Category Archives: Local News
PURCHASE LINE SCHOOL BOARD APPROVES RESOLUTION CONCERNING 2021-2022 BUDGET
On Monday night, the Purchase Line School Board approved a resolution concerning the 2021-2022 budget. The resolution guarantees that the district will not go above the state-mandated tax index, which...
Dec 14, 2020
ALFORD SENTENCED FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER OF POLICE OFFICERS
A man convicted in September for trying to kill two state troopers as he was being transported to SCI Pine Grove last year was sentenced this morning in Indiana County Court. Indiana County President ...
Dec 14, 2020
INDIANA BOROUGH POLICE: MULTIPLE DRUG REPORTS
Indiana Borough Police have announced multiple drug possession reports this morning. The first dates back to Friday evening where reports say officers responded to a fight along the 00-block of South ...
Dec 14, 2020
HOMER-CENTER URGES PUBLIC TO COMMENT ON RGGI
The final two virtual Pennsylvania Environmental Quality Board (EQB) public hearings on the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative are scheduled today, and the Homer-Center School District is urging resid...
Dec 14, 2020
CORONAVIRUS NOTIFICATIONS PROMPT CHANGE AT PURCHASE LINE HIGH SCHOOL
Purchase Line School District Superintendent Shawn Ford announced yesterday on the district website that two new coronavirus notifications at the high school will result in the extension of the short-...
Dec 14, 2020
SENTENCING HEARINGS IN INDIANA COUNTY TODAY INCLUDE SIMERE ALFORD
A number of defendants are scheduled to be sentenced today in Indiana County Court, including Simere Alford, the Philadelphia man who was convicted in September for attempting to kill two state troope...
Dec 14, 2020
BLAIRSVILLE-SALTSBURG HEARING POSTPONED
The Blairsville-Saltsburg School District has postponed the public hearing scheduled for this Wednesday, and, if necessary, Thursday. No reason was given for the postponement. The state-required heari...
Dec 13, 2020
OX HILL FAIR TO END AT CURRENT LOCATION
One of Indiana County's community fairs has announced that it is ending at its current location after 84 years. The organizers of the Ox Hill Community Agricultural Fair say that due to "current circu...
Dec 13, 2020
BUSY WEEKEND SO FAR FOR EMERGENCY RESPONDERS
Indiana County's emergency responders were active yesterday, answering three summons to accident scenes. A busy afternoon began with a call to Brush Valley firefighters just after 1 PM for a physical ...
Dec 13, 2020
NEW COVID-19 MITIGATION EFFORTS UNDERWAY
Today marks the start of Governor Tom Wolf's mitigation efforts in response to the recent uptick in COVID-19 cases across the state. Wolf announced in a press conference this week that restrictions wi...
Dec 12, 2020
Steelers First Draft Pick
The NFL Draft starts April 23 in Pittsburgh. What position do you think the Steelers will address with their first pick?
Voting Ends: Apr 23, 2026 | 6:00 PM
