Category Archives: Local News

From the US National Weather Service Enjoy the quiet, dry weather while it lasts! A new weather disturbance is headed our way on Tuesday. The Storm Prediction Center has already issued an Enhanced Ris...

For the second time this month, PJM Interconnections last week had to take extraordinary measures to keep the lights on across its thirteen-state platform. Energy demand on Wednesday, the hottest day ...

Storms struck Indiana County again on Saturday, with firefighters and electric utilities answering numerous calls. The dispatches included a tree fire along Cheese Run Road in Armstrong Township, traf...

Tomorrow is the deadline for Indiana County's effort to collect public comments regarding the potential coming of data centers to the area. On Indiana In the Morning on WCCS last month, commissioners ...

A status conference for the upcoming murder trial of 21-year-old Robert Jack has been moved from this Tuesday to October 13th in Westmoreland County Court. Jack is the admitted gunman who shot and kil...

The Public Utility Commission on Thursday approved a rate increase for customers of Pennsylvania American Water Company, but it's less than half of what the utility asked for, and it comes with new re...

The state legislature has only until Friday to come up with new sentencing guidelines for those convicted of second degree murder. Without a new standard, hundreds of inmates currently imprisoned for ...

Monday is the date on which the online replacement display plans for two area bridges go live. One is the McKeages Crossing bridge project in Green Township. That bridge carries Route 580 over Cush Cr...

At a meeting last Thursday, the River Valley School Board approved a tax anticipation loan for the 2025-26 school year. The tax and revenue anticipation note will not exceed $4 million with an interes...

While the area is now out of the air quality advisories, another weather-related issue is coming into effect. A flood watch was issued for Indiana, Westmoreland, Armstrong and Jefferson Counties until...