THE WOODCHIPS WILL BE FLYING IN RIDGWAY OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS AS THE 2024 RIDGWAY CHAINSAW CARVERS RENDEZVOUS GETS UNDERWAY AT THE RIDGWAY MILLS CAMPGROUND ON WEDNESDAY.  FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE EVENT, YOU CAN VISIT CHAINSAW RENDEZVOUS DOT COM. 

AFTER REVIEWING ALL FACTS OF THE INCIDENT, WARREN COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY, ROB GREENE, HAS DETERMINED THAT AN OFFICER WAS JUSTIFIED IN SHOOTING A SUSPECT LAST MONTH IN FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP.  GREENE SAID THE INCIDENT HAPPENED DURING A “HIGH-RISK” SEARCH WARRANT INTO DRUG ACTIVITY.  THE SUSPECT WAS GIVEN A COMMAND TO DROP THE GUN HE HELD, BUT DID NOT, AND MADE A SUDDEN MOVEMENT WITH THE WEAPON, CAUSING THE OFFICER TO RESPOND WITH ONE SHOT, STRIKING AND KILLING THE SUSPECT. 

37-YEAR-OLD COREY SHUCKERS OF REYNOLDSVILLE HAS BEEN CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH THE THEFT OF A FOUR-WHEELER
FROM A MAINTENANCE GARAGE AT THE DUBOIS AIRPORT. AIRPORT RECORDS SHOW THAT SHUCKERS ENTERED GATE 2 ON MARCH 16TH , A DAY THAT HE WAS NOT SCHEDULED TO WORK. TROOPERS SPOKE TO A CO-WORKER WHO SAID SHUCKERS ASKED TO BORROW HIS TRAILER ON MARCH 16TH . VIDEO FOOTAGE SHOWS SHUCKERS VEHICLE TOWING THE TRAILER AND THE MISSING ATV AWAY FROM THE AIRPORT AT AROUND 8:45PM. UNSECURED BAIL WAS SET AT $20,000.

IT’S PRIMARY ELECTION DAY IN PENSYLVANIA. IF YOU HAVE A MAIL-IN BALLOT, IT MUST BE COMPLETED PROPERLY AND RETURNED TO THE  ELECTION OFFICE IN YOUR COUNTY BEFORE POLLS CLOSE AT 8.

RIDGWAY BOROUGH POLICE CHIEF, SHAWN GECI, IS ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE, WITH PAY, UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.  RIDGWAY BOROUGH COUNCIL IS SET TO MEET WEDNESDAY, MAY 1^ST, AT 5PM TO ADDRESS THE MOVE.  NO FURTHER INFORMATION WAS RELEASED BY OFFICIALS WITH THE COUNTY. 

TWO PITTSBURGH RESIDENTS ARE RECEIVING CARE AS THE RESULT OF AN EARLY SUNDAY MORNING ATV ACCIDENT IN JEFFERSON COUNTY.  STATE POLICE TELL US IT HAPPENED ON GILBERT ROAD IN WARSAW TOWNSHIP WHEN 44-YEAR-OLD TROY JOHNSON LOST CONTROL ON A DIRT ROAD CURVE, CAUSING THE UNIT TO STRIKE A TREE.  BOTH JOHNSON AND A PASSENGER WERE FLOWN TO PENN HIGHLANDS DUBOIS FOR TREATMENT. 

AN ENTRIKEN, PA MAN IS RECOVERING TODAY FOLLOWING A TRACTOR-TRAILER ACCIDENT LAST FRIDAY IN HUSTON TOWNSHIP, CLEARFIELD COUNTY.  STATE POLICE SAY IT HAPPENED ON HOOVERTOWN ROAD, SOUTH OF EDDIES ROAD, WHEN 55-YEAR-OLD TROY MORNINGSTAR STRUCK A BEAR WITH HIS TRUCK, CAUSING IT TO OVERTURN ON THE ROADWAY.  MORNINGSTAR HAD TO BE EXTRACATED FROM THE UNIT AND HE WAS FLOWN TO PENN HIGHLANDS DUBOIS FOR TREATMENT. 

