Jefferson County News

An autopsy is planned Wednesday on a man shot dead in an argument with a bear hunting party over trespassing on land in remote northern Pennsylvania.

During the Focus Group Monday, lists were made of the strengths and weaknesses of the Punxsutawney area, as well as this wish list for drug and alcohol prevention efforts in Punxsutawney.

Mary Dinger, Punxsutawney Area Hospitala TMs employee health nurse, gives the H1N1 vaccine to Jefferson County EMS paramedic Luke Cressley Thursday.

More than 300 people have already voted on whether to let the Charles Town Races & Slots put table games alongside its slot machines.

HARRISBURG a ' Jefferson County will be among all Pennsylvania counties undertaking a mandatory recount of ballots cast for four open seats on the state Superior Court.

The Jefferson County Courthouse was officially reopened with a ribbon-cutting ceremony with county officials, along with present and past members of the judiciary.

Shown l. to r: Gary Lilley, teacher, Jae, Django, Becca, Jesaint, Lacee, Ivan, Pamela Roberts and Caleb.

I would like to apologize for the slight delay. Senator Aubertine and I attended the funeral of State Police Officer David Lane this morning in Jefferson County.

Convicted murderer Terrell Yarbrough on Thursday broke down sobbing as he addressed the families of his victims and apologized for his role in the May 31, 1999, murders of Aaron Land and Brian Muha.

State Police in Jefferson County are searching for a man they're calling "armed and dangerous". The man took off from police Thursday morning after a traffic stop on I-80. Police have been searching ever since.

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.

Today is election day, and though it lacks the excitement of last year's presidential election, the ballot is full of many local and county races.

Two men are behind bars in Jefferson County. Police say they are responsible for a string of break-ins over the past couple of months.

Craig Gray, a quality control inspector for Community Action Inc, is seen here with Trisha Skarbek, Community Action Inc., community service supervisor, utilizing a blower door, which is a diagnostic tool designed to measure the air tightness of buildings.

On hand Thursday for the Republican banquet in Reynoldsville were Tonya Geist, prothonotary; John Serian, state committeeman; Tony Harper, party chairman; Sam Smith, state representative; James VanSteenberg, treasurer; Bernard Snyder, coroner; David Inzana, magisterial judge; Joe Scarnati, state senator and lieutenant governor; and Pete Winkler, ...

In his opening statement Monday in Judge John DiSalle's courtroom, Defense Attorney Kenneth Haber said his client Terrell Yarbrough wasn't the one who shot and killed two Franciscan University of Steubenville students in May 1999, and that it was his companion, Nathan "Boo" Herring.

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

Jury selection continues for the murder trial of Terrell Yarbrough, 28, of Pittsburgh, who is charged with the May 1999 shooting deaths of two Franciscan University of Steubenville students in Washington County Common Pleas Court.

President Obama today will honor 86 Vietnam veterans, including two Western Pennsylvania men, with the Presidential Unit Citation for their actions in rescuing 100 comrades in a desperate battle near the Cambodian border nearly 40 years ago.

During a surprise check of trash trucks at the Keystone Landfill in Lackawanna County in June, an inspector came across a sobering find: a rig with violations and a driver whose only identification was a Costa Rican driver's license.