Category Archives: Local News
CENTER TOWNSHIP SUPERVISORS DISCUSS MOLDY HOUSE IN COY
Center Township Supervisors addressed concerns about a duplex on Coy Street. The matter had been brought up at several prior meetings as Pamela Burnheimer said that one half of the duplex had dangerou...
Jul 03, 2018
START DATE SET FOR BRIDGE REPLACEMENT IN YOUNG TOWNSHIP
PennDOT has set a start date for a bridge project on Route 286 in Young Township. Work on replacing the bridge spanning Blacklegs Creek will begin on July 16th. The bridge is the last of five in India...
Jul 03, 2018
INDIANA MAN FACING THEFT, DRUG CHARGES
An Indiana man with an extensive criminal history is in trouble with the law again. State police say 24-year-old Weylin Storm Fratzke is facing charges of retail theft, possession of suspected marijua...
Jul 03, 2018
POLICE ISSUE REPORTS ON TWO ACCIDENTS
WEST WHEATFIELD TOWNSHIP Two people were taken to the Indiana Regional Medical Center Saturday night after a front-to-rear collision on Route 259 in West Wheatfield Township. State police say a van op...
Jul 03, 2018
EX-FIREFIGHTER REACHES PLEA BARGAIN IN WILDFIRES CASES
A former firefighter accused of setting eleven wildfires in Westmoreland County in 2016 has pleaded guilty to reduced charges of misdemeanor failing to control a dangerous fire. 20-year-old Dylan Mill...
Jul 03, 2018
MIBRODA GRANTED CONSIDERATION OF CLAIM IN APPEAL
At a hearing yesterday before Westmoreland County Judge Christopher Feliciani, Clayton Mibroda pressed for a new trial on charges that he killed his 20-day-old daughter in 2011, basing his appeal on a...
Jul 03, 2018
IRMC TO TEAM WITH UPMC, PUNXSY HOSPITAL TO EXPAND CANCER TREATMENT
The Indiana Regional Medical Center will partner with UPMC's Hillman Cancer Center and Punxsutawney Area Hospital to expand cancer treatment at IRMC. As announced this morning by IRMC CEO Steve Wolf, ...
Jul 02, 2018
IRMC BECOMES TOBACCO-FREE
A new era began yesterday at the Indiana Regional Medical Center, as the IRMC main campus and all satellite locations became tobacco-free. The policy, of course, applies inside all IRMC facilities, bu...
Jul 02, 2018
YINGLING ATTORNEY FILES FOR POST-CONVICTION RELIEF
The attorney for 64-year-old David Yingling has filed an amended motion for post-conviction relief for her client, who was sentenced last year to serve 17-and-a-half to 35 years in prison for third de...
Jul 02, 2018
DEFENDANTS TO BE SENTENCED TODAY INCLUDE OHLER, BENDER
It's another very active day for the Indiana County Courts, with a number of defendants to be sentenced, including an Indiana man who was involved in the shooting death of a man and the wounding of a ...
Jul 02, 2018
Christmas Spending
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