THE FOLLOWING STORY IS COURTESY OF YOUR DAILY LOCAL IN WARREN.  READ MORE HERE.  

ST. MARYS WILL BE LOOKING FOR A NEW CITY MANAGER SOON.  CURRENT CITY CHIEF, JOE FLEMING, HAS TENDERED HIS RESIGNATION AS HE HAS BEEN SELECTED AS THE NEW CITY MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF DUBOIS.  FLEMING, WHO HAS BEEN IN ST. MARYS SINCE MAY OF 2021, WILL BEGIN HIS NEW JOB ON JULY 6TH.  

 

STATE POLICE OUT OF LEWIS RUN ARE INVESTIGATING A THEFT CASE THAT HAPPENED LAST SATURDAY.  THEY TELL US SOMEBODY TOOK A 12 FOOT FISHING KAYAK AND TRAILER FROM WILLOW BAY CAMPGROUND IN CORYDON TOWNSHIP.  THE TRAILER HAD VARIOUS FISHING ITEMS ON IT AS WELL.  TOTAL VALUE OF THE THEFT IS OVER 12 HUNDRED DOLLARS.  ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CALL POLICE. 

STATE POLICE SAY THAT 27-YEAR-OLD COREY GEER OF SUMMERVILLE IS IN THE JEFFERSON COUNTY JAIL AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTED HIS GIRLFRIEND DURING TWO DOMESTINC INCIDENTS ON CONSECTUTIVE DAYS.  THE VICTIM CONTACTED TROOPERS TO REPORT THAT GEER ASSAULTED HER ON MAY 8^TH AT AN APARTMENT ON MEMORY LANE IN THE BOROUGH.  ON THE 9^TH HE REPORTEDLY ASSAULTED HER AGAIN IN KNOX TOWNSHIP.  THE RESPONDING OFFICER NOTICED SWELLING AND DISCOLORATION ON THE WOMAN’S HAND.  HE REMAINS BEHIND BARS ON $20,000 BAIL.  HIS PRELIMINARY HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 10^TH.

39-YEAR-OLD CARLI BAIRD OF BROOKVILLE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL FOR INJURIES AFTER A ROLL-OVER CRASH IN WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP OVER THE WEEKEND.  TROOPERS REPORT THAT IT HAPPENED ON MAY 30^TH AT JUST AFTER 9AM ON STEVENSON HILL ROAD, NEAR SMITHTOWN ROAD. BAIRD WAS TRAVELING SOUTH WHEN SHE FAILED TO NEGOTIATE A RIGHT-HAND TURN, WENT ACROSS THE ROAD AND STRUCK AN EMBANKMENT.  HER 2011 JEEP OVERTURNED BEFORE COMING TO REST.  SHE WAS WEARING HER SEATBELT AT THE TIME OF THE COLLISION.

A BILL THAT WOULD BAN CELL PHONES DURING THE SCHOOL DAY IS NOW HEADED TO THE PENNSYLVANIA SENATE.  THE BILL, SPONSORED BY ALLEGHENY COUNTY DEMOCRAT, MANDY STEELE, HAS SOME EXCEPTIONS TO IT, INCLUDING THOSE FOR STUDENTS WITH MEDICAL CONDITIONS OR INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PROGRAMS.  IT DOES NOT STATE THAT PHONES CAN BE CONFISCATED DURING THE SCHOOL DAY.  20 DEMOCRATS JOINED 55 REPUBLICANS IN VOTING AGAINST THE BILL.  THE FINAL VOTE WAS 126-75 IN FAVOR. 

A DUBOIS MAN IS FACING CHARGES TODAY AFTER HE WAS WALKING NAKED THROUGH DOWNTOWN DUBOIS LAST FRIDAY.  CITY POLICE SAY THEY WERE CALLED TO THE INTERSECTION OF WEST LONG AVENUE AND JARED STREET AND OBSERVED 44-YEAR-OLD JESSE KING IN THE ROADWAY.  OFFICERS SAY HE SHOWED SIGNS OF IMPAIRMENT AND RESISTED ARREST WHEN THEY TRIED TO TAKE HIM INTO CUSTODY.  KING IS BEHIND BARS IN THE CLEARFIELD COUNTY JAIL TODAY.

CITY OF BRADFORD POLICE HAVE CHARGED 43-YEAR-OLD ADRIAN WASHINGTON WITH FELONY AGGRIVATED ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON, TERRORISTIC THREATS AND RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY STABBED SOMEONE WITH A SWORD ON THE BRADFORD WALKING TRAIL.  OFFICERS SAY THE INCIDENT HAPPENED NEAR COUNTRY FAIR ON MONDAY NIGHT.  THE VICTIM WAS TRANSPORTED BY HELICOPTER TO PENN HIGHLANDS DUBOIS FOR TREATMENT OF SEVERE INJURIES.  WASHINGTON IS IN THE MCKEAN COUNTY JAIL ON $200,000 BAIL.

40-YEAR-OLD STACEY ELLIS OF DUBOIS IS FACING MULTIPLE CHARGES AFTER CITY POLICE SAY THAT SHE SUPPLIED FENTYNL THAT CAUSED THE OVERDOSE DEATH OF A MAN IN AUGUST 2024.  OFFICERS WERE DISPATCHED AT JUST BEFORE 2PM ON AUGUST 10^TH TO 315 SOUTH JARED STREET FOR AN UNRESPONSIVE MAN.  EMS ATTEMPTED LIFE-SAVING MEASURES FOR BRYAN CIELESKI,  BUT WERE UNABLE TO REVIVE HIM.  AN AUTOPSY REVEALED THAT HE DIED OF A MULTI-DRUG OVERDOSE.  ELLIS ALLEGEDLY ADMITTED TO PROVIDING HIM THE DRUGS KNOWING IT WOULD RESULT IN HIS DEATH.

THE FORMER K-MART LOCATION AT THE FORMER WARREN MALL LOCATION IS BEING PREPPED FOR SOME NEW TENNANTS.  READ MORE HERE FROM YOUR DAILY LOCAL.  

A ST. MARYS MAN IS JAILED TODAY AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY BURGLARIZED A GEORGE STREET RESIDENCE IN THE CITY OVER THE WEEKEND.  ST. MARYS POLICE SAY IT HAPPENED SATURDAY AFTERNOON WHEN 45-YEAR-OLD ERIC DIPPOLD REPORTEDLY ENTERED AN UNOCCUPIED RESIDENCE AND TOOK SOME TOOLS.  POLICE ALSO REPORT THAT DIPPOLD WAS ALLEGEDLY IN POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES WHEN HE WAS ARRESTED. 

A LITTLE RELIEF AT THE GAS PUMP THIS WEEK.  TRIPLE A REPORTS A 10-CENT DROP IN THE PRICE OF REGULAR UNLEADED TO REST AT 4.59 A GALLON ON AVERAGE IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA.  THE LOWEST PRICE IN OUR AREA COMES IN BROOKVILLE, WHERE IT’S 4.41.