotti Bridge Project, Glenn O. Hawbaker, Inc. will begin removal o...
Dec 18, 2018
TWO REYNOLDSVILLE JUVENILES ARRESTED FOR SHOPLIFTING
A nine year old and an 11 year old were arrested for shoplifting last week. DuBois State Police report the two girls from Reynoldsville attempted to steal items from a grocery store, including a pack ...
Dec 17, 2018
STATE POLICE CATCH MAN ON MOST WANTED LIST
Another one off the Most Wanted List from Indiana has been apprehended by State Police in Indiana. Police arrested 24 year old Jacob Dylan Shedlock, whose last known address was in Clymer, on Friday. ...
Dec 17, 2018
PUNXSUTAWNEY MAKE-A-WISH CAMPAIGN REACHES RECORD FOR MONEY RAISED
A big thank you went out from Make A Wish to the Punxsutawney community for its help in making a record total last week during the 27th annual Make A Wish Light Up A Child's Life Campaign with WPXZ. L...
Dec 17, 2018
POLICE RESPOND TO TWO PUNXSUTAWNEY AUTO CRASH INVOLVING UTILITY POLES
There were two crashes in Punxsutawney over the weekend, both involving utility poles. According to the Punxsutawney Spirit, the first crash occurred on Saturday night at 11:37 pm, which knocked out e...
Dec 17, 2018
HEMP POISED TO MAKE AGRICULTURAL COMEBACK IN PENNSYLVANIA
Could industrial hemp once again be the future of farming in Pennsylvania following the Farm Bill's removal of it from the Controlled Substances Act? Once a thriving crop in Pennsylvania, with its rem...
Dec 17, 2018
JEFFERSON, CLARION COUNTIES RANK LOW IN HEALTH STUDY
The findings of a new health study rank Clarion and Jefferson Counties near the bottom. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute found of the 67 c...
Dec 17, 2018
CLARION STATE POLICE REPORT DRUG, DUI ARRESTS - DEC. 17, 2018
Clarion State Police say two out of state males were arrested and arraigned on drug charges. The incident occurred on December 6th around 9:30 in the morning when Clarion State Police responded to a c...
Dec 17, 2018
BIG RUN MAN CRASHES ON 119, ARRESTED ON DUI CHARGES
A 55 year old man from Big Run was seriously injured in a car crash on Saturday. Punxsutawney State Police report the crash occurred on Route 119 around 5:30, when Robert Stiles was traveling south an...
Dec 17, 2018
POLICE CLOSE CASE ON REPORTED ASSAULT IN DOMESTIC DISPUTE IN WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP
Earlier this month, DuBois State Police responded to an assault with bodily injury claim. According to the report, police were responding to a domestic depute on Airport Road in Washington Township, J...
Dec 17, 2018
