Olivia Rose, Author at KFSK

Author: Olivia Rose

Petersburg’s cross country team hits the ground running in ‘very successful’ August meets

While the new school year just started in Petersburg on Sept. 2, the high school cross country team has been up and running for weeks. Head coach Casey Gates shared how the season is going so far, and what the team’s goals are.

Petersburg Borough proceeds with land sale for potential cell tower

A regional tribe wants to buy over 10,000 square feet of Petersburg Borough-owned property near the town’s Fire Hall to build a wireless tower.

Morning power outage across Petersburg was ‘not the plan,’ officials say

The power went out for almost all of Petersburg around 5:00 a.m. Thursday for about an hour. The power department was doing planned repairs in an isolated area south of town, but inaccurate information led to a much larger outage than anticipated.

24 candidates file for Petersburg’s local election

The window to file for candidacy in Petersburg’s upcoming local election closed Tuesday afternoon. In total, 24 people filed for the various positions.

Petersburg schools, surrounding area all-clear following lockdown

UPDATE: The police department confirmed the phone number that placed the false report was an out-of-state caller, but couldn’t trace the exact location. The FBI has been notified.

Petersburg’s school buildings and surrounding area were on lockdown for over an hour Tuesday afternoon after police received a report of a person with an AR-15 gun and multiple magazines in a school bathroom. Officers found no real threat on the premises and determined it was a false report.