FORMER WARREN COUNTY CHIEF DETECTIVE THOMAS KIBBEY WAS RELEASED FROM JAIL THIS WEEK.  THE 41-YEAR-OLD PLEAD GUILTY IN JUNE TO MISDEMEANOR CHARGES OF HAVING AN INAPPROPRIATE RELATIONSHIP WITH A CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANT FOR THE WARREN COUNTY DRUG TASK FORCE.  THE INFORMANT WAS ALSO A FORMER WARREN COUNTY JAIL INMATE AND THE RELATIONSHIP TOOK PLACE WHEN KIBBEY WAS IN A POSITION OF AUTHORITY.  HE RESIGNED AS CHIEF DETECTIVE IN MARCH OF 2025.  KIBBEY WILL BE ON PROBATION FOR THE NEXT 24 MONTHS.

32-YEAR-OLD GARRET HOMELL OF PORT ALLEGANY WAS SENTENCED IN MCKEAN COUNTY COURT YESTERDAY FOR ABUSING A TODDLER.  HE WAS SENTENCED TO STATE PRISON FOR 2-5 YEARS ON CHARGES OF AGGRIVATED ASSAULT, ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A CHILD AND SIMPLE ASSAULT FOR BEATING A 3-YEAR-OLD CHILD IN JANUARY OF 2025.  THE JUDGE RECOMMENDED THAT HE NOT BE PERMITTED TO HAVE CONTACT WITH THE VICTIM AND REQUIRED HIM TO SUBMIT A DNA SAMPLE.

A JOHNSONBURG MAN IS BEHIND BARS TODAY ON CHARGES HE TRIED TO SEXUALLY ASSAULT A MINOR EARLIER THIS YEAR.  ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS, IT ALLEGEDLY HAPPENED ON MARCH 15^TH WHEN 21-YEAR-OLD JOHN HILYER JUNIOR HAD INAPPROPRIATE CONTACT WITH THE MINOR WHEN HE WAS INTERRUPTED BY HIS GIRLFRIEND.  HILYER ALLEGEDLY THEN CONFESSED TO POLICE HIS INTENT TO ASSAULT THE GIRL.  HE’S DUE IN COURT NEXT WEEK FOR A PRELIMINARY HEARING.

A HOME IN THE BOROUGH OF BROOKVILLE WAS LOST TO A FIRE ON WEDNESDAY.  CREWS BATTLED THE BLAZE FOR OVER AN HOUR AFTER ARRIVING AT THE SCENE ON MAPLE STREET AT AROUND 12:30PM.  A BROOKVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN REPORTED THAT A WOMAN WAS ON THE BACK ROOF OF THE HOME AND WAS HELPED DOWN BY NEIGHBORS BEFORE THEY ARRIVED.  HE SAID THERE WERE THREE PEOPLE WHO LIVED AT THE RESIDENCE, BUT ONLY ONE WAS HOME DURING THE FIRE.  NO ONE WAS INJURED.  THE FIRE MARSHAL SAID THAT THE FIRE WAS MOST LIKELY ACCIDENTAL AND THAT THE HOME WAS A TOTAL LOSS.

A CLEARFIELD COUNTY MAN IS DEAD AFTER A MOTOTCYCLE ACCIDENT JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY MORNING ON MORRISDALE ALLPORT HIGHWAY IN MORRIS TOWNSHIP.  STATE POLICE SAY THE BIKE LEFT THE ROADWAY AND STRUCK A TREE ON A CURVE.  THE 35-YEAR-OLD UNIDENTIFIED DRIVER WAS THROWN FROM THE MOTOTCYCLE CAUSING FATAL INJURIES.  HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. 

A ST. MARYS WOMAN IS FACING BURGLARY CHARGES AFTER AN INCIDENT MONDAY AFTERNOON ON NORTH ST. MARYS STREET.  CITY POLICE SAY 43-YEAR-OLD LINDA SAMICK ALLEGEDLY TRIED TO BREAK INTO A RESIDENCE WITH A CROWBAR WITH THE INTENT TO ASSAULT THE OCCUPANTS.  SHE FLED THE SCENE AND WAS SOON LOCATED AND ARRESTED. 

