Category Archives: Local News
PENNDOT ANNOUNCES ANNUAL HIGH SCHOOL "INNOVATIONS CHALLENGE" CONTEST
PennDOT is putting out the call to high school students to take part in the agency's Innovations Challenge. The contest is open to 9th to 12th graders in Pennsylvania, regardless of their school's lea...
Sep 10, 2025
WHITE TOWNSHIP PLANNING COMMISSION GRANTS TENTATIVE APPROVAL OF NEW PLANS FOR BEN FRANKLIN ROAD SHEETZ
On Tuesday, the White Township Planning Commission tentatively approved reconstruction plans for the Sheetz on Ben Franklin Road. The project will move the gas pumps and canopy to one side of the prop...
Sep 09, 2025
LARGE FIRE REPORTED IN KITTANNING BOROUGH
First responders from Indiana and Armstrong Counties are trying to put out a reported four-alarm fire in Kittanning this morning. The fire broke out just before 7:00 AM in the upper floors of the buil...
Sep 09, 2025
POLICE LOOKING TO IDENTIFY THEFT SUSPECT
Police in Indiana Borough are looking for an individual behind multiple incidents of theft and loitering between September 2nd and 7th. According to a report on the department's Facebook page, the inc...
Sep 09, 2025
TWO MEN CHARGED WITH BEATING IN LATE AUGUST IN INDIANA BOROUGH
Police have identified two men involved in the beating of a third in late August in Indiana Borough. Borough Police Chief Justin Schawl said in a statement that 22-year-old Artis Murphy-Butler of Phil...
Sep 09, 2025
VEHICLE FIRE, UTILITY LINES AMONG CALLS FOR FIRST RESPONDERS ON MONDAY
Indiana County First Responders were called out three times on Monday. The first call of the day was a vehicle fire reported on Stable Road in Cherryhill Township. Clymer, Cherryhill and Commodore fir...
Sep 09, 2025
SHAPIRO SAYS HIS OFFICE WILL BE READY IF PRESIDENT TRUMP DEPLOYS NATIONAL GUARD IN PA
Governor Josh Shapiro says his office will be "prepared" if President Donald Trump deploys National Guard troops to the Commonwealth. Shapiro made the comment during an event in Philadelphia yesterday...
Sep 09, 2025
IUP ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR FAMILY WEEKEND
IUP has announced plans for "Family Weekend" this weekend. Events will include a jazz recital on Friday, September 12th featuring music faculty member Laura Ferguson at Gorell Recital Hall in John Sut...
Sep 09, 2025
INDIANA SCHOOL BOARD HOLDS OFF ON NAMING NEW BOARD VICE-PRESIDENT
Monday night, the Indiana School Board once again tabled motions related to naming the new board vice-president. While the board approved naming former teacher Eric Brocious as the person who will fil...
Sep 08, 2025
SO HOW DRY HAS IT BEEN LATELY?
From the US National Weather Service Most of us have seen 25-50% of our normal precipitation in the past 30 days and there's no rain in the forecast for at least the rest of this week. During a drough...
Sep 08, 2025
Voter ID
Pennsylvania is one of fifteen states that does not require any form of identification in order to vote. Meanwhile, eight states require photo ID in order to vote with no exceptions. What should Pennsylvania do?
Voting Ends: Feb 24, 2026 | 12:00 PM
