Category Archives: Local News

Another candidate has entered the race for the 62nd District State House seat now held by House Majority Leader Dave Reed. Daniel A. Wilson of White Township yesterday announced his candidacy, saying ...

State Representative Chris Dush yesterday announced two state grants totaling more than $816,000 to help adults complete their interrupted high school education. ARIN Intermediate Unite 28 will receiv...

A bill introduced to rename the Route 286 bridge between Indiana County and Westmoreland County in Saltsburg passed unanimously in the state House yesterday and is on its way to the Senate. The bridge...

With the Indiana Area School District facing a budget deficit of $1,151,962, the board approved various budget allocation reductions in areas such as Instructional Equipment, Curriculum/Instructional ...

John D. "Bo" Sloan, 66, of Bristol, VA passed away on Friday, June 8, 2018 at the Bristol Regional Medical Center, Bristol, TN. The son of John and Virginia M. (Clawson) Sloan, he was born November 29...

Sara (Armstrong) McQuown Kerr, 101, of East Springfield, PA, and formerly of Commodore, PA, died Monday, June 11, 2018 at her daughter's home, where she had made her home for the past six years. The d...

Kenneth A. Cramer, age 83, of Indiana, died Sunday, June 10, 2018, at his home. He was born in 1935 in Johnstown to Harry and Alice Heming Cramer. Mr. Cramer was employed as a laborer for Musser’...

The Indiana Area School Board meets tonight, with a number of items on the agenda to set the stage for the start of the 2018-19 school year. Included among the actions the board will consider are twel...

An appeal of his murder conviction by DeAndre Jones Jr. of Baltimore, Maryland, has been quietly making its way through the state appellate court system. Jones was found guilty last August of second d...

Among the preliminary hearings scheduled today in Indiana County's Magisterial District Courts are proceedings involving 29-year-old Kadeem Meggett of Indiana and 38-year-old Garrett Hagerman of Penn ...