Category Archives: Local News
AMUSEMENT PARKS INCREASE PAY AS THEY LOOK FOR WORKERS
With workers hard to find, Idlewild & SoakZone and its sister amusement parks, Kennywood and Sandcastle Waterpark, have announced wage increases for most hourly workers. The wages at Idlewild will...
Apr 25, 2021
FIELD OF REPUBLICAN CONTENDERS FOR GOVERNOR SIMMERS ON THE BACK BURNER
The race for governor of Pennsylvania is beginning to heat up, but only a little. Former congressman Lou Barletta, the GOP's failed U.S. Senate candidate in 2018, this week announced that he has forme...
Apr 25, 2021
BLAIRSVILLE-SALTSBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT SEEKING IDEAS FOR NEW DISTRICT NAME
The Blairsville-Saltsburg School District is moving forward with the district reorganization plan and they are looking to the community for suggestions to re-name the district. For the time being, the...
Apr 24, 2021
POLICE REPORTS: DUI CRASH, HARASSMENT
INDIANA BOROUGH POLICE Police in Indiana Borough have charged a Shelocta man with DUI in connection with a crash on March 25th. Police say that they were called out to a report of a car against a tele...
Apr 24, 2021
INDIANA NATIVE HIRED AS NEW WEALTH ADVISOR FOR FIRST COMMONWEALTH
An IUP Graduate and a woman with Indiana connections has been named a new wealth advisor for First Commonwealth Bank. The bank announced the recent hiring of Laura Leach-Joos as the new wealth advisor...
Apr 24, 2021
DRUG TAKEBACK DAY SET FOR SATURDAY
The Indiana County Drug Task Force is getting ready for their annual drug takeback day to be held in both Indiana and Blairsville tomorrow. Both Diamond Drug in Downtown Indiana and the Rite Aid Pharm...
Apr 23, 2021
MAN CHARGED WITH SHOOTING LAST JULY TO ENTER PLEAS TODAY
Several plea and sentencing hearings are scheduled for today in Indiana County Court and while most of them are DUI or drug-related, there are some notable cases on the schedule. 29-year-old Jordan Sh...
Apr 23, 2021
SENATE WILL BLOCK NOMINEES TO PUC UNLESS WOLF PULLS RGGI OFF THE TABLE
In Harrisburg yesterday, the Senate Republican Caucus stepped up its response to Governor Wolf's plan to impose the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative on Pennsylvania. A letter signed by all 27 of the...
Apr 23, 2021
HOMER-CENTER SCHOOL BOARD APPROVES RESOLUTION CONCERNING STATE FUNDING ALLOCATION
On Thursday night, the Homer-Center School Board approved a resolution concerning the state funding allocations, expressing dissatisfaction with the current formula. The disparity in state funding com...
Apr 22, 2021
BLAIRSVILLE-SALTSBURG SCHOOL BOARD PASSES SALTSBURG CLOSURE
At Thursday night's special voting meeting, the Blairsville-Saltsburg School Board held a preliminary vote to determine the fate of the Saltsburg Middle-High School and the road ahead. The meeting sta...
Apr 22, 2021
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