Category Archives: Local News
PUNXSUTAWNEY MAN, WOMAN ALLEGEDLY HAVE CONFRONTATION OVER HICKEYS
A domestic dispute over hickeys led to assault and harassment charges for a Punxsutawney couple. Police say Bryan R. Buffington and Elise Janine Mittica, both 39, were involved in a heated altercation...
Aug 04, 2025
A DRY WEEK AHEAD; OUTLOOK FOR THE REST OF AUGUST
From the US National Weather Service Try to imagine a whole week without rain in this year when it has rained so much. Well, you don't have to imagine it. The best chance for rain in Indiana County th...
Aug 04, 2025
GOVERNOR SHAPIRO JOINS LAWSUIT AGAINST TRUMP ADMINISTRATION CONCERING GENDER-AFFIRMING HEALTH CARE
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro is joining a lawsuit against the Trump administration over its efforts to limit gender-affirming healthcare. The lawsuit filed by several Democratic-led states targe...
Aug 04, 2025
PSP OFFERS $5000 REWARD FOR INFORMATION IN ALICIA MARKOVICH DISAPPEARANCE
State police are continuing to look for Alicia Markovich, who went missing 38 years ago, and are now increasing the reward for information leading to solve the case. Markovich was visiting her father ...
Aug 04, 2025
CDBG RESOLUTIONS ON THE AGENDA FOR CENTER TOWNSHIP'S SUPERVISORS TONIGHT
Center Township Supervisors will meet tonight, and a Community Development Block Grant resolution is on the proposed agenda. Resolution 25-03 would authorize the signing of a cooperation agreement bet...
Aug 04, 2025
PUC CHAIRMAN SEEKS NATIONAL GAS POLICIES FOR COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL USERS
State Public Utility Commission Chairman Stephen DeFrank has introduced a resolution before the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners urging for the adoption of natural gas energy e...
Aug 03, 2025
SCHOOL BOARDS GET BUSY WITH THE NEW TERM APPROACHING
The arrival of August means the resumption of school board meetings, with school starting as soon as three weeks from now in some districts, albeit with understandable anxiety about funding in the abs...
Aug 03, 2025
PAVING, PIPE PROJECTS HIGHLIGHT BUSY ROADWORK SCHEDULE THIS WEEK
The roadwork schedule in and around Indiana County moves forward this week with PennDOT's scheduled completion of paving on Philadelphia Street in Indiana, and the start on Monday of the resurfacing p...
Aug 03, 2025
COMMON PLEAS, DISTRICT COURTS ACTIVE ON MONDAY
Monday's Indiana County Common Pleas Court schedule has seventeen cases, almost all of them for driving under the influence. There are twenty cases scheduled to come before the county's various magist...
Aug 03, 2025
VEHICLE FIRE, RESCUE, CRASH REPORTED BY INDIANA COUNTY 911 ON FRIDAY
Indiana County's first responders dealt with four different calls for service on Friday. Indiana Fire Association's first of two calls yesterday was for the vehicle fire on South 6th Street in White T...
Aug 02, 2025
Voter ID
Pennsylvania is one of fifteen states that does not require any form of identification in order to vote. Meanwhile, eight states require photo ID in order to vote with no exceptions. What should Pennsylvania do?
Voting Ends: Feb 24, 2026 | 12:00 PM