STATE POLICE IN COUDERSPORT REPORT THAT 33-YEAR-OLD JOSHUA RUDINSKI OF GALETON HAS BEEN CHARGED AFTER A DOMESTIC DISPUTE INVOLVING WEAPONS.  THE INCIDENT HAPPENED ON JUNE 22^ND AT A RESIDENCE ON CRIPPEN RUN ROAD IN POTTER COUNTY WHEN HE ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTED MULTIPLE VICTIMS BEFORE FLEEING THE SCENE, WITH A LARGE KNIFE.  RUDINSKI IS ON THE RUN AND IS BELIEVED TO BE ARMED.  ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE STATE POLICE AT 814-274-8690. 

65-YEAR-OLD STEVEN SIMMONS OF BROOKVILLE ESACPED INJURY AFTER LOSING CONTROL OF HIS VEHICLE IN OLIVER TOWNSHIP.  THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED AT AROUND 4:30PM ON JUNE 18^TH ON EAST BRANCH ROAD, SOUTH OF JOSEPHINE LANE.  SIMMONS’S 2006 JEEP LIBERTY SUFFERED A SUDDEN MECHANICAL FAILURE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE, CAUSING A WHEEL TO COMPLETELY DETATCH.  HIS VEHICLE PULLED RIGHT, LEFT THE ROADWAY AND TRAVELED DOWN A STEEP EMBANKMENT BEFORE HITTING A TREE.  SIMMONS WASN’T INJURED.  HIS VEHICLE DID SUFFER DISABLING DAMAGE.

CITY OF BRADFORD POLICE HAVE CHARGED 43-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL MAKINEN WITH CRIMINAL MISCHIEF AND PUBLIC INTOXICATION AFTER HE WAS ARRESTED EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.  HE ALLEGEDLY PUNCHED OUT THE MIRRORS OF SEVERAL CARS ALONG MECHANIC STREET IN THE CITY.  MAKININ WAS ARRESTED, LATER RELEASED AND IS AWAITING HIS PRELIMINARY HEARING DATE.

STATE POLICE OUT OF LEWIS RUN HAVE RELEASED INFORMATION REGARDING A FATAL MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT THAT HAPPENED BACK ON THE EVENING OF JUNE 12^TH.  ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, 24-YEAR-OLD MAYTEL YORK, OF ELDRED, WAS KILLED WHEN HER BIKE COLLIDED WITH A DEER ON ROUTE 446 IN ELDRED TOWNSHIP, MCKEAN COUNTY.  YORK WAS THROWN FROM THE BIKE, CAUSING HER FATAL INJURIES.  SHE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. 

GAS PRICES ARE FALLING RAPIDLY IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA.  ACCORDING TO TRIPLE A, THE PRICE IS LOWER THIS WEEK BY 7 CENTS IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA.  BUT, IN THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS, MANY IN OUR AREA HAVE SEEN A HUGE DROP IN PRICE TO DIP BELOW 4 DOLLARS A GALLON FOR THE FIRST TIME IN WEEKS.  THE PRICE OF OIL CONTINUES TO BE FAVORABLE AS WELL. 

MULTIPLE CLEARFIELD COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENTS RESPONDED TO A FULLY INVOLVED TRAILER FIRE ON INTERSTATE 80 ON SATURDAY NIGHT.  CREWS WERE RETURNING FROM THE CURWENSVILLE DAYS PARADE WHEN THEY WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE NEAR MILE MARKER 137 WESTBOUND JUST AFTER 9PM.  OFFICIALS SAY THE TRAILER WAS FULL OF FROZEN MEATS AND IT TOOK THEM OVER 4 HOURS TO CONTAIN THE FIRE AND HELP WITH TRAFFIC CONTROL.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED. 

26-YEAR-OLD BRANDON PEARCE, AN INMATE IN THE JEFFERSON COUNTY JAIL, IS FACING CHARGES AFTER HE ASSALTED A CORRECTIONS OFFICER DURING A CONFRONTATION OVER MEDIACATION.  THE CHARGES STEM FROM AN INCIDENT ON APRIL 10^TH WHEN STATE POLICE RECEIVED WORD THAT PEARCE HAD ASSAULTED THE OFFICER AT AROUND 9:30PM.  A FACULTY NURSE NOTICED THAT HE WAS TRYING TO HIDE PILLS UNDER HIS TONGUE.  THE CORRECTIONS OFFICER STEPPED IN AND PEARCE SPIT ON HIM TWICE.  HE IS DUE IN COURT FOR HIS PRELIMINARY HEARING ON AUGUST 20^TH.

