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The Purchase Line School Board will meet tonight, with a number of personnel items on the agenda. Included among them are some coaching positions for spring sports, including head coaches and assistan...

After Friday's State Supreme Court ruling striking down Pennsylvania's mandatory mask policy in schools, all of Indiana County's school districts have reverted to their original mask-optional policies...

State Senator Scott Martin has joined a crowded field of candidates competing for the Republican nomination for governor next year. Martin has been in the Senate since 2016 and is a former Lancaster C...

The House State Government Committee will take up legislation today regarding a preliminary Congressional redistricting map, which Representative Jim Struzzi says would serve as a starting point for d...

Strong winds and heavy rains made for an extremely busy day for firefighters and utility workers Saturday, with about two dozen dispatches. Indiana County 911 registered 14 calls for utility lines dow...

State Representative Jim Struzzi says this week will be an important one in Harrisburg, members of the House will be considering four pieces of legislation he has authored. On Monday, the Education Co...

With the exception of some after-Christmas limited special hunting, Pennsylvania's deer season came to a close Saturday. The Game Commission has not released preliminary harvest data, as it did during...

Westmoreland County District Judge Denise Thiel has set bond for Ray Shetler at $250,000 and scheduled a preliminary hearing for him on December 17th for the new charges Shetler faces related to his a...

Another Indiana County school district has reacted to the State Supreme Court ruling striking down Pennsylvania's mask mandate in schools. River Valley Superintendent Philip Martell writes in a public...

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Friday announced that a lower court ruling that threw out the statewide mask mandate for K-12 schools was upheld, meaning the decision will revert back to districts i...