Category Archives: Local News
APPEAL DENIED IN YINGLING MURDER CASE
State Superior Court has rejected David Yingling's appeal for post collateral relief from his conviction and sentence for the murder of his housemate in Arcadia in May of 2016. The 64-year-old Yinglin...
Jun 26, 2019
REPORT: INDIANA COUNTY FISCAL HEALTH RATED IN NEW REPORT
A new report by the federal Appalachian Regional Commission examines the economic health of every county in Appalachia, and finds that all but two of the Pennsylvania counties in the region are in the...
Jun 26, 2019
STRUZZI "HAPPY" WITH AFTER HOUSE BUDGET PLAN PASSES
The state House yesterday passed a budget that Representative Jim Struzzi says "meets the many needs of Pennsylvanians and invests in key areas of importance while keeping spending under control and s...
Jun 26, 2019
PENNDOT DRILLING TO START IN SHELOCTA CONCERNING SUBSIDENCE OF A ROAD
PennDOT crews will begin to drill this week in the area of Sportsman Club Road in Shelocta to determine the cause of some road subsidence. The subsidence happened on June 2nd and resulted in a one-foo...
Jun 25, 2019
IASD FINALIZE 2019-2020 BUDGET, MAKE DECISIONS ON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PROJECTS
The Indiana School Board last night approved the budget for the 2019-2020 school year and for the second consecutive year, there will be no tax increases for district residents. In an 8-1 vote, the bo...
Jun 25, 2019
STATE SYSTEM, APSCUF NEGOTIATING ON NEW CONTRACT
With the current labor deals set to expire on Sunday, there have been new negotiations recently between the State System of Higher Education and APSCUF, the union representing both the faculty and coa...
Jun 25, 2019
WORK NEARLY COMPLETE ON GROVE CHAPEL HILL CLIMBING LANE PROJECT
We are evidently nearing the completion of the three-year Route 119 Grove Chapel Hill climbing lane project. Yesterday, final paving was completed and the new lines were installed, establishing the so...
Jun 25, 2019
JUDGE WILL RECONSIDER WALTERS' PETITION FOR DIVERSION
Indiana County President Judge William Martin has scheduled a hearing on July 9th to consider a new motion to determine the mental competency of Todd Walters, the 40-year-old Indiana man charged with ...
Jun 25, 2019
TWO TROOPERS, PRISONER INJURED IN ALTERCATION INSIDE PATROL VEHICLE
Two state troopers and a 20-year-old prisoner were injured yesterday afternoon in an altercation inside a police cruiser near SCI Pine Grove in White Township. In a news release, police say only that ...
Jun 25, 2019
DEVELOPING STORY: INCIDENT AT SCI-PINE GROVE PRISON
Multiple police agencies were called out to the state prison facilities just outside Indiana Borough for an incident. State Police along with Indiana County Sheriffs, Citizens Ambulance and others wer...
Jun 24, 2019
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