STATE POLICE IN DUBOIS HAVE CHARGED 27-YEAR-OLD FREDERICK PORRIN OF FALLS CREEK AFTER TROOPERS SAY HE ASSAULTED A WOMAN OVER A CUSTODY DISPUTE.  HE IS FACING SIMPLE ASSAULT, HARASSMENT AND DISCORDERLY CONDUCT CHARGES FOR ALLEGEDLY REPEADEDLY PUSHING THE VICTIM ON JUNE 4^TH AT A RESIDENCE ON RIDGE AVENUE IN FALLS CREEK BOROUGH.  AN ARGUMENT BEGAN BECAUSE OF THE VICTIM WAS IN A NEW RELATIONSHIP AND PORRIN DIDN’T WANT THE NEW BOYFRIEND AROUND THEIR CHILD.  OFFICERS OBSERVED BRUISES ACROSS THE WOMAN’S NOSE AND A SCRATCH MARK.  PORRIN IS DUE IN COURT FOR HIS PRELIMINARY HEARING ON AUGUST 25^TH.

47-YEAR-OLD HERBERT COVEY THE FOURTH IS FACING CHILD ENDANGERMENT AND DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE CHARGES AFTER A TRAFFIC STOP ON ROUTE 28 IN JEFFERSON COUNTY.  THE INCIDENT HAPPENED ON APRIL 4^TH AT JUST BEFORE 5:30 PM WHEN TROOPERS STOPPED HIM FOR WEAVING AND CROSSING LINES ON THE ROADWAY IN THE BOROUGH OF SUMMERVILLE.  OFFICERS REPORTED SMELLING MARIJUANA AND FOUND MULTIPLE DRUGS AND PARAPHERNALIA IN THE VEHICLE.  ALONG WITH AN ADULT PASSENGER, THERE WAS A JUVINILE THAT WAS IN THE BACK SEAT.  COVEY’S PRELIMINARY HEARING IS SET FOR JULY 20^TH.

AFTER AN EXTENSIVE INVESTIGATION, AN ATTEMPTED KIDNAPPING CASE IN WARREN COUNTY IS CLOSED.  STATE POLICE SAY THAT THE ALLEGED INCIDENT DID NOT OCCUR BACK ON JUNE 11^TH IN TIDIOUTE.  THAT EVENING, IT WAS REPORTED THAT A MAN ALLEGEDLY TRIED TO LURE A JUVENILE INTO HIS VEHICLE AT THE INTERSECTION OF MAIN AND ELM STREETS IN THE BOROUGH.  POLICE SAY SEVERAL AVENUES OF EVIDENCE, OR LACK OF EVIDENCE, LED TO THE CONCLUSION.  

BROOKVILLE POLICE REPORT THAT TWO PEOPLE WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOLLOWING A 3-VEHICLE CRASH ON ROUTE 36 IN OLIVER TOWNSHIP ON JUNE 2^ND.  THE INCIDENT HAPPENED AT JUST ATER 8AM EAST OF PANSY ROAD NEAR THE MACDONALD AND OWEN LUMBER YARD.  47-YEAR-OLD MELISSA RILEY FAILED TO SEE A SEMI DRIVEN BY 57-YEAR-OLD ROLYN BARKSDALE OF MISSOURI.  SHE CRASHED INTO IT AND AN ONCOMING VEHICLE DRIVEN BY 71-YEAR-OLD JEFFREY PARROT.  72-YEAR-OLD BONNIE PARROT WAS A PASSENGER.  THE PARROTS SUSTAIN MINOR INJURIES AND WERE TRANSPORTED FOR TREATMENT.  RILEY WAS CITED FOR FOLLOWING TOO CLOSELY.

THE JEFFERSON COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY SERVICES ANNOUNCED IN A NEWS RELEASE THAT THE EF1 TORNADO IN MCALMONT TOWNSHIP EXTENDED OVER A 5-MILE RANGE LAST SUNDAY.  WITH ESTIMATED WINDS OF 110 MILES PER HOUR THE SWATH STARTED 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF OLIVEBURG AND ENDED 2 MILES EAST OF ANITA.  THERE WERE NO REPORTS OF INJURIES AND NO ESTIMATES ON DAMAGES.

