Category Archives: Local News
CASES AGAINST DEFENDANTS MOVE FORWARD IN NEW FLORENCE AREA MURDER
In Westmoreland County Court, a status conference this week in the Melissa Fox-Beacom homicide trial has been moved back a day to Friday. It had been scheduled Thursday before Judge Meagan Bilik-DeFaz...
Jul 13, 2025
INDIANA AREA COULD NAME NEW BOARD MEMBER ON MONDAY
Only three people have applied for the vacant school director's position on the Indiana Area school board, and a motion before the board Monday would move all three candidates to the next phase of the...
Jul 13, 2025
ROADWORK THIS WEEK IN INDIANA BOROUGH
Indiana Borough anticipates ongoing work this week on a number of streets, including Peoples Natural Gas completing its work on Chestnut Street between North Carpenter Avenue and North 7th Street. Sha...
Jul 13, 2025
DESIGN PROPOSALS SOUGHT FOR PATHWAYS HOMELESS SHELTER
Indiana County is preparing for the next step in the construction of the new Pathway Homeless Shelter. The county is accepting bids from architectural firms to design the facility, which will be locat...
Jul 13, 2025
GAME COMMISSION CONSIDERING SUNDAY HUNTING CHANGES
The state Game Commission says the newly-signed legislation permitting Sunday hunting in Pennsylvania will result in changes to this year's already-established hunting seasons, so the Board of Game Co...
Jul 13, 2025
HOT DAY AHEAD
From the US National Weather Service Today's high temperatures are expected in the upper 80s to low 90s. Combined with dew points in the high 60s to low 70s, most areas will observe a heat index in th...
Jul 12, 2025
9-1-1 OPERATIONS BACK TO NORMAL AFTER FRIDAY OUTAGE
The Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency says that 9-1-1 services are now back in full operation after an outage Friday afternoon. Yesterday, wireless emergency alerts popped up on cell phones acr...
Jul 12, 2025
TWO SENTENCED IN FEDERAL COURT FOR DRUG OPERATIONS
Two people from Johnstown were sentenced this week for their involvement in drug operations in Indiana and Cambria Counties. US District Judge Marilyn Horan ordered 39-year-old Kevin Johnson to serve ...
Jul 12, 2025
MISSING WESTMORELAND COUNTY MAN FOUND SAFE
A missing man from Westmoreland County was found safe. State police reported Friday afternoon that 49-year-old Jason Alan Mesler of Seward was reported missing after leaving a family member's home alo...
Jul 12, 2025
TENNESSEE MAN ARRESTED FOR DUI IN INDIANA BOROUGH
Police in Indiana Borough have charged a Tennessee man with driving under the influence. Police say that at 2:12 in the morning on Friday, police conducted the traffic stop in the 800 block of Philade...
Jul 12, 2025
Voter ID
Pennsylvania is one of fifteen states that does not require any form of identification in order to vote. Meanwhile, eight states require photo ID in order to vote with no exceptions. What should Pennsylvania do?
Voting Ends: Feb 24, 2026 | 12:00 PM
