THE 25TH ANNUAL RIDGWAY CHAINSAW CARVERS RENDEZVOUS CONTINUES AT THE RIDGWAY MILLS CAMPGROUND THROUGH SATURDAY.  FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF EVENTS, CLICK HERE.

A WARREN COUNTY MAN IS FACING AGGRAVATED ASSAULT CHARGES STEMMING FROM AN INCIDENT BACK ON APRIL 15^TH IN SUGAR GROVE TOWNSHIP.  STATE POLICE SAY 52-YEAR-OLD WILLIARD FEHLMAN, OF SUGAR GROVE, ALLEGEDLY PULLED A KNIFE AND CAUSED A SMALL CUT ON A FEMALE VICTIM’S NECK.  THE VICTIM ALSO PULLED OUT A KNIFE IN HER DEFENSE. 

THE CITY OF ST. MARYS IS STILL LOOKING FOR APPLICANTS FOR SUMMER JOBS WITH THE CITY.  EMPLOYMENT IS AVAILABLE WITH THE CITY STREET DEPARTMENT AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS.  THE JOBS ARE FOR COLLEGE-AGE STUDENTS AND THEY DON’T NEED TO BE STACKPOLE-HALL PHEAA ELIGIBLE.  THOSE INTERESTED CAN PICK UP AN APPLICATION AT CITY HALL DURING BUSINESS HOURS OR VISIT THE CITY’S WEBSITE. 

FIRE CREWS IN WARREN COUNTY RESPONDED TO A HOUSE FIRE ALONG ROUTE 6 IN STARBRICK LAST NIGHT AT AROUND 7PM.  THE 8 OCCUPANTS THAT LIVED IN THE RESIDENCE WERE ABLE TO GET TO SAFETY AND FIREFIGHTERS RESCUED MULTIPLE ANIMALS INCLUDING 5 CATS AND A DOG.  CREWS ENTERED THROUGH THE BASEMENT AND WERE ABLE TO EQTINGUISH THE FIRE QUICKLY.  THE HOMEOWNER WAS SENT TO WARREN GENERAL HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT.  NO OTHER INJURIES WERE REPORTED AND THE AMERICAN RED CROSS PROVIDED AID TO THE PEOPLE THAT WERE DISPLACED.  THE CAUSE OF THE BLAZE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.

63-YEAR-OLD DAN PREBBLE OF PENNFIELD WAS SENTENCED IN COURT YESTERDAY FOR STRANGLING A WOMAN AND STARTING A FIRE LAST AUGUST.  THE VICTIM TOLD POLICE ON THE SCENE THAT PREBBLE ASSAULTED HER, SMASHED THE WINDSHIELD OUT OF HER CAR AND LIT A TOTE OF HER BELONGINGS ON FIRE.  HE WAS ALSO CHARGED WITH POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DELIVER A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE.  PREBBLE WILL SERVE A MINIMUM OF 20 MONTHS AND A MAXIMUM OF 5 YEARS IN PRISON.

A RIDGWAY COUPLE IS CHARGED WITH CHILD ENDANGERMENT FOLLOWING AN ALLEGED INCIDENT EARLIER THIS YEAR.  ACCORDING TO COURT PAPERS, 19-YEAR-OLD DRAKE CHAPMAN IS ACCUSED OF CAUSING MULTIPLE INJURIES TO THE 1-YEAR-OLD CHILD DURING A PERIOD OF 4 DAYS, SPANNING FROM FEBRUARY 16^TH THROUGH THE 20^TH.  23-YEAR-OLD SKYLAR FOUST IS CHARGED WITH NOT REPORTING THE INJURIES UNTIL CHILD AND YOUTH SERVICES BECAME INVOLVED.  BOTH ARE BEHIND BARS IN THE ELK COUNTY JAIL TODAY.

22-YEAR-OLD MARSHALL GRUBER OF YOUNGSVILLE IS FACING CHARGES AFTER AN ALLEGED KIDNAPPING INCIDENT IN BROKENSTRAW TOWNSHIP ON APRIL 12^TH.  THE VICTIM TOLD POLICE THAT GRUBER HAD BEEN ABUSIVE TOWARD HER FOR SEVERAL DAYS, HE HAD TAKEN HER PHONE AND WOULDN’T ALLOW HER TO LEAVE THE HOME.  SHE WENT ON TO SAY THAT SHE WAS EVENTUALLY ABLE TO GET TO HER PHONE LONG ENOUGH TO SEND A TEXT MESSAGE TO GRUBER’S PROBATION OFFICER TO REMOVE HIM FROM THE RESIDENCE.  HE WAS ARRESTED AND TAKEN TO THE WARREN COUNTY JAIL ON $100,000 CASH BAIL.