GAS PRICES REMAIN THE SAME AS LAST WEEK IN THE REGION.  TRIPLE A’S LATEST FUEL REPORT SHOWS THE AVERAGE PRICE IS THE SAME AT 3.85 A GALLON.  THE LOWEST PRICE IN OUR AREA COMES IN CLARION AND BROOKVILLE WHERE IT AVERAGES 3.75 A GALLON BOTH PLACES.

STATE REPRESENTATIVE MIKE ARMANINI IS SET TO HOST HIS CONCEALED CARRY SEMINAR TOMORROW EVENING FROM 6-8 AT THE JOHNSONBURG FIRE HALL.  THOSE WISHING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT CONCEALED CARRY PERMIT LAWS IN PENNSYLVANIA CAN ATTEND, BUT YOU MUST PRE-REGISTER BY CALLING ARMANINI’S ST. MARYS OFFICE AT 814-781-6301. 

ONE IS DEAD AND ONE SERIOUSLY HURT AS THE RESULT OF AN ATV ACCIDENT SATURDAY NIGHT IN TRIUMPH TOWNSHIP, WARREN COUNTY.  STATE POLICE SAY IT HAPPENED ON YOUNGSVILLE ROAD WHEN 29-YEAR-OLD TYLER PRAVLIK, OF SANDUSKY, OHIO, LOST CONTROL OF HIS ATV, CAUSING IT TO OVERTURN MULTIPLE TIMES.  A PASSENGER, 29-YEAR-OLD BRENNA PRAVLIK, ALSO OF SANDUSKY, SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES AND WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE, TYLER PRAVLIK WAS FLOWN TO UPMC HAMOT IN ERIE FOR TREATMENT OF SUSPECTED SERIOUS INJURIES. 

STATE POLICE IN MARIENVILLE ARE SEEKING INFORMATION ABOUT AN INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED IN WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP ON APRIL 11TH . TROOPERS RESPONDED TO A REPORT OF TRESSPASSING ON SIGEL ROAD AT AROUND 2:15AM AND SAY A MALE SUSPECT IN A DARK COLORED COAT AND PANTS WAS OBSERVED ON THE PROPERTY ALONG WITH A PASSENGER. THE SUSPECTS STARTED A BULLDOZER AND LEFT IT RUNNING UNTIL THE PROPERTY OWNERS SHUT IT OFF 10 HOURS LATER. THE VICTIM WAS A 78-YEAR-OLD MAN FROM TIONESTA. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE STATE POLICE.

20-YEAR-OLD CONNOR WESCOAT OF PLEASANTVILLE WILL SPEND OVER 6 MONTHS IN JAIL AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY THREATENED TO KILL HIS FRIEND AND POINTED AN AR-15 AT HIM ON FEBRUARY 18TH , 2023. THE WARREN COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY SAID THE INCIDENT WAS ROOTED IN JEALOUSY OVER A GIRL. WESCOAT WAS SENTENCED TO 7 MONTHS TO 2 YEARS IN THE COUNTLY JAIL, 1 YEAR OF PROBATION, $250 IN FEES AND NO CONTACT WITH THE VICTIM OR HIS FAMILY. HE WILL ALSO HAVE TO UNDERGO A MENTAL HEALTH EVALUATION AND PERFORM 40 HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE.

THE KINZUA BRIDGE STATE PARK SKYWALK WILL CLOSE IN NOVEMBER FOR A MULTI-YEAR REHABILITATION PROJECT. OFFICIALS FROM THE
DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES SAY THE PROJECT WILL HELP PRESERVE THE LANDMARK FOR THE FUTURE. WORKERS WILL REPLACE AND ADD NEW STEEL TO SOME OF THE SUPPORTS EXPOSED TO THE ELEMENTS AFTER A SAFETY INSPECTION DETERMINED THE SKYWALK NEEDS SOME MAINTENANCE. THE BRIDGE WHICH SPANNED THE KINZUA VALLEY WAS REIMAGINED AFTER IT WAS PARTIALLY DESTROYED BY A TORNADO IN 2003.

