Punxsutawney News

The Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers announced they are offering a cash reward for information that leads to an arrest in a case of arson and criminal homicide.

A state police trooper uses his radio Thursday afternoon as police sought to find an allegedly armed man who fled from police after a traffic stop at the Reynoldsville rest area along Interstate 80.

A 20-year-old Philadelphia man who was arrested on drug charges following an Oct.

The Small Business Award of 2009 was awarded Thursday to Miller Brothers Furniture.

New details in a death investigation in Jefferson County. Three months ago, 48-year-old Stephen Obbish was found dead in a Punxsutawney police cruiser after he was arrested for public drunkenness.

PUNXSUTAWNEY a ' As per a Right to Know request filed by The Punxsutawney Spirit, the borough has named the police officer Punxsutawney Borough Council fired during a special meeting Tuesday.

Presenting a check for $5,000 to the Punxsutawney Community Center is Tracy Mizerock , Secretary and Manager of the Italian Sons and Daughters of America Club of Punxsutawney.

The Spirit is pleased to share with our readers vignettes of life in the 19th Century as originally reported in past issues of the newspaper.

Tami McFarland , president of the Punxsutawney Fire Department, gives roses to Daniel Rodriguez, known as a oeThe Singing Policemana from New York City, as a thank-you gift from all local first responders.

Some came for the memories, some came because they were curious, and some came because they were hungry during Friday's open house at the IUP Fairman Centre.

PUNXSUTAWNEY a ' Punxsutawney Borough Police now have two individuals in custody stemming from recent burglaries in the borough.

Today is National Weatherization Day, a day that most people never think about except when they receive high heating bills during the winter months.

Robert A. Cardamone, director of Community Action Inc., is seen here in front of its offices on Grace Way in Punxsy.

Jane Cunningham spent most of her life working at the Pantall Hotel in varying capacities.

Snowplow operator Russ Kennedy watches as Russ Clark, from PennDOT in Armstrong County, gave his truck an annual inspection Friday.

Amid the rise of suspected and confirmed H1N1 cases in Jefferson County, Punxsutawney Area Hospital has implemented visitor restrictions.

In his remarks to fellow party members during the annual Jefferson County Republican Banquet Thursday night, House Minority Leader Sam Smith suggested that the recent 101-day state budget impasse was not an accident.

Sue McLaughlin, director of the Crossroads Project, works the phone on the domestic violence hotline.

Cheryl Repik, the Punxsutawney Area School District's director of transportation, Denise Fetterman, Krise Bus Company dispatcher and Don Cameron, PSP Troop C, prepare for Wednesday's Operation Safe Stop.

This 1996 Geo Tracker was involved in a one-vehicle crash Sunday afternoon on Route 119 between Punxsutawney and Big Run.