Category Archives: Local News
IUP RELEASES UPDATED OPERATIONS PROCEDURE PRIOR TO START OF FALL SEMESTER
Before classes get underway on Monday, IUP released an updated operations procedure so students can not only feel safe in the classroom, but also while interacting around campus as well. According to ...
Aug 22, 2020
DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE ANNOUNCES $13.5 MILLION STILL AVAILABLE FOR DAIRY FARM RELIEF
The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture announced that relief funds are still available for area dairy farms affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Following a visit to the Scattered Acres Dairy Farm i...
Aug 22, 2020
HERITAGE CONFERENCE PRESIDENT, HOMER-CENTER AND INDIANA COACHES REACT TO PIAA VOTE
High school football and fall sports in general are a go after the PIAA Board of Directors voted, 25-5, to begin the fall sports season, despite Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf's "strong recommendation...
Aug 21, 2020
INDIANA COUNTY INCLUDED IN FIRST DROUGHT WATCH SINCE 2017
For the first time since 2017, Pennsylvania has had a drought watch declared, and Indiana County is among those that are included. The Department of Environmental Protection on Friday place sixteen co...
Aug 21, 2020
PIAA VOTES TO GO FORWARD WITH FALL SPORTS
Against Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf's "strong recommendation" to hold off high school sports until Jan. 2021, the PIAA voted to move ahead with fall sports in Board of Directors meeting on Friday a...
Aug 21, 2020
IUP SCHOOL YEAR OPENING SPEECH FOCUSES ON COVID-19, RACISM, HELPING STUDENTS
IUP kicked off the 2020-21 academic year with their annual opening speeches from university officials. The presentation took place at Fisher Auditorium, but was held without an audience and streamed o...
Aug 21, 2020
PA UNEMPLOYMENT RATE WENT UP SLIGHTLY IN JULY
The statewide unemployment rate went up slightly in the month of July. PA's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate went up by half of a percentage point to 13.7 percent in July. The July 2020 unemploym...
Aug 21, 2020
SENATOR JOE PITTMAN OFFERS REACTION TO CARLISLE CAR CRUISE
More reaction is coming in about a secret agreement concerning a car show in Carlysle that went against crowd size guidelines. The deal allowed the organizers of the Car Show to proceed with their eve...
Aug 21, 2020
IUP TO HOLD VIRTUAL OPENING CEREMONIES FOR 2020-21 ACADEMIC YEAR TODAY
The IUP school year traditionally opens with speeches from school administrators and university president Dr. Michael Driscoll the Friday before the first day of class. That tradition will continue to...
Aug 21, 2020
SCHAFKOPF FOUND GUILTY OF FELONY WIRETAP VIOLATION
An IUP Senior was found guilty at a trial of a felony wiretap violation. In a news release, District Attorney Robert Manzi said that Jared Schafkopf was found guilty on Thursday of intercepting commun...
Aug 21, 2020
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