MCKEAN COUNTY IS SET TO RECEIVE A BIG CHUNK OF MONEY FROM THE NATURAL GAS IMPACT REVENUE THIS YEAR.  ON MONDAY, THE PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION ANNOUNCED THAT THE COUNTY WOULD BE RECEIVING OVER 1.1 MILLION DOLLARS AS PART OF A STATEWIDE DISTRIBUTION OF 244 MILLION.  THE MONEY WILL BE DISTRIBUTED AMONG THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT AND SEVERAL MUNICIPALITIES. 

A GOULDSBORO, PENNSYLVANIA MAN IS FACING DUI CHARGES AFTER HE CALLED POLICE – ON HIMSELF.  STATE POLICE SAY IT HAPPENED BACK ON APRIL 29^TH OF THIS YEAR WHEN THE UNIDENTIFIED 50-YEAR-OLD DID SO FROM HIS TRACTOR-TRAILER AS HE WAS DRIVING IN CLOVER TOWNSHIP, JEFFERSON COUNTY.  POLICE SAY HE WAS TRAVELING AROUND 5 MILES-PER-HOUR AND CAUSING TRAFFIC PROBLEMS.  HE REPORTEDLY ADMITTED TO TROOPERS HE WAS HIGH ON DRUGS WHEN THEY TOOK HIM INTO CUSTODY. 

THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE FIRE MARSHAL’S OFFICE IS REPORTING THAT A BLAZE AT AN EMPTY APARTMENT BUILDING ON SOUTH MICHAEL STREET IN ST. MARYS WAS RULED AS ARSON.  THE FIRE HAPPENED ON SUNDAY AT JUST AFTER 9PM AND DAMAGE IS ESTIMATED AT $50,000. 

BROOKVILLE BOROUGH POLICE HAVE CITED A 33-YEAR-OLD MAN FROM ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA FOR SCATTERING RUBBISH AFTER AN INCIDENT AT A TRUCK STOP ON ALLEGHENY BOULEVARD.  OFFICERS SAY THAT THE INCIDENT HAPPENED ON JUNE 6^TH AT AROUND 6AM AND THAT THE MAN REMOVED THE REAR BUMPER FROM HIS VEHICLE AND INTENTIONALLY LEFT DEBRIS IN THE PARKING LOT.  THE VEHICLE’S LICENCE PLATE WAS LEFT ON THE BUMPER LEADING POLICE TO THE OWNER.

THE KEYSTONE ELK COUNTRY ALLIANCE HAS A NEW PRESIDENT AND CEO.  IN A NEWS RELEASE ON TUESDAY, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ANNOUNCED THAT BEN PORKOLAB WILL SUCCEED JEFF GAUGER IN THE POSITION.  PORKOLAB HAS MORE THAN 2 DECADES OF EXPERIENCE RELATED TO THE ROLE AND SPENT THE LAST 8 YEARS AS KECA’S CONSERVATION EDUCATION COORDINATOR. 

FOR THE SECOND TIME, A CONVICTED BRADFORD MURDERER HAS BEEN DENIED AN APPEAL.  THE PENNSYLVANIA SUPREME COURT DENIED THE APPEAL OF FREDERICK CAMEJO JUNIOR, WHO WAS CONVICTED IN 2024 OF THE SHOOTING DEATH OF EDWARD FOMBY JUNIOR IN 2022.  IT WAS JUST 6 MONTHS AGO THAT CAMEJO’S APPEAL TO THE SUPERIOR COURT WAS DENIED.  CAMEJO IS SERVING AT LEAST 22 AND A HALF YEARS IN PRISON IN THE CASE. 

33-YEAR-OLD LARRY SHROYER JUNIOR OF BRADFORD HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH SIMPLE ASSAULT RESISTING ARREST AND POSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA.  THE INCIDENT HAPPENED ON SATURDAY MORNING AT A RESIDENCE ON FOREMAN STREET IN THE CITY.  SHROYER ALLEGEDLY PUNCHED A MAN IN THE FACE SEVERAL TIMES AND RESISTED OFFICERS, REQUIRING FORCE TO SUBDUE HIM.  WHEN HE WAS SEARCHED, OFFICERS FOUND A SYRINGE THAT WAS USED TO INJECT METHAMPHETAMINE.  SHROYER IS IN THE MCKEAN COUNTY JAIL WITH BAIL SET AT $20,000.

For Immediate Release

Press Release

Grant Opportunities Available Through the Elk County Community Foundation

St. Marys, PA — Grant opportunities are currently available through two open granting funds held by the Elk County Community Foundation (ECCF). The application deadline for this grant cycle is July 15, 2026.

