Category Archives: Local News
HISTORICAL SOCIETIES RECEIVE STATE GRANTS
The Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission yesterday awarded almost $2 million in grants to 153 museums and county historical societies in 58 of the state's 67 counties. The funds include $4,...
Mar 05, 2020
NEW MEMBER, TWO REAPPOINTMENTS TO IUP COUNCIL OF TRUSTEES
The State Senate has confirmed a new member and reappointed two current members to the IUP Council of Trustees. Jennifer Baker of Armstrong County, a 2005 graduate of IUP with a Bachelor of Sci...
Mar 05, 2020
INDIANA BOROUGH COUNCIL DISCUSSES RULES FOR FERAL CATS AND CHICKENS
At last night's Indiana Borough Agenda Planning Meeting, borough council discussed some possible changes to a borough ordinance concerning animals. One of the changes would be to an article concerning...
Mar 04, 2020
PENNDOT LOOKS TO HIT REAL ID TOTALS BY FEDERAL DEADLINE OF OCTOBER 1ST
It is now a full year since the Real ID-compliant driver's licenses and photo ID cards have been offered to Pennsylvanians and PennDOT says they are on their way to meet the projected demand for the u...
Mar 04, 2020
SPOTTED LANTERNFLY QUARANTINE ZONE EXPANDS
The spotted lanternfly has not been detected in Indiana County yet, but it seems to be getting closer. The State Agriculture Department yesterday added twelve counties to its spotted lanternfly quaran...
Mar 04, 2020
GUN STOLEN FROM HOME
State police report the theft of a gun from a home in Canoe Township, in northern Indiana County. A black Ruger 9-millimeter handgun was stolen sometime in the last four months from the home of a 60-y...
Mar 04, 2020
FLU CASES EASE ACROSS THE STATE, BUT NOT IN INDIANA COUNTY, REGION
Indiana County had 67 new lab-confirmed flu cases last week, after adding 57 to its total the week before. The new totals from across the region run counter to the statewide trend. While the pace of f...
Mar 04, 2020
FOUR MEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH WAYNE AVENUE ROBBERY-SHOOTING
At a news conference this morning, Indiana Borough Police said that four individuals were apprehended in connection with a robbery and shooting at neighboring houses on Wayne Avenue in mid-February. P...
Mar 03, 2020
CENTER TOWNSHIP SUPERVISORS PROVIDE UPDATE ON BERTOLINO CASE
The Center Township Supervisors gave an update on the legal process concerning the township and John and Rosemary Bertolino. Last October, District Judge Susanne Stefee ordered that the Bertolinos sho...
Mar 03, 2020
STATE SYSTEM EARLY RETIREMENT INCENTIVE PROGRAM REACHES THRESHOLD
The State System of Higher Education yesterday announced that at least 200 faculty members have opted in for a one-time retirement incentive program that was created in January by agreement with APSCU...
Mar 03, 2020
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