Category Archives: Local News
GINA RYEN FORCE TO BE SWORN IN AS FIRST ASSISTANT D.A.
It's an active day today at the Indiana County Courthouse, and the day's activities kick off with a swearing-in ceremony for Gina Ryen Force as Indiana County's First Assistant District Attorney. Forc...
Jan 04, 2019
CREWS RESPOND TO FIRE IN JOSEPHINE AREA
Fire departments from Black Lick, Blairsville, Coral, Homer City and Clyde responded to a structure fire at 51 Ash Street in the Josephine area late Thursday afternoon. The fire was reported by Indian...
Jan 03, 2019
CORONER ISSUES CLARIFICATION ON CAUSE OF DEATH OF SCI PINE GROVE INMATE
Indiana County Coroner Jerry Overman Jr. Thursday afternoon issued a news release on the New Year's Day death of an SCI Pine Grove inmate, clarifying some of the information contained in a previous ne...
Jan 03, 2019
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DROPS IN INDIANA COUNTY
The state Department of Labor & Industry says November unemployment in Indiana County fell by three-tenths of a percentage point from the October rate, to 4.8 percent. That puts Indiana County into a ...
Jan 03, 2019
FLU CASES ON THE RISE ACROSS PENNSYLVANIA
For the first time this flu season, the state Department of Health has declared the flu "widespread", the highest classification of confirmed flu cases in the state index. It's what usually happens ri...
Jan 03, 2019
BOLIVAR MAN JAILED FOR THREATENING FORMER GIRLFRIEND
A Bolivar man has been charged with threatening to hit his ex-girlfriend and "burn her house down" if she did not give him money. Police say 21-year-old Darion Martin showed up at the home of the 25-y...
Jan 03, 2019
DOWNTOWN INDIANA TO HOLD ANNUAL MEETING, RECOGNIZE OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTORS
Downtown Indiana, Incorporated will hold its annual meeting tonight, and at the event the business organization will be handing out its 2018 Heart of Downtown Award and the Downtown Ambassador Awards....
Jan 03, 2019
DEFENDANT BROWN ASKS FOR DISMISSAL OF HOMICIDE BY VEHICLE CASE
Just a week after notifying the Indiana County Court system that he wishes to file a petition to suppress evidence in the homicide by vehicle case against him, James Eugene Brown yesterday sent anothe...
Jan 03, 2019
INVESTIGATION OF INMATE'S DEATH CONTINUES AT SCI PINE GROVE
No arrests have yet been made as the investigation into the death of an inmate continues at SCI Pine Grove, the state prison in White Township. The State Corrections Department announced yesterday tha...
Jan 03, 2019
INDIANA COUNTY WOMAN DIES IN CRASH IN CAMBRIA COUNTY
A woman from Gipsy was killed in a car crash in Cambria County on New Year's Day. Reports say that 40-year-old Veronica Martel was driving north on Carroll Road around 7:00 AM on Tuesday when she fail...
Jan 02, 2019
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