Category Archives: Local News

2019 BRINGS CHANGES FOR STATE RESIDENTS
The start of a new year means some changes for Pennsylvania's residents, as new laws and policies take effect. One of the new standards is a requirement that all Pennsylvania colleges and universities...
Jan 02, 2019

BURGLAR SWIPES TV FROM INDIANA HOME
Indiana Borough Police are investigating a burglary reported yesterday by a woman who lives in the 1000 block of Wayne Avenue. The victim reported the break-in at 3 o'clock yesterday morning. She said...
Jan 02, 2019

STRUZZI TAKES OATH OF OFFICE
State Representative Jim Struzzi joined his House colleagues in taking the oath of office yesterday in Harrisburg, and sounded afterward like he's going to hit the ground running. Struzzi enjoyed the ...
Jan 02, 2019

STATE POLICE SEEK ARMSTRONG COUNTY FUGITIVES
State police working out of the Armstrong County barracks in Kittanning have started the new year with a wish list of fugitives with active arrest warrants. There are twenty people on the list, and so...
Jan 02, 2019

POLAR BEAR PLUNGE A SUCCESS IN BLAIRSVILLE, DESPITE ONE CHANGE
The 8th Annual Polar Bear Plunge in Blairsville went off nearly without a hitch this year. The one problem organizers encountered was that once again, the Conemaugh River was moving too fast for peopl...
Jan 01, 2019

MISSING TEENS RECOVERED IN PINE TOWNSHIP
A massive search for two teenage runaways in Pine Township was called off shortly after six o'clock last night due to weather conditions and darkness, but the two were later located and returned to th...
Jan 01, 2019

NEW YEAR GREETED BY WIND AND RAIN
A quick check with Indiana County 911 is all it takes to get a snapshot of the beginning of 2019. It was wet and windy! Gusts of up 50 miles per hour brought down trees and utility lines and kept fire...
Jan 01, 2019

STATE POLICE ANNOUNCE INCREASED PATROLS FOR NEW YEAR'S HOLIDAY
Just as they did last week for the Christmas holiday, State Police will be out and about for the New Year's driving period. State police will once again focus on DUI and seat belt related offenses dur...
Dec 31, 2018

PUC RELEASES COLD WEATHER SURVEY
The state Public Utility Commission has released a report on its annual Cole Weather Survey, showing the number of households across the commonwealth that are entering the winter without heat from a u...
Dec 31, 2018

INDIANA COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOCUS ON 2019
Indiana County ends the year with an eye on the challenges of 2019, and there will be some. There are, in fact, going to be some major decisions coming in the new year, according to the county commiss...
Dec 31, 2018










