Category Archives: Local News

INDIANA FIRE ASSOCIATION CALLED OUT FOR THREE CALLS ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
Indiana County first responders were busy Thursday into today with multiple calls. Indiana Fire Association was the busiest as they were first dispatched at 4:15 PM for a carbon monoxide alarm activat...
Mar 18, 2022

HOME SHOW STARTS TODAY AT KCAC
Today marks the return to an in-person expo at the KCAC as the Indiana-Armstrong Builders Association will hold its home show this weekend. The show starts with the traditional cutting of the two-by-f...
Mar 18, 2022

ACMH STRIKE ENDS WITH NO RESOLUTION YET
Armstrong County Memorial Hospital nurses are back at work after a four-day strike. The strike started on Sunday as nurses walked off the job from 7 AM to 7 PM each day during the strike. Contract neg...
Mar 18, 2022

PRETRIAL CONFERENCE IN BARTLEBAUGH HOMICIDE CASE TODAY
A pretrial conference is scheduled this morning before Indiana County President Judge Thomas Bianco for 27-year-old Matthew Bartlebaugh of Glen Campbell, who is charged with shooting his father to dea...
Mar 18, 2022

IUP COUNCIL OF TRUSTEES APPROVE REVISIONS TO PAYMENT PLAN AND LATE FEES
At its quarterly meeting on Thursday, the IUP Council of Trustees approved two more cost-cutting measures for students. The Council unanimously approved a 33.3% reduction in the late payment fees. Thi...
Mar 17, 2022

HOMER-CENTER SCHOOL BOARD WORKING ON STRATEGIC PLAN, ACCEPT RETIREMENT OF SOLCITOR
On Thursday, the Homer-Center School Board was updated on the progress of the strategic plan. The plan has been under discussion by the academic committee. The draft plan has been sent to the board fo...
Mar 17, 2022

PA SUPREME COURT APPROVES NEW PA HOUSE, SENATE MAPS
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has rejected all legal challenges filed concerning a new map for state house and senate districts, clearing a path for the maps to be used for the upcoming primary and g...
Mar 17, 2022

SUSPECT IN TOBACCO SHOP BURGLARY TO ENTER PLEAS TODAY
UPDATE: Jacob Alan Lawson entered guilty pleas to felony burglary and a misdemeanor count of possession of an instrument of crime. All other charges were not prosecuted. He was ordered to serve four y...
Mar 17, 2022

INDIANA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE WARNING OF PHONE SCAM
The Indiana County Sheriff's Office is warning people that a phone scam intended to scare people into action is once again making the rounds in Indiana County. According to a post to the its Facebook ...
Mar 17, 2022

BRUSH FIRES BECOMING PREVALENT AGAIN
Brush fires are once again beginning to pop up as the weather gets warmer. Indiana County 911 reports that two brush fires were reported on Wednesday. The first was at 12:46 PM at a location along Hof...
Mar 17, 2022










