Students at the C.G. Johnson Elementary School were kept inside today(Nov. 26) as a precaution due to what appeared to be a mercury spill on the Worth Street sidewalk. The area was marked with cones and a Hazmat team was called in to clean it up. The district made the following announcement earlier today on…
Month: November 2019
A wind gusts caused the accident that closed the eastbound lanes of Interstate 80 for several hours in Jefferson County today (Nov. 22). State Police out of DuBois say a tractor-trailer hauling plastic pipe was headed east near mile marker 93 when the wind caught the pipes and started to overturn the trailer. The driver…
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s (PennDOT) District 10 reminds motorists that they can track its 163 snow plow trucks and check road conditions along their 6,961 snow lane miles in Armstrong, Butler, Clarion, Indiana and Jefferson counties, in real time, online, from the comfort of their own homes, or through the 511PA app. PennDOT’s District 10 has…
Administrators from all the schools in the DuBois Area School District presented their performance reviews to the Board at a regular meeting on November 21. The date of the meeting had been moved up one week form its regular date of November 28 because of Thanksgiving. Superintendent Wendy Benton introduced Director of Curriculum Anne Young…
At its regular meeting on November 21, the DuBois Area School Board listened to members of the audience about coaches in two different sports. Several parents spoke at the regular meeting of the DuBois Area School Board in support of three-year varsity head football coach, Justin Marshall. Every parent who spoke said they supported Marshall…
With members of Boy Scout Troop 72 on hand to observe, the Reynoldsville Borough Council make quick work of its agenda on November 20. Ralph “Tucker” August chaired his first meeting as council president after assuming that position on November 6, replacing TJ Sliwinski, who resigned from council. Reynoldsville Borough Pool Manager Jill Heffner reported…
Reynoldsville officials have announced they plan to welcome the Christmas Season on November 29 and 30. The public is invited to come to the Christmas Tree Light Up Night, Friday, November 29, beginning at 6 p.m. in front of the tree at the borough building. It will include the singing of traditional carols as well…
State Police have filed a charge of filing a false report to law enforcement against a Jefferson County woman in connection with an incident that took place on November 2. Police say they were called to a residence along Cricket Road in Winslow Township for a report of a mental health incident. When the officer…
After months of wrangling, arguments, and investigations, the Reynoldsville Borough Council may have found a solution for the problem with the police station—the building trades shop at Jeff Tech. Reynoldsville Mayor Peach Caltagarone and Council member Ralph “Tucker” August reported to council that Jeff tech students and staff have offered to redo the old police…
After losing its bid for grant monies, the Reynoldsville Pool is looking to the community for help. Pool manager Jill Heffner informed the Reynoldsville Borough Council on November 6 that the loss of the grant was “devastating.” The Reynoldsville Recreation Committee, the pools parent organization, was seeking a $170,000 grant to help with badly needed…