Category Archives: Local News
POLICE RELEASE NAMES OF TWO PEOPLE INVOLVED IN FATAL CRASH IN HOME
State police have released the two names of the people in the car that crashed into Pikel's Top Tier Fuels service station, killing one person and causing a fire at the gas station. State Troopers hav...
Bill Berry Jul 06, 2018
POWER OUTAGE AFFECTING TRAFFIC ON 119
Many Penelec customers in the Homer City area are without power this morning, and the outage is also affecting traffic on one major highway in the area. Penelec reports that the outage started at 6:15...
Bill Berry Jul 06, 2018
COURT SCHEDULE INCLUDES SENTENCINGS, PLEA COURT
Several dozen defendants will be sentenced in Indiana County Court today, including one for crimes committed in 2009 and 2011. 30-year-old Christopher Stiffler finally pleaded guilty this year to char...
Bill Berry Jul 06, 2018

VICTIM OF CRASH AND FIRE IN HOME IDENTIFIED
Indiana County Coroner Jerry Overman Jr. has identified the victim of yesterday's fatal crash and fire in Home as 52-year-old Melissa Ann Myers of Commodore. It happened at about 1:30 in the afternoon...
Bill Berry Jul 06, 2018

ONE FATALITY REPORTED IN PIKEL'S GAS STATION CRASH, FIRE
Update: An auto crash at Pikel’s Gas Station at the intersection of Routes 119 and 85 in Home early Thursday afternoon has resulted in one fatality. An unidentified 52-year-old woman from Commod...
Bill Berry Jul 05, 2018

INDIANA FIREFIGHTERS BUSY WITH TWO LATE NIGHT CALLS
Indiana Fire Association Members were busy late last night with what they believe to be two fireworks-related calls. Indiana County 911 reported that Indiana Firefighters were called out at 11:40 for ...
Bill Berry Jul 05, 2018
IUP DINING HALL WINS HIGH HONORS
IUP's north dining facility, which opened last August, recently won an award from the Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Delaware International Interior Design's award for best educational design. The building's...
Bill Berry Jul 05, 2018
FOUR BRIDGES TO BE RENAMED FOR INDIANA COUNTY HEROES
In a joint statement from the State Capitol, Senator Don White and Representatives Dave Reed and Chris Dush have announced the renaming of four Indiana County bridges in honor of service members who w...
Bill Berry Jul 05, 2018
INVASIVE BARBERRY PLANT COULD BE BANNED
According to data released last summer by the state Health Department, Indiana County ranked 14th in the state for the highest number of cases of Lyme disease. There were 227 confirmed cases of the ti...
Bill Berry Jul 05, 2018
STATE SYSTEM LOOKS AT PRICING MODELS
The Board of Governors of the State System of Higher Education will set the tuition levels for the coming academic year when it meets next week, but this week, they met for discussions on possible cha...
Bill Berry Jul 05, 2018












