Category Archives: Local News

At a meeting Tuesday night, the Blairsville-Saltsburg school board passed the budget for the first year of the re-named River Valley School District, but the vote was split between Blairsville and Sal...

State Representative Abby Major announced earlier today that the state House and Senate have adopted the 2021-22 state budget that includes no new taxes or fees. Major said in a news release that the ...

A New Florence man pleaded guilty to multiple charges to child abuse-related crimes on Friday. District Attorney Robert Manzi announced that 62-year-old Richard Larock entered guilty pleas to 30 crimi...

The COVID-19 pandemic has dealt a rough hand to local businesses not just in Indiana County, but across the U.S. as well. One local employee is not taking the effects of the pandemic from a negative a...

Indiana County's unemployment rate took a steep drop in the month of May. The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry reported a 6.4 percent unemployment rate for the county last month, which wa...

The Blairsville-Saltsburg School Board will meet for the third time this month tonight, and the focus of the meeting will be next year's budget. On the agenda for the meeting is the approval of the 20...

State Senator Joe Pittman says area school districts will see significant increases in their state subsidies as part of the new $40.8 billion budget. In Indiana County, increases range from more than ...

PennDOT says there will be a traffic disruption in the Cunningham Culverts construction project area on Route 422 in Armstrong Township on Thursday. There will be a traffic pattern change that will re...

Quick work by firefighters prevented a smoky fire from getting out of hand shortly after 6 o'clock last evening in North Mahoning Township.   The Marion Center Fire Department reports finding the...

At its meeting on Monday, the Marion Center School Board passed its 2021-2022 budget without a tax increase for district residents. The budget tops out at $27,040,365 with real estate taxes remaining ...