Category Archives: Local News

WARRANT ISSUED FOR MAN ACCUSED OF STEALING CAR AT EAT N PARK PARKING LOT
State police have announced that a warrant has been issued for a suspect in a theft that happened in June of last year in White Township. Troopers say that a man on a mountain bike approached a Blairs...
Jan 11, 2019

FIRE DESTROYS SALTSBURG-AREA HOME
A home in Saltsburg was completely destroyed this morning in a fire likely caused by a wood-burning heater. Indiana County 911 reports Tunnelton, Saltsburg, and Blairsville firefighters dispatched at ...
Jan 11, 2019

ANOTHER EXTENSION GRANTED TO MURPHY IN APPEAL OF MURDER CONVICTION
The attorney for convicted triple-murderer Kevin Murphy has been granted another extension in an attempt to get a new trial for his client. It is the sixth continuance granted to Murphy, who is asking...
Jan 11, 2019

PLEA COURT, SENTENCINGS SCHEDULED IN COUNTY COURT
UPDATE: Stephen James Oswalt pleaded guilty to receiving stolen property in one case and possession of heroin in another case. The other two cases were not prosecuted. He will be sentenced March 25th....
Jan 11, 2019

WHITE TOWNSHIP TABLES STORM WATER MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE AGAIN
The White Township Supervisors once again tabled a motion to approve a new storm water ordinance. Township Manager Milt Lady said that there is still work to be done. -Milt Lady, White Township Manage...
Jan 10, 2019

THREE INJURED IN ARMSTRONG COUNTY CRASH
There were multiple injuries Monday evening in a three-vehicle collision on Route 422 in Kittanning Township. State police say two drivers were slowing down for another vehicle to turn off the road ne...
Jan 10, 2019

CHARGES AGAINST INDIANA COUNTY MEN AFTER TRAFFIC STOP IN ALLEGHENY COUNTY
State police in Kittanning report the arrests of four people, three of them from Indiana County, after a traffic stop on Route 28 in Harmar Township, Allegheny County on January 2nd. Police pulled ove...
Jan 10, 2019

NEW COURT DEVELOPMENTS IN BROWN, MIBRODA CASES
Indiana County President Judge William Martin has scheduled a hearing on February 13th on 32-year-old James Eugene Brown's omnibus pretrial motion, which seeks to dismiss homicide by vehicle charges a...
Jan 10, 2019

POLICE SEARCHING FOR MISSING SALTSBURG WOMAN
UPDATE: Megan Sue Durand was found by State Police earlier today, and was safe and in good condition. State Police are seeking information on the whereabouts of a Saltsburg woman who has been missing ...
Jan 09, 2019

SPECIAL REPORT: SUICIDE WARS
It's a number that's hard to pin down, but what is sure is that 2018 set a disheartening record: there were more suicides in Indiana County than ever before measured, at least eighteen. yet at the sam...
Jan 09, 2019










