Fire struck the China One building on Main Street in Reynoldsville shortly after 7:30 p.m. on July 31. Members of the Reynoldsville Police Department, who were attending the borough council meeting in the municipal building next door, were alerted and called in the fire. The rest of the people in the meeting were evacuated. Off-duty…
The storms that hit the area in the past two weeks have severely impacted how the Reynoldsville Area Food Pantry can serve its families. The food pantry serves around 300 families in the area, although the numbers can go up and down, according to Carol Myers of the Gospel Center Church. The building in Reynoldsville…
Using the social hall at the St. Marys Catholic Church, the Reynoldsville Public Library hosted its annual author luncheon on July 18. This year’s author was Rebecca Drake of Pittsburgh who discussed her latest novel Just Between Us. The novel is a thriller that is set in Sewickley near Pittsburgh. “I find the crime that…
It was a night of significant actions by the Reynoldsville Borough Council on July 17. Those actions covered alley expansion, blighted properties, the proposed police station and a new police contract. Alley expansion Daniel Kolody, a real estate broker, asked council to expand Gordon Alley from Eleventh Street to Beck Alley. There are potential buyers…
After being destroyed by fire on January 22, owner Jim Brown of DuBois promised to rebuild. On July 15, the rebuilding began. Crews began the process of preparing the site for the new building located on Main Street in Reynoldsville. A temporary facility is located at the site while the work is completed. No word…
A fire broke out earlier today (July 15) at Watt Logging (behind Fremer Lumber) in Snyder Township near Brockway. Reports from the scene indicated the metal building housing a saw and a debarker was destroyed, but the fire was contained there. There were no injuries. The cost of the damage has not yet been determined….
Due to construction on Interstate 80, more wide loads have been passing through the borough of Reynoldsville on Route 322. On July 9, one of the those trailers had to be left in a parking lot just outside the borough. The 80-foot trailer was heading east on its way to Maine when the tongue on…
A lightning strike caused a fire at a home near Wishaw in Winslow Township on July 5. The home, owned and occupied by John and Sue Horner, suffered damage to the roof, attic and second floor bedroom. The Horners were home at the time the lightning hit sometime around 3:30 p.m. but escaped without injury….
An accident on Route 950 near Reynoldsville occurred on July 4 around 4 p.m. Details are sketchy, but one person suffered a minor injury. Power was knocked out in the area. Reynoldsville Fire Depart and EMS responded as did the Pennsylvania State Police.
Police in Reynoldsville have filed charges against a borough man in connection with an alleged rape incident that occurred in May. 25-year-old Derrick J. McLeod of Mabel Street in Reynoldsville is facing several charges including rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, sexual assault, corruption of minors, and two counts of indecent assault. According to documents filed…