Category Archives: Local News

UPDATE: Tthe brush fire call on Palmerton Road was a false alarm. Dan Shacreaw of the Blacklick Fire Department confirmed that what the caller thought was a brush fire was actually a controlled burn s...

In his latest blog, State System of Higher Education Chancellor Dan Greenstein offers a summary of his fall tour of all fourteen state-owned universities, focusing on the value each school has in its ...

UPDATE: Two people were sentenced this morning in Indiana County Court. One of them was a woman who was picked up as part of a drug sweep by State Police. 47-year-old Christie Lee Ray of New Florence ...

PennDOT has announced plans for a public meeting to put the plans for a bridge on West Pike Road project in White Township on display. PennDOT says that the project will replace the bridge that carrie...

There may have been a setback for Ronald Weiss in his appeal of Judge Tom Bianco's rejection of a motion to dismiss Weiss's murder case.   The State Superior Court has ordered Weiss to show cause...

An old scam is making the rounds again in Indiana County. State police at the Indiana station received a report recently about the familiar, "my grandson is in jail and needs bail money" ruse. A woman...

State police are seeking the public's help in identifying a theft suspect who's accused of stealing $386 worth of items from the White Township Walmart store last Sunday afternoon.   The suspect ...

Indiana Borough council met last night and discussed a problem with an ordinance that they had worked on a few years ago. The ordinance concerns street repairs to be made by entities like utility comp...

Last night, the Blairsville Borough Council approved a tentative 2020 budget that will hold the line on taxes for residents. Blairsville Borough manager Tim Evans said the $2.337 million budget will s...

An outside extension cord was the cause of the fire that initially brought out several fire companies this morning. Indiana County 911 reported at 6:40 this morning, Clymer and Cherryhill Township fir...