Author Archives: Bill Berry
DATE OF EXECUTION SET FOR MAN CHARGED WITH KILLING PITTSBURGH OFFICERS
The State Department of Corrections has set a date of execution for the man who killed three Pittsburgh Police officers in the line of duty in 2009. Richard Andrew Poplawski was found guilty of killin...
Bill Berry Jan 19, 2017
BV-SB SCHOOL BOARD DISCUSSES DRUG EDUCATION
The Blairsville-Saltsburg School Board last night discussed educating their students on the opioid epidemic. The discussion, lead by board member Rick Harper, focused on the statistic that Indiana Cou...
Bill Berry Jan 19, 2017
BLAIR COUNTY ANTI-ASSESSMENT GROUP HIRES ATTORNEY
The group that is challenging Blair County's property reassessment effort has hired a high-profile lawyer to represent it in a lawsuit against the county. Former state Deputy Attorney General Robert D...
Bill Berry Jan 19, 2017
POLICE FILE TWO ACCIDENT REPORTS
State police have filed two more accident reports from last week, when black ice caused havoc on area roadways. One of those crashes was on Route 286 in Rayne Township on January 11th. 68-year-old Cla...
Bill Berry Jan 19, 2017
PUC TO CONSIDER PENELEC RATE REQUEST
The state Public Utility Commission meets in Harrisburg today, and the agenda shows two items with direct connections to Indiana County. One of those items is a rate increase request by Penelec, the e...
Bill Berry Jan 19, 2017
INDIANA COUNTY COMMISSIONERS APPROVE LOAN FOR INCOMING COMPANY
The Indiana County Commissioners approved a loan from their Rotating Loan Fund for a business that announced they would set up shop in Indiana Borough very soon. The $250,000 loan was approved for Gor...
Bill Berry Jan 18, 2017
LOUISE MARRA, 86
Louise (Caratelli) Marra, age 86 of Homer City, (Center Twp.) passed away on Monday, January 16, 2017 in Moorehead Place with family at her side. She was born in 1930 in Iselin to Quinto and Cecelia J...
Bill Berry Jan 18, 2017
MAJORIE STADMILLER, 80
Marjorie E. Stadtmiller, 80, of Indiana, passed away on Tuesday, January 10, 2017 at her home. She was born in 1936 in Indiana, the daughter of the late Edwin H. and Dorothy Marcy Long. Marge attended...
Bill Berry Jan 18, 2017
ROBERT CARSON, 58
Robert F. Carson, 58, of Indiana, died on Monday, January 16, 2017, at his home. He was born in 1958 in Latrobe to Ronald F. and Mary Jo Ward Carson. Robert was a member of Graystone Evangelical Presb...
Bill Berry Jan 18, 2017
KENNETH STEWART, 90
Kenneth F. Stewart age 90, of Indiana, died on Monday, January 16, 2017 at his home. He was an uncommon man who lived an uncommon life. He was born in 1926 in Pittsburgh to Edith Stewart. Mr. Stewart ...
Bill Berry Jan 18, 2017












