Category Archives: Local News

Preliminary hearings are scheduled today for the two men charged in three arson fires in northern Indiana County.   23-year-old Nicholas Leone of Creekside and 19-year-old Dylan Dalessio of Plumv...

The State Game Commission has scheduled seven public meetings this month to discuss chronic wasting disease, including sessions in Indiana and Clearfield counties.   Chronic wasting disease affec...

A Burrell Township woman was killed yesterday in a single-vehicle crash in Derry Township, Westmoreland County.   76-year-old Cleo Free died of multiple blunt force trauma in the accident on Rout...

Indiana firefighters were called out to the same location for two fires within two hours of each other. Fire crews were called out to Trim Tree Road in Armstrong Township at 9:16 in the morning on Sun...

Today is Columbus Day and as it is recognized as a federal holiday, there are several closures in effect. All non-essential federal government offices are closed for the day. State government offices ...

Non-profit agencies are invited to submit applications for funding from the Indiana County Endowment, and the Evans Health Care Fund is also accepting applications.   The Indiana County Endowment...

State police say they captured an escapee after he fled while being arrested for a domestic assault early yesterday.   23-year-old Eric Flanary, for whom no address has been given, was taken into...

The Indiana Area School Board is scheduled to meet tonight, with an agenda listing a number of personnel items and agreements for services.   Among the highlights, the board is expected to vote o...

Two people were flown from the scene of a motorcycle accident in Armstrong Township last evening. The crash happened on the Route 422 ramp westbound at the merge point with West Pike. Indiana firefigh...

A longtime funeral director from Indiana County has passed away in Florida. 71-year-old Carl Bence died last Sunday in Ormond Beach. He and his brother Harry operated the Bence Funeral Home in Clymer,...