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. 

AN EMPORIUM MAN IS JAILED ON ARSON CHARGES TODAY.  ACCORDING TO THE STATE POLICE FIRE MARSHAL, 36-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL POST ALLEGEDLY SET FIRE TO A HOME ON UPPER LOGUE RUN ROAD AND 1ST FORK ROAD IN GROVE TOWNSHIP, CAMERON COUNTY.  POLICE SAY POST FLED THE SCENE AND WAS SPOTTED BY WITNESSES SHORTLY AFTER.  THE HOME SUSTAINED ABOUT 65 THOUSAND DOLLARS IN DAMAGES.  NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

GOVERNOR JOSH SHAPIRO IS SUBMITTING A PLAN FOR DATA CENTERS IN PENNSYLVANIA.  JOHN SHAFFER HAS MORE FROM HARRISBURG.

A DUBOIS MAN IS FACING AGGRAVATED ASSAULT CHARGES AFTER A DOMESTIC INCIDENT LAST SATURDAY.  STATE POLICE SAY IT HAPPENED IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS WHEN 19-YEAR-OLD RYON ROSS ALLEGEDLY DRUG A FEMALE VICTIM WITH HIS TRUCK AT A HOME ON STATION ROAD IN BRADY TOWNSHIP, CLEARFIELD COUNTY.  THE VICTIM SUSATINED SERIOUS, BUT NOT LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES.  ROSS IS BEHIND BARS IN THE CLEARFIELD COUNTY JAIL.

FORMER DUBOIS CITY SECRETARY, ROBERTA "BOBBIE" SHAFFER, HAS OFFICIALLY CHANGED HER PLEA IN THE CASE THAT INVOLVES HER AND FORMER CITY MANAGER, JOHN "HERM" SUPLIZIO.  READ MORE HERE FROM WJAC-TV.