Grants are awarded through a competitive, open application process and are available to qualifying 501(c)(3) organizations, schools, municipalities, and religious organizations for projects that serve the community.

The Harrison and Muriel Dauer Stackpole Family Fund and the Elk County Community Fund are accepting applications for projects and programs that benefit Elk County residents. The funds are dedicated to supporting initiatives that enhance the quality of life throughout the county.

Information about the funds, application guidelines, and the link to the online grant application forms are available on the Elk County Community Foundation website. Organizations interested in applying can visit the website for complete details at www.elkcountyfoundation.org.

For questions about the application process, eligibility requirements, or to discuss a proposed project, please contact the Foundation office at 814-834-2125.

The Elk County Community Foundation provides administrative and investment management services that help donors fulfill their charitable goals while strengthening the quality of life in local communities. The Community Foundation of the Northern Alleghenies serves as the parent organization of both the Elk County Community Foundation and the McKean County Community Foundation.

PHOTO: In 2025, the Harrison and Muriel Dauer Stackpole Family Fund awarded a $7,500 grant to the Jay Township Fire Department to purchase 15 new pagers for its members. A new granting cycle is now open for qualified organizations with an application deadline of July 15.

GAS PRICES HAVE TAKEN ANOTHER BIG DIP IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA THIS WEEK.  TRIPLE A’S LATEST FUEL REPORT SHOWS AN 11-CENT DROP IN THE PRICE TO REST AT 4.40 A GALLON ON AVERAGE.  THAT’S DOWN 27 CENTS IN THE LAST 3 WEEKS.  THE LOWEST PRICE IN OUR AREA COMES IN CLARION, WHERE IT’S 4.25. 

MANY ARE STILL DEALING WITH DAMAGE DONE BY SUNDAY EVENING’S STORM THAT RIPPED THROUGH THE AREA.  AS OF NOW, THERE IS STILL ONLY ONE CONFIRMED TORNADO THAT PASSED THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PART OF JEFFERSON COUNTY.  WEATHER INVESTIGATORS ARE STILL PIECING TOGETHER DATA FROM THE AFFECTED LOCATIONS, AS WELL AS SOME OTHER AREAS DAMAGED.  MOST OF THE REPORTED POWER OUTAGES HAVE BEEN RESTORED WITH HOPE THAT THE OTHERS WILL BE HANDLED TODAY.     

CITY OF BRADFORD POLICE SAY 30-YEAR-OLD NATHAN SWAIN WAS CHARGED WITH DISORDERLY CONDUCT AND PUBLIC DRUNKENESS AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY TRIED TO CONFRONT A PEARL STREET RESIDENT WITH A BASEBALL BAT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.  THE REPORT SAYS THAT WHEN HE GOT TO THE MAGISTRATE’S OFFICE, HE BECAME VIOLENT AND THREATENED TO HARM OFFICERS.  SWAIN IS IN THE MCKEAN COUNTY JAIL IN LIEU OF $10,000 BAIL.

STATE POLICE REPORT THAT 55-YEAR-OLD DONNA HAMPSHIRE OF DUBOIS HAS BEEN CHARGED FOR ALLEGEDLY SELLING ADDERALL AND XANAX IN THE AREA.  LAST JULY, TROOPERS CONDUCTED AN INVESTIGATION THAT LEAD TO HAMPSHIRE SELLING THE DRUGS TO AN UNDERCOVER OFFICER.  HER PRELIMINATRY HEARING IS JULY 10^TH.

THE ANNUAL DUBOIS COMMUNITY DAYS ARE SET TO TAKE PLACE THIS WEEKEND IN THE CITY.  THE SCHEDULE INCLUDES A WEEKEND OF ENTERTAINMENT, FOOD, FAMILY ACTIVITES, PLUS THE ANNUAL PARADE, FIREWORKS AND MUCH MORE AT DUBOIS CITY PARK.  ORGANIZERS SAY THIS YEAR’S EVENT IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST IN RECENT MEMORY THAT HAS EXPANDED THANKS TO COMMUNITY SUPPORT. 

