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Local Man Accused of Harassing Individuals in Punxsutawney Due in Court Friday
PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (EYT) — A local man who is facing harassment charges following a dispute in Punxsutawney Borough is due in court on Friday. Court documents say a preliminary hearing is scheduled at 11:30 a.m. on Friday, July 19, for 31-year-old David Edward Pierce Jr., of Johnsonburg, in front of District Judge Jacqueline Mizerock.
Retired DuBois doctor recounts trying to save man fatally shot at Trump rally
Jim Sweetland, a retired doctor from DuBois, was in the stands at the Trump rally Saturday in Butler when, what first sounded like firecrackers to him, started. Sweetland then realized it was gunfire. A man, later identified as Corey Comperatore, had been shot down. Sweetland saw that former President Donald...
Local Man Accused of Fleeing Police Before Crashing Vehicle in Timblin Borough
TIMBLIN BOROUGH, Pa. (EYT) — A local man is accused of fleeing police before crashing the vehicle in Timblin Borough. According to court documents, Punxsutawney-based State Police filed criminal charges against 46-year-old Joshua Wayne Shaffer, of Timblin, in District Judge Jacqueline Mizerock’s office on June 10. According to...
Police Release Details on Curwensville Man Dead After Being Thrown From ATV on Route 879
PENN TWP., Pa. (EYT) — A Curwensville man was killed in an ATV crash that occurred last Wednesday on Route 879 in Penn Township, Clearfield County,. According to Clearfield-based State Police, the crash happened around 6:40 p.m. on Wednesday, July 10, at the intersection of Legion Hill Road and State Route 879, in Penn Township, Clearfield County.
Suspect in custody in robbery half a mile from Regency Mall
State Police at Troop A, Indiana, said a Clearfield County man was charged with robbery and other crimes following an investigation into an incident Tuesday along Pompano Drive in White Township. Troop A spokesman Trooper Cliff Greenfield said Nicholas Joseph Holbert, 22, of Osceola Mills, was charged with one felony...
Passenger Hospitalized After Intersection Crash in Eldred Township
ELDRED TWP., Pa. (EYT) — An area woman was hospitalized after a two-vehicle collision in Eldred Township on Friday. According to Marienville-based State Police, the crash happened around 11:28 a.m. on Friday, July 12, at the intersection of State Route 36 and State Route 949 in Eldred Township, Jefferson County.
Speed led to deadly Coalport crash, state police report
COALPORT, Pa. (WTAJ) — State police have provided new details surrounding a deadly crash in Coalport over the weekend. The single-vehicle crash, which happened along Route 53 in Coalport, Clearfield County, killed Cynthia Wissinger, 53, of Madera and injured two others. Troopers responded to the crash at 751 53 Boulevard, Beccaria Township around 8:45 a.m. […]
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