Category Archives: Local News

Firefighters were able to put out a fire and save a church structure along Church Street in McIntyre yesterday afternoon. The Coal Run/McIntyre Fire Company reports that they received a direct call fr...

The faculty union at the State System of Higher Education is gearing up for a fight over retrenchment at Commonwealth University, the three-campus state-owned entity that is made up of the former Bloo...

At their meeting tomorrow night, the Purchase Line school board is expected to approve a new three-year contract for superintendent Patricia Berezansky at an initial annual salary of $142,537. Among o...

The new date for Ronald Weiss's sentencing has been set. The twice-convicted murderer of 16-year-old Barbara Bruzda is due before Indiana County President Judge Thomas Bianco on November 20th, which i...

Indiana County Chamber of Commerce president Mark Hilliard told his board of directors at their most recent meeting about a planned roundtable to bring together the various stakeholders in the Homer C...

In Westmoreland County, Judge Meagan Bilik-DeFazio has set a new date for an update on the murder trial of Robert Patrick Jack, the 21-year-old accused of being the triggerman who shot and killed Alic...

State police are asking the public to help them identify the suspect in a theft yesterday in the Burrell Township Area . Troopers were sent out at 9:18 AM to the Royal Smoke store on Route 22 West. Tr...

After a busy day on Thursday, things were calmer for Indiana County's first responders. After an early morning vehicle fire, there were only two other calls for service on the day, and both were for t...

IUP has once again been selected for the Princeton Review's 2027 list of best colleges in the Mid-Atlantic region. The recognition focuses on schools judged by editors of the list as "academically out...

Fire Departments and other groups are warning people to be careful about burining. While we have had some rain recently and the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources lists the ...