THE WAIT IS DOWN TO 3 DAYS IN THE CITY OF ST. MARYS.  THAT “WAIT” IS FOR THE OPENING OF THE COMMUNITY POOL ON MONDAY AT NOON.  CITY PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR, DANIELLE KUGLER, SAYS THE POOL WILL BE OPEN EACH DAY AND WILL CLOSE ON A DIFFERING SCHEDULE.  23 LIFEGUARDS ARE ON STAFF, A LARGE INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR.  FOR DETAILS ON THE POOL SCHEDULE, LOG ON TO THE COMMUNITY POOL FACEBOOK PAGE.

STATE POLICE REPORT THAT 35-YEAR-OLD ERIC BAILES IS BACK IN CUSTODY.  BAILES IS A JEFFERSON COUNTY JAIL INMATE ASSIGNED TO A WORK RELEASE PROGRAM WHO LEFT A JOB SITE AND FAILED TO RETURN.  TROOPERS SAY THAT HE LEFT THE PREMISIS OF UTILITIES AND INDUSTRIES IN REYNOLDSVILLE BETWEEN 2 AND 3PM ON MONDAY AND DIDN’T COME BACK.  OFFICERS REPORTED THAT HE WAS IN THEIR CUSTODY ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.  AUTHORITES SAY THAT ADDITIONAL CHARGES ARE PENDING.

36-YEAR-OLD KATIE NEAL OF DUBOIS HAS BEEN CHARGED FOR SPENDING NEARLY $2,000 ON SOMEONE ELSE’S CREDIT CARD.  STATE POLICE WERE DISPATCHED TO PENN HIGHLANDS JEFFERSON MANOR LAST FEBRUARY AND TALKED WITH THE VICTIM’S WIFE.  SHE TOLD THEM SHE RECEIVED A SHEETZ BILL FOR $1800 AND THAT HER HUSBAND DID NOT MAKE THE PURCHASES.  AFTER AN INVESTIGATION, VIDEO SURVEILLANCE IDENTIFIED NEAL, WHO ALLEGEDLY CONFESSED TO ALL OF THE CHARGES ON THE CREDIT CARD STATEMENT.  SHE IS DUE IN COURT FOR HER PRELIMINARY HEARING ON JULY 2^ND.

THE ST. MARYS AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS A NEW ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT.  ANDREW KEPHART WAS APPROVED AT THIS WEEK’S SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TO BEGIN WORK ON OR AROUND JULY 1^ST.  KEPHART IS CURRENTLY THE PRINCIPAL AT CURWENSVILLE JR-SR HIGH SCHOOL.  HE WILL BE WORKING UNDER NEW SUPERINTENDENT, CHRISSY KUHAR.

ANOTHER APPEAL, AND ANOTHER DENIAL FOR CONVICTED MURDERER ANTHONY FENTON.  THE PENNSYLVANIA SUPREME COURT DENIED FENTON’S APPEAL THAT WAS FILED AFTER THE STATE SUPERIOR COURT RULED THE SAME LATE IN 2025.  FENTON WAS ARRESTED AFTER THE 2021 DEATH OF TAMMY PROSSER AT AN APARTMENT ON MAIN STREET IN BRADFORD.  HE WAS CONVICTED AFTER A WEEK-LONG TRIAL IN 2024 AND SENTENCED TO 18 TO 36 YEARS.

CITY POLICE HAVE CHARGED 42-YEAR-OLD JUSTIN MORLEY OF WARREN AFTER HE STOOD NAKED OUTSIDE GRACE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH ON MONDAY.  A WITNESS CALLED POLICE TO REPORT THAT THERE WAS A MAN WEARING ONLY HIS UNDERWEAR ON THE STEPS OF THE CHURCH CAUSING TRAFFIC TO STOP ON PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE EAST.  MORELY ALLEGEDLY EXPOSED HIMSELF TO VEHICLES AND WAVED AS THEY PASSED BY.  THE AFFIDAVIT STATED THAT HE ADMITTED TO TAKING MUSHROOMS AND CLAIMING TO BE JESUS.  MORLEY IS IN THE WARREN COUNTY JAIL WITH BAIL SET AT $25,000.

STATE POLICE IN CLARION REPORT THAT 60-YEAR-OLD RODNEY WALTERS OF DUBOIS WAS HOSPITALIZED AFTER A VEHICLE MALFUNCTION CAUSED HIS MOTORCYCLE TO ROLL OVER MULTIPLE TIMES ON INTERSTATE 80.  THE CRASH OCCURRED AT JUST AFTER 2PM ON JUNE 5^TH NEAR MILE MARKER 64.  WALTERS WAS UNABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL OF HIS MOTORCYCLE, WAS THROWN FROM THE SEAT AND LANDED IN THE LEFT LANE OF THE ROADWAY.  HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO CLARION HOSPITAL WITH SERIOUS INJURIES.