STATE POLICE REPORT THAT 19-YEAR-OLD MADLELINE GOODWIN AND 42-YEAR-OLD CLINTON GOODWIN, BOTH OF SIGEL, ESCAPED INJURY AFTER CRASHING INTO A LOG PILE IN ELDRED TOWNSHIP ON FRIDAY EVENING.  THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED AT JUST AFTER 5:30PM ON ROUTE 36, NORTH OF GORDON DRIVE.  GOODWIN WAS TRAVELING TOO FAST WHEN SHE TRIED TO PULL ONTO A PRIVATE ROAD WHEN SHE HIT THE LOG PILE AND A LOG SPLITTER HEAD ON.  THERE WAS DISABLING DAMAGE TO THE FRONT OF HER SUV.  NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED AND GOODWIN WAS CITED FOR A TRAFFIC VIOLATION.

A BRADFORD MAN IS FACING CHARGES THAT HE ALLEGEDLY ABUSED A 1-YEAR-OLD CHILD BACK IN MARCH OF 2025.  ACCORDING TO STATE POLICE, 24-YEAR-OLD KRISTOPHER TAYLOR WAS ARRESTED AFTER AN EXTENSTIVE INVESTIGATION SHOWED THAT THE CHILD SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES WHILE IN HIS CARE.  TAYLOR IS BEHIND BARS IN THE POTTER COUNTY JAIL TODAY. 

A KANE MAN NOW AWAITS SENTENCING AFTER HIS CONVICTION ON DRUG DELIVERY RESULTING IN DEATH CHARGES FRIDAY.  MCKEAN COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY, STEPHANIE VETTENBERG-SHAFFER, REPORTS THAT MICHAEL CUNNINGHAM REPORTEDLY PROVIDED THE DRUGS THAT RESULTED IN AN OVERDOSE DEATH IN AUGUST OF 2022 AT A KANE APARTMENT.  HE’S DUE TO BE SENTENCED IN EARLY JUNE.  

GAS PRICES ARE DOWN THIS WEEK IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA.  TRIPLE A’S LATEST FUEL REPORT SHOWS A 4-CENT DROP IN THE AVERAGE PRICE TO REST AT 4.14 A GALLON.  THE LOWEST PRICE IN OUR AREA COMES IN BROOKVILLE AT 3.85. 

STATE POLICE REPORT THAT 32-YEAR-OLD HEIDI RODGERS OF REYNOLDSVILLE IS FACING ASSAULT CHARGES AFTER SHE ARRIVED AT THE POLICE BARRACKS CLAIMING VOICES TOLD HER TO GO THERE ON APRIL 9TH.  SHE ALSO ATTACKED OFFICERS DURING A SOBRIETY TEST.  TROOPERS SAY THAT ROGERS DISPLAYED MULTIPLE INDICATIONS OF DRUG IMPAIRMENT INCLUDING BLOODSHOT EYES, DIALATED PUPILS, RAPID SPEECH AND BODY TREMORS.  WHEN THEY ATTEMPTED TO CONDUCT A SOBRIETY TEST, SHE BECAME IRATE AND ATTEMPTED TO LEAVE.  SHE WAS FORCED TO THE GROUND AND WHILE BEING RESTRAINED, SHE KICKED ONE OF THE OFFICERS IN THE GROIN AREA.  RODGERS REFUSED TO SUBMIT TO A LEGAL BLOOD DRAW AND WAS TAKEN TO THE JEFFERSON COUNTY JAIL.

40-YEAR-OLD WILLIAM NOBLES OF TITUSVILLE WAS HOSPITALIZED AFTER HIS DUMP TRUCK STRUCK A BRIDGE IN WARREN COUNTY LAST WEEK.  STATE POLICE SAY THAT THE INCIDENT HAPPENED AT JUST AFTER 6AM IN LIMESTONE TOWNSHIP.  WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS CROSSING THE BRIDGE, IT EXPERIENCED A MECHANICAL ERROR THAT CAUSED THE DUMP BED TO RAISE UNEXPECTEDLY AND HIT THE OVERHEAD PORTION OF THE BRIDGE.  NOBLES DID SUFFER INJURIES AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT.

MICHAEL BURHAM, THE MAN WHO WAS PART OF A 10-DAY MANHUNT IN WARREN COUNTY NEARLY 3 YEARS AGO WAS SENTENCED ON HOMICIDE CHARGES EARLIER THIS WEEK.  THE 37-YEAR-OLD PREVIOUSLY PLEAD GUILTY TO THE SHOOTING DEATH OF KALA HODGKIN BACK ON MAY 11^TH OF 2023 IN JAMESTOWN.  HE SUBSEQUENTLY KIDNAPPED A SHEFFIELD COUPLE AND FLED TO SOUTH CAROLINA, WHERE HE WAS CAPTURED.  IN JULY OF THAT YEAR, HE ESCAPED FROM THE WARREN COUNTY JAIL AND WAS ON THE RUN FOR NEARLY 2 WEEKS BEFORE BEING CAPTURED AGAIN.   

