Category Archives: Local News
FEW DETAILS AVAILABLE ON ROUTE 22 CRASH
Few details are available on a car crash yesterday in Burrell Township. Indiana County 911 reports that Black Lick and Blairsville firefighters were on the scene for the crash on Route 22 East in Burr...
Dec 19, 2018
COMMISSIONERS SET TO APPROVE 2019 BUDGET
The Indiana County Commissioners will meet this morning, with enactment of the county budget for 2019 on their agenda. The preliminary budget has been available for public review for the last three we...
Dec 19, 2018
STUDY OF MATERNAL HOSPITAL STAYS SHOWS INCREASING DRUG USE
A new report by the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council reveals a dramatic increase in substance abuse among women who were admitted for pregnancy-related stays at hospitals across the s...
Dec 19, 2018
IUP NAMES DEAN FOR COLLEGE OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
IUP has named a new dean of the College of Health and Human Services. Dr. Silvia Gaiko, a professor in the Applied Human Sciences Department at Western Kentucky University, will begin working at IUP o...
Dec 18, 2018
STRUZZI LAUDS CHOICE OF HILLIARD AS NEW CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PRESIDENT
The Indiana County Chamber of Commerce yesterday announced a new president, replacing the departing Jim Struzzi. Renda Broadcasting Sales Manager Mark Hilliard was chosen from a diverse field of candi...
Dec 18, 2018
IUP PROFESSOR WORKING WITH RIDGE ON BOOK ABOUT DHS
Alleah Perry, an IUP Political Science professor, has begun work with former Governor Tom Ridge on a book about the development of the Department of Homeland Security. Ridge became the first secretary...
Dec 18, 2018
GAS PRICES CONTINUE TO DROP IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA
Despite cuts in production by overseas oil companies, gas prices continue to fall across the United States and here in Pennsylvania. In fact, the average price of a gallon gasoline in western Pennsylv...
Dec 18, 2018
TRIAL DATE SET FOR SALTSBURG MAN CHARGED IN DERRY WOMAN'S DRUG DEATH
There is finally a trial date set for Dylan Blair, the 22-year-old Saltsburg man charged with supplying a deadly mix of fentanyl and heroin that killed a Derry woman on the day after Christmas 2016. W...
Dec 18, 2018
INFIRST BANK LOOKS TO EXPAND IN WESTMORELAND COUNTY
Indiana-based InFirst Bank has filed papers with the state Department of Banking and Securities to expand its presence in Westmoreland County with two new branches, in Penn Township and Hempfield Town...
Dec 18, 2018
HILLIARD NAMED NEW CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PRESIDENT
From the Indiana County Chamber of Commerce: The Indiana County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors is announcing that Mark Hilliard has been named as the new President of the Indiana County Chambe...
Dec 17, 2018
2026 Pittsburgh Steelers
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