Category Archives: Local News
POLICE REPORTS: ASSAULT, BURNING T-SHIRT
PSP-INDIANA State police arrested one person on assault charges for an incident late Monday night in White Township. Troopers say they were dispatched to a home along Route 110 for a domestic incident...
Oct 06, 2021
PRELIMINARY HEARING TODAY FOR MAN ACCUSED OF FLEEING BLAIRSVILLE POLICE
A man who lead Blairsville police on a chase in Blairsville in late August is due in court today for a preliminary hearing. 32-year-old Paul Eckenrode IV of Blairsville will go before District Judge R...
Oct 06, 2021
FOUR BRIDGES REDEDICATED IN HONOR OF INDIANA COUNTY HEROES
At a ceremony yesterday at Yellow Creek State Park, four bridges were renamed in honor of Indiana County residents who died in the service of their country. The former Buena Vista Bridge on Route 56 n...
Oct 06, 2021
ADDICTION RECOVERY PROGRAM NETS $700,000 GRANT
A non-profit substance abuse service which has a presence in Indiana County will share in more than $12 million in federal grants being administered by the state Department of Drug and Alcohol Program...
Oct 06, 2021
HOMER CITY COUNCIL TO APPLY FOR GRANT FOR BLIGHTED PROPERTY
On Tuesday night, the Homer City Borough Council approved starting the application process for some grants to help with blighted property reclamation. Borough Council President Ken Cecconi said that t...
Oct 05, 2021
INDIANA BOROUGH COUNCIL DISCUSSES MUNICIPAL REAPPORTIONMENT
At Tuesday night's Indiana Borough Agenda Prep meeting, borough council discussed altering the borough wards to even out the population in the wards. Council President Peter Broad said that every ten ...
Oct 05, 2021
THE OPEN DOOR TO HAVE NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NEXT YEAR
The Open Door will have new leadership at the start of 2022. In a news release, The Open Door Board of Directors President Sheriff Bob Fyock announced that Dr. Megan Miller will be the new executive d...
Oct 05, 2021
SENTENCING HEARINGS, MOTIONS HEARING ON INDIANA COUNTY COURT SCHEDULE
Two sentencing hearings are set for today for Indiana County Court, including one in which a Smicksburg man pleaded guilty in connection with a meth lab operation. 39-year-old Charles Edward Miller wi...
Oct 05, 2021
NEW COVID CASE REPORTED IN INDIANA SCHOOL DISTRICT
The Indiana Area School District has reported another case of Covid-19 in its elementary schools. On Monday, the district was notified of a new Covid-19 case with a staffer at the Horace Mann Elementa...
Oct 05, 2021
STATE SYSTEM AMONG THOSE REPRESENTED AT HIGHER ED FUNDING HEARING
In Harrisburg yesterday, the House Education Committee's Subcommittee on Higher Education and the Appropriation Committee's Subcommittee on Education held a joint hearing on funding for higher educati...
Oct 05, 2021
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