Category Archives: Local News
RECORD BEAR HARVEST IN PENNSYLVANIA THIS YEAR
Pennsylvania's hunters took a record 4,577 bears this season, according to the Game Commission's preliminary gear harvest report. The new record tops the 2011 record of 4,350, and it's only the third ...
Dec 19, 2019
COMMISSIONERS APPROVE 2020 BUDGET
The Indiana county Commissioners approved the budget for the 2020 year at their meeting Wednesday morning. The budget that was approved was very similar to the one presented in November for advertisem...
Dec 18, 2019
REPORT HIGHLIGHTS OLDER RESIDENTS' SUBSTANCE USE HOSPITALIZATIONS
A new report by the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council says there were more than 7,800 hospitalizations and emergency room visits for substance use and abuse among state residents aged ...
Dec 18, 2019
NUMBER OF FLU CASES CONTINUES TO INCREASE
The newest Pennsylvania Flu Report shows 6,398 lab-confirmed cases reported across the commonwealth, with flu officially reported in 65 of the 67 counties. That's an increase of 974 cases in just one ...
Dec 18, 2019
LIGHT COURT SCHEDULE INCLUDES MOTIONS HEARING IN BURGLARY CASE
In Indiana County Court today, a motions hearing is scheduled for 55-year-old Gary Eugene Berkheimer of Gypsy, who is facing trial in a burglary case from November of last year. Berkheimer is c...
Dec 18, 2019
INDIANA COUNTY WILL SURPASS LAST YEAR'S TOTAL OVERDOSE DEATHS
After two straight years of decreases, the number of overdose deaths in Indiana County will increase this year over last year's totals. OverdoseFreePA, a website administered by the University of Pitt...
Dec 17, 2019
BOWEN ENTERS NOT GUILTY PLEA IN CELLMATE'S DEATH
43-year-old Dwight Darnell Bowen has entered a plea of not guilty in the killing of his cellmate in January at SCI Pine Grove in White Township. Bowen made the plea on Friday in a video arraignment be...
Dec 17, 2019
STATE POLICE GRADUATING CADETS INCLUDE INDIANA COUNTY NATIVE
The 157th graduating class of state police cadets includes a newly-minted state trooper from Indiana County. Friday's graduating class had six members who were assigned to Troop A in Greensburg, inclu...
Dec 16, 2019
POLICE REPORTS: THEFT, POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, CRASH
PSP-INDIANA State police have charged an Indiana woman with stealing from the White Township Walmart on Saturday. Troopers say 53-year-old Betty Capitosti of Indiana stole $107.32 worth of items from ...
Dec 16, 2019
GREENSTEIN AND STATE SYSTEM READY FOR NEXT CHALLENGE
In his December blog, State System of Higher Education Chancellor Dan Greenstein champions the diversity of cultures and viewpoints in society and on university campuses, and suggests that that is one...
Dec 16, 2019
2026 Pittsburgh Steelers
Training Camp is underway. How do you think the Steelers will do this season?
Voting Ends: Aug 4, 2026 | 12:00 PM
