Category Archives: Local News

INDIANA COUNTY UNEMPLOYMENT RATE WENT UP SLIGHTLY IN JULY
Indiana County's unemployment rate went up slightly for the month of July. The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry reported that the county's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for July w...
Aug 31, 2021

IFA, PSP OFFERING FLOOD PREVENTION AND SAFETY TIPS
Before the remnants of Hurricane Ida come to Indiana County, the Indiana Fire Association and State Police are offering some tips to help prevent flooding at home and trouble on the road. Homeowners a...
Aug 31, 2021

INDIANA SCHOOL DISTRICT REPORTS FIRST COVID-19 CASE FOR 2021-2022 YEAR
The Indiana Area School District reported a case of Covid-19 in an Eisnhower student attending class at the Junior High School yesterday. In an announcement posted to the district website, the school ...
Aug 31, 2021

DEAD WHITE'S WOODS TREE FALLS INTO SOMEONES HOME
While emergency crews were busy on Sunday with trees and power lines down across Indiana County, a tree service company and a home repair service were busy with a dead tree that fell into someone's ho...
Aug 31, 2021

MAN CHARGED WITH DRUG-RELATED CRIMES SENTENCED YESTERDAY
An Indiana man pleaded guilty and was sentenced yesterday in connection with an incident earlier this year when he was pulled over by police in East Wheatfield Township. 30-year-old Neal Cramer was pu...
Aug 31, 2021

SEWARD MAN IN JAIL FOR SEXUALLY ASSAULTING SOMEONE UNDER 16 YEARS OF AGE
A man from Seward is now in Westmoreland County Jail for allegedly sexually assaulting a child under the age of 16. Reports say 35-year-old Micky Scott Thompson was charged in connection with an incid...
Aug 31, 2021

MAN WHO WENT ON THEFT SPREE IN INDIANA, OTHER COUNTIES SENTENCED
A Westmoreland County man was sentenced to serve up to six years in prison for a series of thefts in Indiana, Westmoreland and Fayette Counties over a two-month period. Reports say that 36-year-old Mi...
Aug 31, 2021

HEARING SET FOR SMICKSBURG MAN CHARGED IN FATAL DUI CRASH
The preliminary hearing for a Smicksburg man charged with homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence has been set for next week. 32-year-old Joshua Brink is accused of driving off Barnard R...
Aug 31, 2021

TROPICAL STORM IDA REMNANTS COULD COME TO INDIANA COUNTY
As now Tropical Storm Ida continues to make its way through the gulf coast states, the National Weather Service says that Indiana County could see some significant rainfall from Ida's remnants. The Na...
Aug 30, 2021

BLAIRSVILLE TEEN CHARGED WITH RETAIL THEFT AND OTHER CRIMES
Blairsville Borough Police have arrested a man on charges of retail theft, scattering rubbish, underage drinking and other crimes for an incident early in the morning on August 27th. Police say 18-yea...
Aug 30, 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









