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Mental health resources during COVID-19

Monday, April 27 by wcednews

Harrisburg, PA – Governor Tom Wolf has made mental health access a priority during his tenure, in January introducing Reach Out PA: Your Mental Health Matters, an initiative to remove barriers to mental health care and reduce stigma. Today at a daily briefing on... Read More.

Clearfield Police Reports: fake urine samples, man angry about mask

Saturday, April 25 by wcednews

Clearfield, PA - Clearfield Borough Police handled two separate calls about women who were providing fake urine samples for mandatory drug tests. They also were called to a business on River Road for reports of a man who was refusing to wear a mask... Read More.

Drugs and alcohol: Risks during COVID-19 and resources for recovery

Wednesday, April 22 by wcednews

Clearfield and Jefferson Counties, PA - Although everyone is struggling with how to deal with COVID-19 and avoid contracting the illness, the risks could be especially troublesome for people who are addicted to drugs or alcohol or are in recovery. People with substance abuse disorders... Read More.

State Police confiscate $11 million worth of drugs in 2020’s first quarter

Thursday, April 9 by wcednews

Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania State Police announced today that troopers confiscated $11,046,058 worth of cocaine, heroin, fentanyl, and other illicit drugs in the first quarter of 2020. Nearly $7.8 million of that came from processed marijuana, because of the large amount that was seized... Read More.

Fatal December crash ruled a DUI, Woodland man had been on controlled substance

Monday, April 6 by wcednews

Clearfield, PA – The December crash that took the life of a Curwensville man has been ruled as a DUI. On Dec. 20, 2019, just before 7 a.m., 29-year-old Michael Rose from Woodland had been driving his pickup on Lumber City Highway. He struck another truck... Read More.

Clearfield Police: woman walking from hospital barefoot and wrapped in bed sheet

Saturday, March 28 by wcednews

Clearfield, PA - Clearfield Borough Police found a woman who was walking along the sidewalk, barefoot with a bed sheet wrapped around herself. She said that she had just been released from the hospital and was walking home. They also responded recently to drug-related crimes,... Read More.

PA drug and alcohol programs will allow take-home doses during shutdown

Saturday, March 21 by wcednews

Harrisburg, PA - The Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs (DDAP) has released the following operational guidance for Opioid Treatment Providers (OTP) and telehealth guidance for outpatient substance use disorder providers in response to COVID-19 mitigation efforts. “The Wolf Administration is committed to the... Read More.

St. Marys woman busted with 75 bags of fentanyl

Monday, March 16 by wcednews

St. Marys, PA – Police in St. Marys arrested a woman and seized about 75 bags of suspected fentanyl in a drug bust. Officers came to the home of 22-year-old Paige Friedl on Walnut Street last Thursday, March 12, with night-time search warrant. They found approximately... Read More.

Reynoldsville man found in boxers and hallucinating, resists arrest

Wednesday, March 11 by wcednews

Winslow Township, PA – A young man from Reynoldsville was found nearly naked and hallucinating in the middle of a roadway. State Police in DuBois were called out to Vo-Tech Road in Winslow Township around 7 a.m. on Feb. 22 for reports of a man... Read More.

Clearfield Police: fight about drugs between father and son, other domestic disputes

Saturday, February 29 by wcednews

Clearfield, PA - Clearfield Borough Police responded recently for a physical fight about drugs between a father and son. They also handled cases for another fight that potentially involved a handgun and a homeowner who reported three juveniles had been knocking on the door... Read More.

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