Category Archives: Local News

SENTENCINGS, JURY SELECTIONS SET FOR INDIANA COUNTY COURT TODAY
Several sentencing hearings are set for Indiana County Court today, including four for an Indiana man charged with multiple drug- and theft-related crimes. 36-year-old Justin David Jones of Indiana is...
Sep 20, 2021

GAS PRICE AVERAGES CONTINUE TO INCREASE
Gas prices across the nation and the state continue to go up, on average. The current national average is $3.19 a gallon, which represents a two-cent increase over last week at this time. The increase...
Sep 20, 2021

MARION CENTER BOARD TO DISCUSS SUBSTITUTE TEACHER ISSUES
Finding people to work is an increasingly troublesome task for employers, and school districts across the region continue to struggle to find substitute teachers. The Marion Center School Board will t...
Sep 20, 2021

DAYTON AREA WOMAN DIES IN HOUSE FIRE
An Armstrong County woman died yesterday morning in a house fire. Coroner Brian Myers says the body of 69-year-old Beverly Jo Rummel of Dayton was found inside a side door of her home along Rabbit Hol...
Sep 20, 2021

POLICE SEARCH FOR STOLEN ATV
Police in both Armstrong and Indiana counties are looking for an ATV that was stolen between Wednesday and Thursday of last week in the Apollo area. Kiski Township police say the lime green "Wildcat" ...
Sep 19, 2021

911 REPORTS: ACCIDENTS, SMOKE
Indiana County 911 dispatched firefighters for two accidents on Saturday night. At 11:14 PM, Marion Center firefighters were sent to an accident on Potts Road in East Mahoning Township. The fire depar...
Sep 19, 2021

FIREFIGHTERS TO RAISE FUNDS THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY
Another sign of the times in which we are living today from the Marion Center Fire Department, which says that because of the high volume of scammers victimizing people in the area, its annual fundrai...
Sep 19, 2021

HOUSE, SENATE RETURN TO SESSION IN HARRISBURG THIS WEEK
State Representative Jim Struzzi says the House will be back in session on Monday, with a number of items on the agenda, including the Wolf administration's statewide mask mandate for all schools. Str...
Sep 19, 2021

PENN HILLS WOMAN SENTENCED FOR CHILD ENDANGERMENT
A Penn Hills woman was sentenced yesterday in Indiana County Court for endangering the welfare of children and related crimes. 29-year-old Amanda Shaw entered guilty pleas to endangering the welfare o...
Sep 18, 2021

POLICE REPORT: RIPPED OUT METER, DISORDERLY CONDUCT, THEFT OF MISLAID PHONE
Police are looking into a case of criminal mischief that resulted in a damaged parking meter. Indiana borough police say on September 17th at 4:01 AM, an unknown suspect pulled a parking meter out of ...
Sep 18, 2021

Homer Center Trucks
Have the “superloads” of equipment headed to the Homer City Energy Campus been an imposition on you?
A. Yes! They're inconvenient and tie up the highways!
B. No! There are plenty of other options for getting where you want to go in Indiana County.
C. Yes and no. Sometimes you have to get stuck behind them.
Voting Ends: Oct 4, 2026 | 12:00 PM









