Local News

By Patti Slaughter BROOKVILLE - Concerns about the increased drilling on the North Fork Water continue to trouble the members of the Brookville Municipal Authority. At the …
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By Patti Slaughter BROOKVILLE - There will not be an increase in school taxes for the coming year. Monday night the Brookville School Board approved the …
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BROOKVILLE - State Sen. John Rafferty recently unveiled a transportation funding proposal that would add $2.5 billion in three years for roads, bridges, mass transit …
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By Judi Anthony BROOKVILLE - The graceful period street lamps in Brookville have become a symbol of the town but it is a fragile symbol. Since …
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BROOKVILLE - An off-duty Brookville Borough Police officer stopped a "fishing" expedition by two Tennessee men. According to Brookville Borough Police Chief Ken Dworek, Officer Mick …
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By Randy Bartley BROOKVILLE - Monday afternoon Senior Judge John Lee dissolved the temporary injunction issued in March but did include certain conditions in his order. Judge …
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By Laura Lynn Yohe SUMMERVILLE - There will not be a new bridge in Summerville next year. At the recent meeting of the Summerville Borough Council, …
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BROOKVILLE - Three men have been arrested after one of them reportedly threw a dead groundhog and a dead grouse in the middle of a …
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By Laura Lynn Yohe EMERICKVILLE - No matter how the figures were analyzed, the results were the same. Property owners in the Emerickville area of Pine …
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By Patti Slaughter BROOKVILLE - Raising taxes, cutting programs or imposing participation fees for school activities are some of the questions facing the Brookville School Board …
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By Laura Lynn Yohe SUMMERVILLE - T The bridge in Summerville, carrying State Route 3007 (State Street) over the Red Bank Creek, is not the first …
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By Patti Slaughter BROOKVILLE - Brookville School District residents will be paying higher real estate taxes for the next few years, as the school board struggles …
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By Randy Bartley BROOKVILLE - A one vehicle accident on I-80 closed the highway for eight hours early Saturday morning. The driver, who has not been …
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By Judi Anthony BROOKVILLE - After years of hard work, the dream of park in downtown Brookville should finally become a reality later this year. Representatives from …
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By Patti Slaughter BROOKVILLE - Brookville Area High School's Class of 2013 will receive their diplomas on Friday, May 31, which will also be the last …
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By Randy Bartley BROOKVILLE - Pennsylvania's Jury Commissioners will have their day in court. In April, 2012, the Jefferson County Commissioners abolished the post of Jury Commissioner …
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By Judi Anthony BROOKVILLE - The Depot Street spur to connect Brookville to the Redbank Valley Rails to Trails was a topic of discussion at Tuesday …
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By Randy Bartley BROOKVILLE - A temporary injunction has been issued by Judge John Foradora preventing the Brookville Firemen's Club from "dissipating assets, transferring assets, giving …
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By Randy Bartley BROOKVILLE - The Brookville Borough Planning Commission addressed a full plate of issues Monday night but was only able to take action on …
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CLARION - Preliminary hearings for two area men charged in the Jan. 12 death of a Brookville teenager have been set for 9 a.m. on …
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By Herb McConnell SIGEL - Tuesday afternoon, the Eldred Township Board of Supervisors heard a proposal that would help the Sigel Volunteer Fire Company finance a …
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By Randy Bartley HARRISBURG - PA. Rep. Sam Smith, (R-Jefferson), disagrees that this was "the worst time to be in California playing golf." The golf trip was …
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DuBOIS - The sale was completed Monday of the McLean Publishing interests in three newspapers and their related publications and digital web sites serving the …
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By Patti Slaughter STRATTANVILLE - Only nine percent of the students at Clarion-Limestone High School have their Internet activities strictly monitored by their parents. With that statistic …
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By Josh Walzak L-V Editor NEW BETHLEHEM - Two men were charged this week in the January 12 death of 19-year-old Devan Cathlene Knapp of Brookville whose …
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By Judi Anthony BROOKVILLE - A local historic treasure abandoned more than a century ago is beginning to once again see the light of day.  At …
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By Patti Slaughter BROOKVILLE - Several area residents appeared at the Brookville School Board's monthly meeting Monday night to express their thoughts on the recent decision …
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BROOKVILLE - St. Marys Carbon Co., headquartered in St. Marys, has announced the indefinite closure of its Brookville plant. Product lines will be relocated to St. …
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By Randy Bartley BROOKVILLE - The Brookville Police Department and the Brookville Area School District announced Tuesday that a new security program is being implemented in …
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By Herb McConnell SIGEL - The Eldred Township Supervisors Mike Caldwell, Mark Lundgren and Bob Niznik and 15 residents danced around some "chin music" Tuesday. The public …
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By Judi Anthony BROOKVILLE - It may be the middle of winter, but two summer events were in the spotlight at Tuesday night's Brookville borough council …
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