THE CITY OF BRADFORD POLICE ANNOUNCED A NEW FUNDRAISING EFFORT FOR POLICE K-9 DUKE AND HIS HANDLER SGT. SETH SHEPPARD. DUKE ASSISTS LAW ENFORCEMENT IN COMBATING ILLEGAL DRUGS, SEARCH AND RESCUE MISSIONS AND APPREHENDING DANGEROUS CRIMINALS. THE BRADFORD K-9 UNIT OPERATES SOLEY ON PUBLIC DONATIONS. TO FIND OUT MORE, CONTACT THE CITY OF BRADFORD POLICE.

A REYNOLDSVILLE MAN IS JAILED TODAY, FACING VARIOUS DRUG AND FIREARMS’ CHARGES.  ACCORDING TO POLICE, PROBATION OFFICERS CONDUCTED A ROUTINE PROBATION CHECK ON 49-YEAR-OLD STEVEN SHAFFER WHEN THEY DETECTED A STRONG CHEMICAL SMELL IN HIS BASEMENT.  A SEARCH WARRANT TURNED UP DRUGS AND PARAPHERNALIA.  SHAFFER IS DUE IN COURT MAY14TH.

A BRADFORD MAN IS FACING CHARGES THAT HE FAILED TO APPEAR FOR SENTENCING WEDNESDAY.  33-YEAR-OLD JUSTIN SCHLOPY HAD PLEAD GUILTY TO SEXUAL ASSAULT CHARGES AGAINST A TEENAGE VICTIM.  HE’S BEHIND BARS NOW IN THE MCKEAN COUNTY JAIL AND IS RE-SCHEDULED TO BE SENTENCED NEXT THURSDAY. 

THE INVESTIGATION INTO A CASE OF IDENTITY THEFT IN MCKEAN COUNTY CONTINUES.  STATE POLICE SAY A 73-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS FRAUDED OUT OF 14 THOUSAND DOLLARS IN GIFT CARDS AND CASH BACK IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR.  NO FURTHER INFORMATION WAS GIVEN ABOUT THE CASE. 

IF YOU NOTICE A HEAVY POLICE PRESCENCE IN ST. MARYS TODAY, DON’T BE ALARMED.  MULTIPLE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WILL BE TRAINING DURING THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS.  YOU MAY SEE OFFICERS WEARING TACTICAL UNIFORMS AND BODY ARMOR, BUT POLICE SAY THERE’S NO CAUSE FOR CONCERN. 

23-YEAR-OLD ANDREW MCKRACKEN OF CLEARFIELD IS FACING MULTIPLE CHARGES AFTER BEING ACCUSED OF PULLING A GUN ON TWO WOMEN AND THREATENING TO KILL THEM. HE WAS ARRESTED ON TUESDAY, APRIL 16TH , AFTER A WOMAN TOLD POLICE THAT MCKRACKEN PULLED A HANDGUN FROM HIS POCKET DURING AN ARGUMENT AND POINTED IT AT HER FACE. HIS WIFE TRIED TO DIFFUSE THE SITUATION AND MCKRACKEN TOLD BOTH WOMEN THAT HE WOULD GET HIS AK-47 AND SHOOT ALL OF THEM. MCCRACKEN WAS RELEASED AFTER POSTING $200,000 BOND
THROUGH A PROFESSIONAL BONDSMAN.

42-YEAR-OLD CHARLES JOHNSON OF BRADFORD HAS BEEN ARRESTED ON A WARRANT FOR FAILURE TO APPEAR IN COURT FOR SENTENCING. HE WAS CONVICTED IN OCTOBER OF STEALING FROM A MAN WHO EMPLOYED HIM IN THE CONSTRUCTION FIELD AND FAILED TO APPEAR FOR HIS ORIGINAL SENTENCING ON NOVEMBER 2ND . JOHNSON REMAINS IN THE MCKEAN COUNTY JAIL AWAITING SENTENCING ON APRIL 25TH .
ADDITIONAL CHARGES ARE PENDING.