STATE POLICE IN WARREN ARE SEEKING INFORMATION AFTER A KITTEN WAS THROWN FROM A MOVING VEHICLE ON MAY 4^TH.  THE INCIDENT HAPPENED AT ABOUT 6:45PM ON THE 300 BLOCK.  A WITNESS SAID THE KITTEN WAS TIED INSIDE A BLACK DISPOSABLE PLASTIC BAG.  THANKFULLY, IT WAS FOUND UNHARMED.  TROOPERS ARE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR A WHITE CHEVY TRUCK WITH RUST ON THE BODY.  IT WAS TRAVELLING NORTH ON CONEWANGO AND IT WAS ALLEGEDLY OPERATED BY A BLACK MALE.  ANYONE WITH INFORMATION OR SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE STATE POLICE IN WARREN.

SEA Storm from Sparks Elite Athletics All Star Cheer & Dance proudly earned and attended The D2 Summit at ESPN Wide World of Sports in Orlando, Florida — one of the most prestigious end-of-season championships in Division 2 All Star Cheerleading. The event was aired live nationally on Varsity TV, showcasing some of the top teams in the country.

Bids must be earned throughout the season by competing against other programs at 2 day competitions and receiving high enough scores in areas like stunting, tumbling, execution, difficulty, and overall performance.

Sparks Elite Athletics is proud to be the first gym in Elk County to earn and attend this elite event. For a small-town program, competing on that national stage was an incredible accomplishment and a true testament to the athletes’ hard work, dedication, and heart all season long.

A MCKEAN COUNTY MAN IS FACING ASSAULT CHARGES AFTER AN ALLEGED DOMESTIC INCIDENT BACK ON MAY 3^RD.  32-YEAR-OLD ZACHARY MEAD IS ACCUSED OF ASSAULTING A FEMALE VICTIM, A 4-YEAR-OLD GIRL, AND THEN BREAKING INTO A NEIGHBORING RESIDENCE AND ASSAULTING A 3^RD VICTIM.  HE’S BEHIND BARS IN THE MCKEAN COUNTY JAIL TODAY.

62-YEAR-OLD DONALD DAVISON OF JOHNSONBURG WAS SENTENCED TO A YEAR ON PROBATION AFTER ADMITTING HE PROVIDED FALSE INFORMATION ON A BACKGROUND CHECK.  DAVISON VISITED A JEFFERSON COUNTY GUN STORE LAST JULY TO COMPLETE THE CHECK FOR A RIFLE THAT HE WON AT A GUN BASH.  HE CHECKED NO ON A QUESTION ASKING IF HE HAD BEEN CONVICTED OF A CRIME PUNISHABLE BY MORE THAN A YEAR IN PRISON.  HE WAS CONVICTED IN 2008 ON A FIVE-YEAR-SENTENCE.  ALONG WITH THE SENTENCE OF PROBATION, DAVISON WILL ALSO PAY COURT FEES AND COSTS.

CITY OF BRADFORD POLICE HAVE CHARGED 40-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL SCHOONOVER WITH MAKING TERRORISTIC THREATS, HARRASSMENT, DISORDERLY CONDUCT, POSESSION OF MARIJUANA AND RESISTING ARREST AFTER AN INCIDENT AT A LINCOLN AVENUE HOME.  ALLEGEDLY, HE MADE VERBAL THREATS TO TWO WOMEN, THREATENING TO KILL THEM AND CLAIMED HE HAD A LOADED GUN.  OFFICERS SAY HE REFUSED TO COOPERATE, THAT HE IGNORED COMMANDS AND YELLED RACIAL SLURS TOWARD THEM.  SCHOONOVER WAS ARRESTED AND REMANDED TO THE MCKEAN COUNTY JAIL ON $50,000 BAIL.

ONCE, TWICE, THREE TIMES A BABY FOR THE RIDGWAY AMBULANCE CORPORATION.  FOR THE THIRD TIME IN EIGHTEEN MONTHS, A CREW MEMBER DELIVERED A BABY, SPARKING THE CONVERSATION AGAIN ABOUT THE LOSS OF MATERNITY CARE IN THE REGION.  READ MORE HERE FROM WTAJ-TV.

OFFICIALS IN JEFFERSON COUNTY REPORT THAT A SECTION OF INTERSTATE 80 EASTBOUND WAS SHUT DOWN FOR SEVERAL HOURS LAST FRIDAY FOLLOWING 6-VEHICLE CRASH.  DISPATCHERS CONFIRMED THAT IT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT AT APPROXIMATELY 3:30AM.  THE INTERSTATE REMAINED CLOSED FOR MOST OF THE MORNING, NEAR EXIT 78, ACCORDING TO THE BROOKVILLE FIRE COMPANY.  THERE WERE NO INURIES REPORTED.  THERE WAS SERIOUS DAMAGE TO MULTIPLE COMMERCIAL AND PERSONAL VEHICLES.  STATE POLICE ARE STILL INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH.

POLICE SAY THAT 38-YEAR-OLD NOELLE RUCINSKI OF SUMMERVILLE ESCAPED INJURIES AFTER HER VEHICLE STRUCK MULTIPLE MAILBOXES AND A TREE ON ROUTE 28, EAST OF ROUTE 322 IN PINE CREEK TOWNSHIP.  THE CRASH OCCURRED AT JUST AFTER 9AM ON APRIL 21ST.  SHE WAS TRAVELING SOUTH WHEN SHE LOST CONTROL OF HER VEHICLE, TRAVELED OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROADWAY, HIT SEVERAL MAILBOXES AND SIGNS BEFORE COLLIDING WITH A TREE AND COMING TO REST.  RUCINSKI WAS EVALUATED BY JEFFERSON COUNTY EMS AT THE SCENE AND HAD NO INJURIES.  SHE WAS CITED WITH A TRAFFIC VIOLATION.

28-YEAR-OLD WILLIAM COURSON AND 22-YEAR-OLD AUBREE CATHCART, BOTH OF PUNXSUTAWNEY, ARE FACING CRIMINAL CHARGES AFTER THEY ALLEGEDLY LEFT CHILDREN UNATTENDED IN A PARKED VEHICLE AT WALMART IN BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES.  STATE POLICE SAT THE INCIDENT HAPPENED ON JANUARY 19^TH AT THE STORE IN YOUNG TOWNSHIP.  COURSON AND CATHCART BOTH ADMITTED THAT THEY LEFT THE KIDS IN THE CAR WHEN THEY RAN IN THE STORE.  THE CHILDREN WERE LEFT ALONE FOR 25 MINUTES WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE TEENS.  THEIR PRELIMINARY HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR MAY 23^RD.

TROOPERS IN CLARION SAY THAT THE CASE AGAINST 42-YEAR-OLD CRYSTAL WATKINS AND 29-YEAR-OLD WESLEY WILLIAMS HAS MOVED FORWARD TO THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.  THEY WERE CHARGED WITH ANIMAL CRUELTY IN JANUARY AFTER POLICE DISCOVERED A SEVERELY MALNOURISHED DOG IN THE MOTEL ROOM THEY WERE LIVING IN.  OFFICERS REPORTED DEPLORABLE CONDITIONS AND ALSO DISCOVERED THAT THE DOG WASN’T LICENCED.  BOTH WATCKINS AND WILLIAMS WERE JAILED IN JANUARY.  THEY ARE BOTH FREE ON BAIL AND AWAITING THEIR COURT DATE.