Clearfield County Brush Fire 6:25 pm
Planes and a dozen fire companies from two counties battled a large brush fire in Clearfield County Tuesday afternoon.
Emergency dispatchers say crews were called to the area of Clearfield Street in Cooper Township when the flames started spreading out of control.
According to Morris Township Fire Company, who was called to assist Grassflat Fire Company, two air tankers, or planes, were called to drop water on the flames.
The planes were called in from the Pennsylvania DCNR Bureau of Forestry who also provided ground crews to help.
Fire companies that responded include: Grassflatt, Winburne, Morris Township, Karthus, Chester Hill, Osceola Mills, Philipsburg, Sandy Ridge, Snow Shoe and Milesburg.
Outdoornews
April 22, 2021
From the Game Commission
Allegheny County Game Warden Zeb Campbell reports a number of nuisance turkeys in the area. Some are even attacking cars and chasing people. An investigation revealed the turkeys are being fed by someone in the same neighborhood.
Allegheny County Game Warden Zeb Campbell reports more ATV and dirt-bike activity on properties controlled by the Game Commission. These machines cause damage to property that upsets the property owners. Riding on these properties without landowner permission is a violation of the law.
Armstrong County Game Warden Christopher Bence reports charges have been filed against an individual for shooting protected songbirds within several safety zones.
Ernest W. Force, Jr.
Ernest W. Force, Jr. (Ernie) went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Jan. 9, 2021.
Ernie was born in Philipsburg on May 25, 1937. He was the son of the late Ernest and Elsie (Lapps) Force. He grew up in Grassflat where, he stated many times, he had a very enjoyable childhood. Baseball in the summer, ice skating and skiing in the winter, fishing and hunting all the time, for what more could a kid ask.
After graduating from Cooper Twp. High School in 1955, he went to work at Bethlehem Steel in Lackawanna, N.Y. where he decided the Buffalo winters were too much for him and he returned to Clarence, Pa. to the J. H. France Refractories.