Alex Nelson - The Courier Express

13/03/2023

FALLS CREEK — Three brothers originally from Falls Creek have founded the first of its kind tea company with a focus on giving back to veteran and first responder organizations.

Mike, Chris and Joey Britton founded Artillery Tea Co. with veterans and first responders in mind. Youngest brother Joey is a nine year Army veteran, so he has helped with connections to veteran and first responder organizations.

Full story below or in Mar. 13 Courier Express.

FALLS CREEK — Three brothers originally from Falls Creek have founded the first of its kind tea company with a focus on giving back to veteran and first responder organizations.

13/03/2023

MEMPHIS, TN — A family with local roots is trying to manage a crisis far from the Tri-County area, but are feeling the local love despite the distance as they work through many parents’ worst nightmare.

Jess and Eric Hazuda originally moved from their home of Sykesville to Tennessee for a career opportunity for Eric. He was offered the chance to open his own State Farm Insurance office, so the young family packed up and made the move to Maryville, Tennessee in 2018.

In March 2021, their youngest son Penn was diagnosed with high risk B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, or B-ALL, and Hypo Diploid which means he has fewer chromosomes in his leukemia cells. All this together meant his body was predisposed to being resistant to treatment from the beginning.

Full story available below or in Mar. 11 Tri-County Weekend

MEMPHIS, TN — A family with local roots is trying to manage a crisis far from the Tri-County area, but are feeling the local love despite the distance as they

28/02/2023

PUNXSUTAWNEY — The Punxsutawney Borough Council met in a special meeting to approve several ordinances, one of which was to include pet grooming in the permitted uses of a specific zone, something that has been discussed for years.

Full story below or in Feb. 24 edition of the Courier.

PUNXSUTAWNEY — The Punxsutawney Borough Council met in a special meeting to approve several ordinances, one of which was to include pet grooming in the permitted uses of a specific

28/02/2023

DuBOIS — DuBois Area High School art students were presented with a certificate recently for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation District 2 Paint the Plow competition for placing third out of 11 schools that participated.

Full story below or in Monday's edition of the Courier.

DuBOIS — DuBois Area High School art students were presented with a certificate recently for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation District 2 Paint the Plow competition for placing third out

28/02/2023

PUNXSUTAWNEY — Punxsutawney native Ann Shields is currently in the running for the Inked Magazine Cover Girl Search, and is hoping to use money from the contest to jumpstart her family’s plans to move back home.

Ann and her husband Cory Shields are both originally from the Punxsutawney area and left when he joined the U.S. Air Force. Ann graduated from the Punxsutawney Area High School in 2000 and met Cory in 2001 when they both worked at the County Market.

When Cory Shields joined the Air Force, the pair moved to Ohio and lived there for about seven years before moving to Colorado. The family finished out his 15 years of service in Colorado, then moved to Georgia, where they live today. Shields is hoping to move her family back to Punxsutawney to raise her children, and winning the competition would make this easier.

Full story below or in Tuesday's edition of the Courier.

PUNXSUTAWNEY — Punxsutawney native Ann Shields is currently in the running for the Inked Magazine Cover Girl Search, and is hoping to use money from the contest to jumpstart her

06/02/2023

PUNXSUTAWNEY — On a cold Thursday morning at Gobbler’s K**b, with the temperature around 14 degrees, Punxsutawney Phil predicted six more weeks of winter after seeing his shadow.

31/01/2023

PUNXSUTAWNEY — The Punxsutawney Weather Discovery Center crowned Jake Zimmerman and Madelynn Toven on Saturday morning as the 2023 Little Mr. and Miss Groundhog.

27/01/2023

BIG RUN — A structure fire consumed two houses on East Main Street in Big Run Wednesday night, resulting in a complete loss of both buildings and displacing two people,

26/01/2023

REYNOLDSVILLE — Magisterial District Judge David Inzana presided over the following preliminary hearings Jan. 24.

Full details below or in Thursday's Courier.

REYNOLDSVILLE — Magisterial District Judge David Inzana presided over the following preliminary hearings Jan. 24.

26/01/2023

BROOKVILLE — The Jefferson County Commissioners approved starting the application process for possible grant funds from Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development that can be used for home repairs.

The PA DCED Whole Home Repairs Program offers grant funds to counties to “address habitability and safety concerns, provide measures to improve energy or water efficiency and make units accessible for individuals with disabilities. Additionally, this program provides funding to the counties for construction-related workforce development,” according to the DCED website.

Full story below or in Wednesday's Courier.

BROOKVILLE — The Jefferson County Commissioners approved starting the application process for possible grant funds from Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development that can be used for home repairs.

26/01/2023

PUNXSUTAWNEY — The Punxsutawney Area School Board held a special meeting Tuesday evening to amend the statement of charges against current Co-High School Principal Paul Hetrick to include behavior that constitutes Title IX Sexual Harassment against a subordinate female employee.

In another 8-0 vote, the board approved this amendment to the statement of charges, with one board member, Janey London, absent from the meeting.

Full story below or in Thursday's Courier.

PUNXSUTAWNEY — The Punxsutawney Area School Board held a special meeting Tuesday evening to amend the statement of charges against current Co-High School Principal Paul Hetrick to include behavior that

15/09/2022

REYNOLDSVILLE — The first SARA and Safety Summit held in Jefferson County brought together 110 attendees from a wide range of community organizations to learn emergency preparedness for many different

15/09/2022

PUNXSUTAWNEY — Codes and ordinances once again took up a large portion of the discussion of the Punxsutawney Borough Council meeting Monday evening.

15/09/2022

SYKESVILLE — The Sykesville Civic Improvement Association was able to bring back the Sykesville Community Block Party last weekend after having to skip two years, filling Stahl Park with family

22/06/2022

PUNXSUTAWNEY — The inaugural Endless Mountains Adventure Race that began in Punxsutawney Monday morning is the result of much planning and a chance encounter on the part of race organizers

22/06/2022

PUNXSUTAWNEY — Punxsutawney welcomed people from all across the country to Barclay Square and Gobbler’s K**b on Monday, not for Punxsutawney Phil to make a weather prediction, but instead to

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