Category Archives: Local News
IUP TO HOLD NATURALIZATION CEREMONIES FRIDAY
IUP will hold naturalization ceremonies on Friday as part of their week-long celebration of International Education Week. About 50 people are expected to take part in the ceremonies Friday morning at ...
Oct 24, 2019
HOUSE PASSES STRUZZI BILL OFFERING TUITION ASSISTANCE TO FIREFIGHTERS
The State House yesterday unanimously passed Representative Jim Struzzi's bill that establishes tuition assistance for active members of volunteer fire companies or emergency medical services agencies...
Oct 24, 2019
HEARING TO CHALLENGE BALLISTIC EXPERT IN KEVIN MURPHY APPEAL
Westmoreland County Judge Meagan Bilik-DeFazio is scheduled to conduct a hearing today in the Kevin Murphy case. The District Attorney's office is challenging the judge's August order granting Murphy'...
Oct 24, 2019
COMMISSIONERS APPROVE CELL PHONE TOWER ADD ON FOR BLUE SPRUCE TOWER, PAY TRIBUTE TO MIKE BAKER
Indiana County Commissioners took a big step today in getting cellular service to an under-served area of the county. The commissioners today approved a request from the Department of Emergency Servic...
Oct 23, 2019
INDIANA BOROUGH COUNCIL APPROVES CDBG PROJECT SCOPE, HEAR HOMECOMING POLICE REPORT
Last night, Indiana borough council met and approved a resolution approving the project scope and three-year plan for their 2019 Community Development and Block Grant Funds. Gerald Smith, the chairman...
Oct 23, 2019
IUP DEDICATES OUTDOOR CLASSROOM TO EDUCATION ALUMNUS
IUP on Friday officially dedicated an outdoor classroom in honor of an IUP Graduate. The 7,150 square-foot outdoor classroom in the courtyard of Stouffer Hall facing Willow Avenue was rededicated as t...
Oct 23, 2019
INDIANA BOROUGH STARTS LEAF COLLECTION
Leaf collection will begin today for Indiana Borough. David Fairman of Indiana Borough's Public Works department said that they will follow a schedule of Fourth Ward on Tuesday, followed by First Ward...
Oct 23, 2019
HOUSE COMMITTEE OKAYS VOTING CHANGES
For years, critics have complained that straight-party voting in elections makes it too easy for people to cast their ballots without even thinking about who is running. If a bill that passed the Hous...
Oct 23, 2019
BOLIVAR MAN TO SERVE PRISON SENTENCE FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT OF GIRL
In Westmoreland County Court yesterday, 47-year-old Bradley Sarver of Bolivar was sentenced to ten to twenty years in prison for sexually assaulting a then-12-year-old girl on Christmas Day 2013. &nbs...
Oct 23, 2019
MAN ARRESTED BY INDIANA BOROUGH POLICE ON CHARGES OF CORRUPTION OF MINORS, INAPPROPRIATE TOUCHING
Indiana Borough Police say a 39-year-old man was taken into custody after an investigation into a case where the man is accused of touching a child inappropriately. Police started their investigation ...
Oct 22, 2019
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