Category Archives: Local News
DISTRICT JUDGE ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY FOR COUNTY COURT VACANCY
One of Indiana County's district judges has announced he wants to fill the vacancy on the Court of Common Pleas. District Judge Christopher Welch announced his candidacy today for the vacancy on the b...
Jan 05, 2021
FEMA EVALUATES RISK OF NATURAL DISASTERS FOR EVERY COUNTY IN U.S.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has issued a risk rating for every county in America for 18 types of natural disaster, and Indiana County, as one might expect, fares pretty well. The ratings c...
Jan 05, 2021
INDIANA MAN CHARGED WITH THEFT
State police have charged an Indiana man with stealing a backpack from a Blairsville woman last Friday at a location in Derry Township, Westmoreland County. Tyler Lenhart, 21, is accused of taking the...
Jan 05, 2021
BLAIRSVILLE-SALTSBURG TO HOLD SPECIAL BOARD MEETING
The Blairsville-Saltsburg School Board has called a special voting meeting for tomorrow evening, with a number of items on the agenda. The board will evaluate the district's post-holiday covid mitigat...
Jan 05, 2021
CENTER TOWNSHIP SUPERVISORS REORGANIZE, PASS PARK ORDINANCE DURING MEETING
On Monday, the Center Township Supervisors held both their reorganization and their regular meetings. During the reorganization meeting, Dave "Butch" Smyers was re-elected as the Chairman of the Board...
Jan 04, 2021
FIRST RESPONDERS CALLED OUT FOR TWO VEHICLE CRASHES ON SUNDAY
Two vehicle crashes were reported yesterday by Indiana County 911. No details have been released yet on the first crash, which happened at 2:21 PM on Sunday on Route 22 East in West Wheatfield Townshi...
Jan 04, 2021
PRELIMINARY HEARING FOR MAN CHARGED IN FATAL CRASH TO BE HELD TODAY
UPDATE: The preliminary hearing for Warren W. Miller was continued this morning at the request of his attorney Geoffrey Kugler. According to a representative of Kugler, he requested the continuance as...
Jan 04, 2021
GO BONKERZ ANNOUNCES CLOSURE
As Governor Tom Wolf's temporary restrictions concerning restaurants, entertainment venues, gyms and other facilities are lifted today, a kids entertainment venue at the Indiana Mall has announced tha...
Jan 04, 2021
ONE CASE ON THE DOCKET AS NEW COUNTY COURT ASSIGNMENTS TAKE EFFECT
It is a relatively quiet schedule for the Indiana County Courts today, with only one proceeding on the schedule. That's a non-jury trial conducted by Judge Michael Clark for 29-year-old Michael Paul J...
Jan 04, 2021
STUDENT CONTENDS IUP IS DELAYING HER COURSE COMPLETION CERTIFICATION
An IUP student has taken her dispute with the university public, contending that the school is refusing to clear her paperwork to enable to take a job as a paramedic. The student, Lindsey Miller, writ...
Jan 04, 2021
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