A WEEDVILLE MAN IS FACING ASSAULT CHARGES FOLLOWING AN INCIDENT BACK ON APRIL 4^TH IN JAY TOWNSHIP.  ACCORDING TO RIDGWAY STATE POLICE, 34-YEAR-OLD SETH DUTTRY ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTED A MALE VICTIM AT A GONTERO ROAD RESIDENCE.  DUTTRY TURNED HIMSELF IN TO POLICE A COUPLE DAYS LATER. 

CLEARFIELD COUNTY POLICE SAY 43-YEAR-OLD JESSICA CATALANO IS BEHIND BARS AFTER SHE ASSAULTED TWO POLIE OFFICERS LAST SUNDAY.  OFFICERS REPORT THAT SHE THREW TOILET WATER AT THEM AND FOUGHT THEM BEFORE THEY TOOK HER TO THE GROUND AND MADE THE ARREST.  ONE OF THE OFFICERS INJURED HIS KNEES DURING THE ASSAULT.  THE OTHER HAD FECES SMEARED ON HIS RADIO AND VEST.  CATALANO IS FACING ASSAULT, CRIMINAL MISCHIEF AND RESISTING ARREST CHARGES AND REMAINS IN THE CLEARFIELD COUNTY JAIL.  

THE CITY OF ST. MARYS IS SET FOR THE ANNUAL CLEAN UP DAYS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AT KAULMONT PARK.  RESIDENTS ARE ASKED TO USE THE PARK’S LOWER ENTRANCE AND TO FOLLOW THE SIGNS POSTED.  ACCESS TO THE ROLL-OFFS WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM 8-4 ON FRIDAY AND 7-3 ON SATURDAY.   FOR MORE INFORMATION ON WHAT IS AND ISN’T ACCEPTED, YOU’RE INVITED TO LOG ON TO THE CITY’S WEBSITE HERE.

THE ST. MARYS AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS A SUPERINTENDENT IN WAITING.  AT MONDAY’S SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT CURRENT ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT, CHRISTINE KUHAR, WILL REPLACE DR. HARLEY RAMSEY EFFECTIVE JULY 1^ST OF THIS YEAR.  KUHAR WAS ONE OF 10 APPLICANTS THAT WERE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD BY A CONSULTANT.  KUHAR WAS SIGNED TO A 5-YEAR CONTRACT, EXTENDING THROUGH THE 2030-2031 SCHOOL YEAR. 

28-YEAR-OLD DANIEL CRAVEN OF BROOKVILLE IS FACING CHARGES AFTER AN ARGUMENT OVER A CHILD TURNED PHYSICAL LAST WEDNESDAY.  BROOKVILLE BOROUGH POLICE SAY THAT THEY RESPONDED TO AN INCIDENT ON SOUTH PICKERING STREET AT AROUND 2PM AND THE VICTIM REPORTED THAT SHE AND CRAVEN HAD AN ARGUMENT ABOUT PICKING UP PLASTIC BAGS.  SHE WAS CONCERNED THAT A 0NE-YEAR-OLD CHILD COULD PLACE THEM OVER HIS HEAD.  THE VICTIM SAID THAT CRAVEN THREW HIS WALLET AT HER RIGHT ARM THAT CAUSED INJURY.  HE ADMITTED THAT TO POLICE AND WAS ARRESTED AND TRANSPORTED TO THE JEFFERSON COUNTY JAIL.  BAIL WAS SET AT $50,000.

STATE POLICE ARRESTED 32-YEAR-OLD GLEN LEFFEW THE THIRD, OF MARIENVILLE, AFTER RESPONDING TO REPORTS OF AN INTRUDER EARLY LAST SATURDAY MORNING.  TROOPERS RESPONDED TO A RESIDENCE ON CHERRY STREET AT 2:35AM.  THE VICTIMS TOLD THEM THAT A MALE KICKED IN THEIR DOOR AND THEN TRIED TO ENTER THEIR HOME THROUGH A WINDOW.  THERE WAS A SECOND REPORT OF A BREAK-IN AT A HOME ON MARY LANE AT 3;30PM AND OFFICERS OBSERVED LEFFEW EXITING THE RESIDENCE.  HE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AND IS CURRENTLY BEING HELD AT THE WARREN COUNTY JAIL.