Category Archives: Local News

The National Weather Service's heat-related watches for Indiana County and portions of the surrounding area remain in effect. A heat advisory will continue through 8:00 Wednesday night for Indiana, Ar...

Indiana County's District Courts will be busy with preliminary hearings today, including one for a man who lead police on a chase near Ernest. Court documents show 31-year-old Nicholas Empfield will g...

State police from the Kiski Valley Barracks are investigating a theft from a West Penn Power location in Derry Township. Troopers say that on June 18th, someone was able to break into the site on Hick...

With much of Western Pennsylvania under an extreme heat warning and high temperatures in the area forecasted to be above 90-degrees for the next couple of days, the Humane Society is offering tips on ...

Both Pennsylvania Senators are applauding the U.S. bombing of nuclear sites in Iran. Democrat John Fetterman said the airstrikes were "the correct move," as Iran "cannot have nuclear capabilities." Re...

From the US National Weather Service Extreme Heat Warning and Heat Advisory are in effect beginning at 11 AM today, continuing through 8 PM Wednesday. The combination of high temperatures and humidity...

The Indiana Area School Board is poised to adopt a budget of more than $69 million on Monday, with a projected real estate tax increase of 5.013 percent. Service agreements and contracts are also on t...

Indiana Borough will do preliminary work on its summer paving program this week. Donegal Construction Corporation will be milling select streets to prepare them for new asphalt. The affected streets a...

The state legislature has a tense week ahead with the June 30th budget deadline approaching. Both the House and Senate are scheduled to be in session every day through the end of the month, including ...

The state Public Utility Commission has approved the next five-year stage of Pennsylvania's Energy Efficiency and Conservation Program. Phase Five of the plan will take effect on June 1st next year an...