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It's been nothing but fun in the desert for Pirates prospect Esmerlyn Valdez. The Altoona Curve outfielder was 3-for-4 with two more home runs and a double yesterday in an 11-3 Salt River win over Gle...

IUP came into Saturday's game at Slippery Rock in form control of the PSAC West, but the Crimson Hawks suffered their first conference loss of the season, their second overall. Jack Benedict has the r...

The Penguins ended their West Coast road swing with a flourish, shutting out the San Jose Shark 3-0. Paul Steigerwald has the story.

RECAP COURTESY PITT ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT: Quarterback Mason Heintschel ran for one score, Kenny Johnson returned a punt 66 yards for another, Trey Butkowski kicked three field goals and Pitt beat Syrac...

Conemaugh Township and West Shamokin both swept their semifinal matches and met for the Heritage Conference Volleyball Championship last night at the KCAC, and the Indians downed the Wolves 3-2 in the...

Indiana County firefighters battled two brush fires yesterday, one along Girty Road in Westmoreland County and the other along Saltsburg Road in Conemaugh Township. The first dispatch along Girty Road...

A trial date has been established for Melissa Fox-Beacom, the New Florence-area woman accused of ordering two young men to kill her mother, who was shot to death in December of 2023 at her home along ...

The Indiana Area school board's Buildings, Grounds, & Transportation Committee will hear from a representative of Pivatol GP Holdings, the group that is trying to buy the former Horace Mann Elemen...

In a unanimous vote, the Board of Governors of the State System of Higher Education last week agreed to seek a five percent increase in state funding in order to freeze in-state tuition for 2026-27. I...

Indiana Borough's fall limb collection is scheduled this week and the leaf collection will be next week. Starting on Monday, limbs and branches of less than six inches in diameter will be collected an...