BROOKVILLE — Due to new thresholds set by the state, the Brookville Area School District revealed Monday night it will be forced to temporarily shut down the Jr./Sr. high school on Tuesday because of COVID-19 concerns.

BELL TWP. — A U.S. Mail truck sheered off a utility pole Monday morning on Route 36.

PUNXSUTAWNEY — A student at Punxsutawney Area Elementary School has tested positive for COVID-19 and is under quarantine, officials said Monday.

McCALMONT TWP. — Four people were taken to Punxsutawney Area Hospital after a pickup truck slid on the snowy road and crashed into a utility pole Saturday night in Jefferson County.

Jefferson County continued to feel the effects of COVID-19 Sunday, as three more people died and 44 more cases of the virus were identified over the weekend for respective totals of 61 and 2,272. Of that figure, 1,434 cases are confirmed and 838 are probable.

Pennsylvania will see a coordinated statewide effort to expand high-speed internet access, thanks to a $600,000 grant made possible by strong legislative support in the Pennsylvania state House and Senate. 

The Bell Township Supervisors discussed snow removal and the signage on Bells Mills Cloe Road at their most recent meeting.

The Punxsutawney Weather Discovery is ready and waiting for visitors once again, though Groundhog Day hours have yet to be determined.

YOUNG TOWNSHIP — The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is placing traffic data collection meters on township roads from January through April.

PUNXSUTAWNEY — The Indiana Street sewer construction project is proceeding nicely and the lack of winter weather has been an asset according to Toby Santik, Punxsutawney borough manager.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump was impeached by the U.S. House for a historic second time Wednesday, charged with “incitement of insurrection” over the deadly mob siege of the Capitol in a swift and stunning collapse of his final days in office.

As the state House of Representatives convened this week for the start of the 2021-22 legislative session, Rep. Brian Smith was appointed to serve on four committees.

PUNXSUTAWNEY — Punxsutawney Borough Council voted Tuesday to hire a new engineering firm, replacing the EADS Group from Clarion with Civil & Municipal Engineering of Somerset, but not have them take over any existing projects that group is already working on.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence is ruling out invoking the 25th Amendment to remove President Donald Trump from power, less than a week after the president fomented the violent insurrection at the Capitol.

PUNXSUTAWNEY — The Punxsutawney Area School Board discussed two financial issues at its Tuesday meeting: a resolution to refinance bonds and a possible increase to tax collector rates. 

PUNXSUTAWNEY — Since the start of the new year, there have been a lot of businesses and services opened, and then shut down, but not everything is completely closed down as the Punxsutawney Area Senior Center is open.

The ebbs and flows of positive case counts in Jefferson County continued a positive trend in Tuesday's report from the state Department of Health as Jefferson County added 15 new cases one day after 11 were added to the total — its two lowest totals since the calendar turned to 2021.

FALLS CREEK — Troopers are investigating a hit-and-run incident that occurred last week in Jefferson County.

REYNOLDSVILLE — The state Department of Health will sponsor a mass testing site for COVID-19 in Jefferson County later this month, officials said Tuesday.

In case you haven’t been paying attention because you are preoccupied by the happenings in the world of politics or COVID-19, there’s been a change at the Punxsutawney Memorial Library, a former employee returned to accept the position as library director.

BROOKVILLE — As students return to schools from winter break and in-person instruction resumes at the Brookville Area School District, members of the school board heard Monday from superintendent Dr. Erich May on the district's response to COVVID-19  and the current situation in the schools.

Eleven new cases of COVID-19 were identified in Jefferson County Monday, bringing the area’s cumulative total to 2,156 (1,385 confirmed and 771 probable). According to the Pennsylvania Department of Health, one more Jefferson County resident died of the virus as well, bringing the death toll to 55.

Jeff Tech’s first student of the month for 2021 is Gage Bair.

PUNXSUTAWNEY — A Punxsutawney Area High School student has tested positive for COVID-19 and i under quarantine school officials said  Monday.

After two consecutive days in which Jefferson County reported no new deaths as a result of COVID-19 — including Friday, when Clearfield and Indiana counties also reported no deaths — four more were logged over the weekend, bringing the total to 54 to date.

As the regulations concerning COVID-19 in Pennsylvania continue to be in flux, another organization that has suffered due to the restrictions, the Punxsutawney Area Community Center, has partially reopened once again under Gov. Tom Wolf’s guidelines.

One thing people often took for granted prior to COVID-19 restrictions was being able to eat out and dine inside instead of dining in your vehicle or on someone's front steps.

PUNXSUTAWNEY — Many traditional events and sporting events have been canceled, postponed or held virtually due to COVID-19 in the past year, and Punxsutawney Phil’s prognostication will be no different on Tuesday, Feb. 2.

Jefferson, Clearfield and Indiana counties shared in some good news Friday, as Pennsylvania Department of Health reports showed no new COVID-19 deaths in any of them, leaving their respective death tolls at 50, 55 and 130.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats laid plans Friday for impeaching President Donald Trump, even as he's headed out of the White House, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she had spoken to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff about preventing an “unhinged” Trump from ordering a nuclear strike…

Newly elected state Rep. Brian Smith will open two offices in Jefferson County on Monday to serve the 66th Legislative District.

BEAVER TOWNSHIP  — A Summerville man was seriously injured in a one-vehicle crash Thursday in Jefferson County.

DUBOIS — Penn Highlands Healthcare has begun the long process of administering the vaccine for COVID-19, and has administered the first dose of the vaccine to 3,000 of its employees the healthcare provider announced during a conference call with members of the media on Thursday.

YOUNG TOWNSHIP — A one-vehicle accident caused severe damage to the passenger side of a Ford F-350 pickup truck on Thursday.

PUNXSUTAWNEY — The Punxsutawney Area School Board heard from director of curriculum, Rich Britten, and the high school principal on changes coming to the high school curriculum and new pathways to graduation at Thursday's committee meeting.

COVID-19’s spread continued at a more or less steady rate, with the state Department of Health reporting 31 new cases in Jefferson County Tuesday.

Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine Thursday announced the first confirmed case of the COVID-19 variant  in Pennsylvania.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress confirmed Democrat Joe Biden as the presidential election winner before dawn Thursday after a violent mob loyal to President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday in a stunning attempt to overturn the election, undercut the nation’s democracy and keep …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Four people died as supporters of President Donald Trump violently occupied the U.S. Capitol.