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Breaking News: Rebert Sentenced to Life in Prison
Life in prison without parole is the sentence for an Emporium man charged with the double homicide of a Brockway couple. It took the jury over 3 hours Friday night, but just after 9pm the verdict was rendered to send Steven Rebert to Jail for life. Eight of the twelve jurors voted for death but the vote has to be unanimous for the death penalty. Rebert was found guilty of first and second degree murder in the shooting deaths of Wayne and Vicki Shugar of Snyder Township, Jefferson County back in April of 2010.
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Paterno’s Son Receives Standing Ovation
Former Penn State football stars and others paid tribute to Joe Paterno in a huge campus memorial service that exposed a strong undercurrent of anger over his firing. Paterno's son jay received a standing ovation when he declared: "Joe Paterno left this world with a clear conscience."
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Text Message Causes Accident
A Grampian teen escaped injury last night when he struck a utility pole after receiving a text while driving. According to reports, the 17-year-old was traveling on Scofield Street in Curwensville when took his eyes off the road to look at the text, then hit a utility pole and continued down an embankment and into Anderson Creek.
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Old Coins and 2 Purple Hearts Taken From Clarion Home
State police in Clarion continue to investigate the theft of old coins and military awards from a residence in Clarion County earlier this month. An 87-year-old woman reported that a bag containing numerous olds coins, two purple hearts and other ribbons was taken from her home on Pond Lane.
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DuBois Area Schools Receive Keystone Achievement Award
The DuBois Area School District has announced that the district once again received the Keystone Achievement Award for adequate yearly progress for the second year in a row. The achievement is for all ten schools and is in direct relation to the state system school assessment standardized tests given annually to students in grades 3rd thru 8th and 11th.
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