Category Archives: Local News
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT BUDGET WITH NO TAX INCREASE
The Indiana County Commissioners have given preliminary approval to the 2018 budget. That budget contains no tax increases, so real estate taxes will remain at 4.445 mils, with .76 mils going to debt ...
Nov 29, 2017
INDIANA COUNTY'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE HOLDS STEADY IN OCTOBER
The unemployment statistics for Indiana County for the month of October are in and there's been no change since the month of September. The State Department of Labor and Industry announced that the co...
Nov 29, 2017
ONE ARRESTED IN SEVEN MILE CHASE ENDING IN WHITE TOWNSHIP
State Police have arrested a New Hampshire man on charges related to a chase Tuesday night in Black Lick and White Townships. Troopers were patrolling Route 286 in Black Lick when a black pick-up truc...
Nov 29, 2017
MAN CHARGED WITH ASSAULT TO HAVE PRELIMINARY HEARING TODAY
Preliminary hearings are set for today in Indiana County Court, including one for a man charged with aggravated assault in connection with a welfare check in August in the Blairsville area. Kevin Edwa...
Nov 29, 2017
D.A. GIVEN 21 DAYS TO FILE DOCUMENTS IN DiSTEFANO APPEAL
Indiana County President Judge William Martin has given District Attorney Pat Dougherty twenty-one days from yesterday's date to explain why the court should reinstate the homicide case against Brady ...
Nov 29, 2017
CONTRACTOR CHARGED WITH THEFT FOR NOT COMPLETING WORK
State police have not released the name of the suspect accused of walking away from a construction job with a customer's money. It happened in White Township. Police say a 51-year-old woman who lives ...
Nov 29, 2017
MURDER DEFENDANT McNEVIN ACCUSED OF ASSAULTING GUARD
There is new trouble for 20-year-old Matthew McNevin, the Rayne Township man accused of killing one person and wounding another in a shooting last March in Indiana Borough. State police say McNevin is...
Nov 29, 2017
FOUR INDIANA COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTS RECEIVE SAFETY GRANTS
The state yesterday announced $5 million in funding for school safety through the Safe Schools Initiative Targeted Grant program. The money will be shared by nearly 140 schools, police departments, an...
Nov 29, 2017
PHYLLIS JEWART, 98
Phyllis M. Jewart, 98, of Blairsville, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, November 28, 2017, at Beacon Ridge in Indiana, PA. The daughter of James R. and Ruth (Henry) Males, Phyllis was born on...
Nov 29, 2017
FOUR CHARGED WITH ABUSE OF CORPSE DUE FOR ARRAIGNMENT TODAY
UPDATE: All four have waived their formal arraignments today and will move on to the next phase of the court process, which has yet to be scheduled. WHAT WE FIRST REPORTED: The four people accused of ...
Nov 28, 2017
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