PUNXSUTAWNEY — With all this talk about Black Friday and Christmas parades, some of us almost overlooked that the biggest holiday of the year: the beginning of Pennsylvania Buck and Doe Rifle Hunting Season begins on Saturday.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week dropped its percentage of vaccinated adults in Pennsylvania by nearly five percentage points in what apparently was a data correction to weed out duplicates.

BROOKVILLE — Brookville Area School District Superintendent Dr. Erich May gave an update on the Pennsylvania state mask mandate and the vaccine clinic held by the district on Saturday. 

BROOKVILLE — Jefferson County’s proposed budget for 2022 contains no real estate tax increase and is now available for review by the public after the commissioners voted to put it on display at their meeting Wednesday.

BROOKVILLE — COVID-19 cases are up significantly from last year and are beginning to overwhelm local hospitals, Jefferson County Emergency Services Director Tracy Zents said at this week’s county commission meeting.

YOUNG TWP. — All three Punxsutawney fire companies were dispatched at 2:37 p.m. Wednesday to Aspen Road, Young Township, near the Punxsutawney Area Hospital, to respond to a one-vehicle rollover crash.

It may not be Thanksgiving until tomorrow, but a number of Punxsutawney residents have gotten a head-start on the official beginning of the Christmas season with the Home for the Holidays parade this weekend.

For the second consecutive day, the Pennsylvania Department of Health confirmed Tuesday that one more person had died of COVID-19 in Jefferson County.

The Punxsutawney Area High School Student Council recently donated a portion of the proceeds from their Powder Puff football game to the Clearfield-Jefferson Drug and Alcohol Commission.

PUNXSUTAWNEY — If you’re hearing sleigh bells and other sounds of the season, along with the sound of a small bell dinging from around town, you know that the Punxsutawney Salvation Army began its annual Red Kettle Campaign. 

SYKESVILLE — Kermit Tuning of Tuning Accounting gave an update on the 2022 Sykesville borough budget to council at Monday’s meeting. 

GOBBLER’S KNOB — The colder weather and even some snow that rolled into Punxsutawney this week is a reminder that we’re not that far away from Groundhog Day 2022, with Phil’s Phans being able to return to the Knob after being closed because of the pandemic.

Another COVID-19 death was recorded in Jefferson County on Wednesday, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health.

BIG RUN — Big Run Borough Council discussed the upcoming winter weather at its meeting Monday, as snow made its first appearance of the season over the weekend.

PUNXSUTAWNEY — The Punxsutawney Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution encouraged the youth of Punxsutawney regarding the U.S. Constitution with a special program recently.

Two more Jefferson County residents have died of COVID-19, the Pennsylvania Department of Health reported in its data update Tuesday, bringing the virus’s local death toll to 133.

PUNXSUTAWNEY — Hannah Fetterman, a member of the Punxsutawney Area High School’s Class of 2022, is the Punxsutawney Career Women’s Club Girl of the Month for November 2021.  

BELL TWP. — Bell Township has commissioned a study on Punxsutawney’s sewer rates after the borough approved an increase that will effect both Bell and Young townships, the supervisors announced at their meeting Wednesday.

Another person was reported to have died of COVID-19 in Jefferson County over the weekend, according to the latest data from the Pennsylvania Department of Health.

PUNXSUTAWNEY — All three Punxsutawney fire companies were dispatched to a two-vehicle accident that occurred at 5:05 p.m. Monday at 588 W. Mahoning Street.

BROOKVILLE — The Brookville Municipal Authority passed a motion to accept a PENNVEST funding offer for the Main Street waterline replacement project at last Tuesday’s meeting. 

PUNXSUTAWNEY — A number of residents went to Barclay Square on Saturday to protest any potential mandates to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Detroit's long losing streak is over. The threat of a winless season still remains.

DUBOIS — Winner winner chicken dinner! Or in this case, $1.4 million dollars worth of chicken dinners. 

YOUNG TWP. — The Young Township supervisors discussed their disagreement with Punxsutawney borough regarding the sewer rate increase at their meeting Wednesday.

PUNXSUTAWNEY — Masks are still required inside Punxsy schools despite a recent court ruling against the mandate, district officials said in a letter posted Thursday.

BROOKVILLE — Two men were charged with assault after an altercation at Brookville’s Memorial Park Wednesday, borough police said in a release.

PUNXSUTAWNEY — Many veterans were honored throughout the local area and across the country with various programs, parades and other events Thursday.

103 years ago, on the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month, World War I, the “war to end all wars”, ended. Today, on the 11th day of the 11th month, Brookville celebrated Veterans Day, honoring those who served with a parade of 72 veterans. The parade started at Walter K. Dick Memor…

BIG RUN — This year’s Veterans Day saw some nice weather for it being so late into fall, and the local communities used this to their advantage to honor this nation’s veterans.

PUNXSUTAWNEY — The National Day of Giving is coming up at the end of the month with a new foundation group.

Brandt Sherry, the son of Dave and Jaime Sherry of Punxsutawney, has been named the Rotary Club’s boy of the month for October.

The Jefferson County Shelter Task Force is sponsoring a coin collection event for local restaurants in Jefferson County in honor of Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, which starts on Sunday, Nov. 14, and runs through Sunday, Nov. 21. 

PUNXSUTAWNEY — A 99-year-old veteran was honored at the Punxsutawney VFW’s  Veterans Day commemoration on Thursday.

PUNXSUTAWNEY — Punxsutawney Borough Council approved a request from the Punxsutawney Area Chamber of Commerce regarding the 2022 Groundhog Day activities at its meeting this week.

BROOKVILLE — The Jefferson County Solid Waste Authority’s electronics collection event on Sept. 11 was its biggest yet, director Donna Cooper reported at Tuesday’s meeting of the county commissioners.

PUNXSUTAWNEY — With Veterans Day quickly approaching, the Punxsutawney Area High School Future First Responders Club arranged to have a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter fly in for students to have a hands-on look at a military vehicle.

PUNXSUTAWNEY — Last night was the final meeting for three Punxsutawney Area School Board members.