A 9-YEAR-OLD BOY CONTINUES TO RECEIVE CARE AT UPMC CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL IN PITTSBURGH AFTER BEING HIT BY A MOVING VEHICLE ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN JEFFERSON COUNTY.  ACCORDING TO POLICE, IT HAPPENED JUST BEFORE 5:30 ON WATT STREET IN BIG RUN.  THE BOY WAS HIT BY A 17-YEAR-OLD PUNXSUTAWNEY TEEN DRIVER.  AFTER ASSESMENT AT THE SCENE, THE BOY WAS FLOWN TO PITTSBURGH FOR FURTHER TREATMENT. 

MORE GOOD NEWS AT THE GAS PUMP THIS WEEK.  TRIPLE A’S LATEST FUEL REPORT SHOWS PRICES ARE DOWN 8 CENTS A GALLON THIS WEEK TO REST AT 4.51 ON AVERAGE IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA.  THE LOWEST PRICE IN OUR AREA COMES IN BROOKVILLE, WHERE IT AVERAGES 4.33. 

CITY OF BRADFORD POLICE SAY 57-YEAR-OLD ANDREA BORZA-HOLMES HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH DISORDERLY CONDUCT AND POSESSING DRUG PARAPHERNALIA AFTER AN INCIDENT ON SATURDAY MORNING.  SHE ALLEGEDLY TRIED TO BREAK HER OWN WINDOWS, HAD WAR-PAINT ON HER FACE AND WAS WEARING A LAMP SHADE ON HER HEAD. OFFICERS WENT ON TO SAY THAT SHE CONTINUED TO SMASH ITEMS INSIDE THE RESIDENCE EVEN AFTER A MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL ARRIVED AT THE SCENE.  BORZA-HOLMES IS AWAITING HER PRELIMINARY HEARING.

STATE POLICE HAVE CHARGED 53-YEAR-OLD MELISSA REITZ OF BROCKWAY AND 44-YEAR-OLD CHRISTINE ALLSHOUSE OF BROOKVILLE WITH RETAIL THEFT.  TROOPERS SAY THAT THE INCIDENTS OCCURRED ON FEBRUARY 25^TH AND MARCH 10^TH OF 2025 AT THE GOODWILL STORE ON ROUTE 219 IN SNYDER TOWNSHIP.  ALLSHOUSE WAS AN EMPLOYEE AT THE TIME AND SHE ALLEGEDLY PRETENDED TO SCAN NUMEROUS ITEMS TOTALING JUST UNDER $225 DOLLARS.  SECURITY CAMERAS CAPTURED THE CRIMES.  BOTH WOMEN ARE DUE IN COURT FOR THEIR PRELIMINARY HEARINGS ON JULY 28^TH.

PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE SAY A FIRE COMPLETELY DESTROYED A 1995 FIFTH-WHEEL CAMPER EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.  THE INCIDENT HAPPENED AT JUST AFTER 5:30AM ON JUNE 3^RD ON BRYAN LANE IN PENN TOWNSHIP.  THE FIRE MARSHALL WAS CALLED IN TO INVESTIGATE THE ORIGIN OF THE FIRE AND IT WAS DETERMINED TO BE ACCIDENTAL.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED AND THE TOTAL DAMAGE WAS ESTIMATED AT $5,000.

STATE POLICE IN DUBOIS ARRESTED 51-YEAR-OLD TROY KNISLEY OF REYNOLDSVILLE ON MAY 27^TH AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY THREW A PIECE OF A BROKEN CERAMIC PLATE AT A WOMAN DURING A DOMESTIC DISPUTE.  TROOPERS SAY THAT IT OCCURRED AT A RESIDENCE ON EAST MAIN STREET IN THE BOROUGH AND THEY WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE AT JUST BEFORE 8PM.  THE VICTIM WAS TRANSPORTED TO PENN HIGHLANDS DUBOIS FOR TREATMENT.  KNISLEY FACES CHARGES INCLUDING SIMPLE ASSAULT AND HARASSMENT AND IS DUE IN COURT FOR HIS PRELIMINARY HEARING ON JUNE 22^ND.

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 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.

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.