Category Archives: Local News
PACE OF FLU CASES FALLS IN INDIANA COUNTY, STATEWIDE
Indiana County's total number of lab-confirmed flu cases this season increased by 34 last week, after a jump of 100 new cases the week before. The latest State Health Department report shows flu activ...
Jan 15, 2020
BV-SB SCHOOL BOARD APPROVES HIRING KOREN AS FACILITATOR IN REORGANIZATION TALKS
The Blairsville-Saltsburg School Board met last night to vote on hiring a former superintendent from a neighboring school district as a facilitator in the discussion for possible reconfiguration of th...
Jan 15, 2020
POLICE INVESTIGATE METHAMPHETAMINE DUMP SITE NEAR VINTONDALE
State police are investigating a methamphetamine mystery in Buffington Township after receiving a tip on Monday about a meth manufacturing operation in the area of Lower Laurel Road. A state tr...
Jan 15, 2020
FIRE DESTROYS TRAILER IN ARMSTRONG TOWNSHIP
Fire officials say that the trailer fire in Armstrong Township earlier this morning gutted the structure, but some of the belongings were able to be salvaged. Indiana County 911 reported that the fire...
Jan 14, 2020
STRUZZI NAMED TO CHILDREN AND YOUTH COMMITTEE
State representative Jim Struzzi has been named to the House Children and Youth Committee for the rest of the 2019-2020 legislative session. Struzzi will fill a seat that was vacated due to member res...
Jan 14, 2020
INDIANA COUNTY CORONER RELEASES REPORT ON FATAL CRASH
The Indiana County Coroner's Office has released some details about the fatal crash Monday afternoon in Montgomery Township. County Coroner Jerry Overman, Jr. confirmed earlier reports from the state ...
Jan 14, 2020
MULTIPLE FIRE DEPARTMENTS CALLED OUT FOR FIRE IN ARMSTRONG TOWNSHIP
Multiple fire companies are now at the scene of a residential structure fire in Armstrong Township. Indiana County 911 reports that the fire was reported around 7:51 this morning at 1620 Cheese Run Ro...
Jan 14, 2020
INDIANA SCHOOL BOARD HEARS STATE OF THE DISTRICT REPORT
The Indiana School Board met last night and got a state of the district report from Superintendent Michael Vuckovich. Vuckovich said that while the district was in good shape, he still felt that the d...
Jan 14, 2020
GHOST TOWN TRAIL IS PENNSYLVANIA'S "TRAIL OF THE YEAR"
About 80,000 people use the Ghost Town Trail every year. Evidently, they like what they see. The state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources has named the 46-mile trail through Indiana and ...
Jan 14, 2020
BLAIRSVILLE-SALTSBURG BOARD TO CONSIDER CONSOLIDATION "FACILITATOR"
From the moment last spring's Primary Election made it clear that the Blairsville end of the Blairsville-Saltsburg School District would control the school board, the old issue of possibly closing the...
Jan 14, 2020
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