State Police in DuBois report an unusual incident that occurred in Reynoldsville on January 4. Trooper Tyler Blaniar reports responding to a residence at 370 South 14th Street in the borough. The resident, Scott Siple of Reynoldsville, reported that he received statements and a photograph that indicated 29-year-old Alicia Wineberg of DuBois was inside his…
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A DuBois man is facing numerous charges in connection with an alleged rape of a 5-year-old Reynoldsville girl. William Dean Rockwell, 38, of 21 West Washington Avenue, DuBois, is charged with numerous offenses including rape of a child, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, unlawful contact with a minor, endangering the welfare of a child, sexual assault,…
Recent data from the Pennsylvania Crash Information Tool (PCIT) show that in 2018, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s (PennDOT) District 10, 132 motorists were in a drug-related crash, a 4% decrease from 2017. While Butler and Clarion counties saw decreases in drug-related/drugged driver crashes, Armstrong, Indiana and Jefferson counties saw increases, some of them significant. A new Center…
The Reynoldsville Borough Council met for the last time in 2019 on December 18. The council tackled a busty agenda to finish the year. One item that had to be acted upon at this meeting was the 2020 budget. That budget, along with related ordinances and resolutions, had been advertised for the required 30 days…
For months, Reynoldsville Borough has been wrestling with what to do about its aging Christmas lights, but a lower cost solution was presented at the December 18 council meeting meeting. Barb Matusky, who, along with her husband Jack Matusky, have worked with the lights in the past. She told council that she contacted the company…
A celebration of Christmas was held at the Foundry Senior Citizen Center in Reynoldsville on December 19. Volunteers, including students from Jeff Tech, helped to serve the meal and refreshments to the close to 100 guests who attended. The meal was provided by the Jefferson County Area on Aging in Brookville. Music of the season…
Troop C of the Pennsylvania State Police based in DuBois have released details of the standoff in Reynoldsville today. Police say that at 3:15 this morning, they responded to a residence on 118 Brown Street for a report of a 44-year-old male who was threating people inside the residence with a firearm. Police say Steven…
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…
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…