Category Archives: Local News
SENTENCING SET FOR ARSONIST
Sentencing is scheduled for today for a Punxsutawney man who pleaded guilty but mentally ill to arson and reckless burning in three separate cases and for drug-related crimes in a fourth. Troy James K...
Dec 07, 2020
CENTER TOWNSHIP SUPERVISORS SET TO APPROVE 2020 BUDGET
The Center Township Supervisors are expected to pass their 2021 budget tonight. The budget remains virtually the same as this year's budget with no expected tax increases. Expenses are expected to top...
Dec 07, 2020
INDIANA BOROUGH BUILDING TO CLOSE TEMPORARILY
According to a post on its social media platforms, the Indiana Borough Hall will close this Monday and Tuesday for a professional cleaning company to disinfect and sanitize the building. The closing a...
Dec 06, 2020
SOME INDIANA COUNTY SCHOOLS PREPARE TO RETURN TO IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION
Several Indiana County school districts continue to prepare for the return to in-person instruction this week. That includes United, where the district on Friday affirmed its return-to-school plan for...
Dec 06, 2020
DCNR SHUTS DOWN EVENTS AND PROGRAMS AT STATE PARKS
The State Department of Conservation & Natural Resources says that, effective today, all organized in-person events and programs at state parks and forests are canceled. The parks themselves remai...
Dec 06, 2020
STRUZZI, PITTMAN SIGN LETTER ASKING FOR REJECTION OF PA ELECTORS
State Representative Jim Struzzi and State Senator Joe Pittman were among 75 members of the Pennsylvania legislature who on Friday signed a letter asking Congress to reject PA's electors in the 2020 P...
Dec 05, 2020
IUP ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF GIVING TUESDAY FUNDRAISER, SCHOLARSHIP DONATION
On Friday, IUP announced two successful fundraising efforts as part of the university's Imagine Unlimited campaign. In a statement, the university said that on Giving Tuesday, the IUP community more t...
Dec 05, 2020
FORMER CHAIRMAN OF ICMSA PASSES AWAY
A longtime chairman of the Indiana County Municipal Services Authority and regional manager for Verizon communications passed away on Wednesday. Robert W. Kunkle died while at Excela Health Hospital i...
Dec 05, 2020
DCNR CANCELLING ALL OF ITS PROGRAMS AT STATE PARKS FOR REST OF THE YEAR
The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources has announced that all in- person events and programs organized by its staff and volunteers have been cancelled for the rest of the ye...
Dec 05, 2020
LEVITY BREWING TO EXPAND INDIANA LOCATION AND INTO ALTOONA
One of Indiana's craft breweries is going through an expansion of both its current location and into Blair County. Levity Brewing announced that it is expanding its current taproom in Indiana and it p...
Dec 05, 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
