Category Archives: Local News
PRISON LOCKDOWNS CONTINUE TO EASE
State Corrections Department Secretary John Wetzel said yesterday that the statewide prison system's lockdown should be completely lifted by next week if it is determined that the number of new exposu...
Sep 05, 2018
BRIEF DUE TODAY IN DeANDRE JONES' APPEAL OF MURDER CONVICTION
The new attorney for DeAndre Jones Jr. faces a deadline today to file a brief before State Superior Court, as Jones tries to overturn his murder conviction. The 33-year-old Baltimore, Maryland man was...
Sep 05, 2018
SCHOOLS TO DISMISS EARLY AGAIN DUE TO EXTREME HEAT
With another hot day weather forecast, the Blairsville-Saltsburg and Indiana Area school districts will repeat their early dismissals today. And the Armstrong School District is dismissing one of its ...
Sep 05, 2018
HOMER CITY HIRES NEW OFFICER, HEARS OF NEED FOR NEW POLICE VEHICLE
The Homer City Borough council adopted a hazard plan and hired a new part-time police officer at Tuesday night’s meeting. Also, the chief of police spoke of the need for a new vehicle for the fo...
Sep 04, 2018
GREENSTEIN BEGINS WORK AS STATE SYSTEM CHANCELLOR
Today is the first day on the job for new State System of Higher Education Chancellor Daniel Greenstein. He replaces Karen Whitney, who has led the State System on an interim basis for the last year a...
Sep 04, 2018
HOMICIDE DEFENDANT CHARLES COOK GETS NEW ATTORNEY
There's been a change of attorneys in the criminal case against Charles Cook, the drifter accused of killing 76-year-old Myrtle McGill in 1991 at her home along South 6th Street in Indiana. On Friday,...
Sep 04, 2018
HEAT PROMPTS EARLY DISMISSAL FOR TWO AREA SCHOOLS
With the heat wave continuing across our region, two Indiana County school districts have announced early dismissals for some of their students. Blairsville-Saltsburg has posted early dismissal for al...
Sep 04, 2018
SCHOOLS ANNOUNCE EARLY DISMISSALS FOR TUESDAY
The Indiana Area and Blairsville-Saltsburg school district have announced early dismissals for Tuesday. – Indiana Area elementary schools will dismiss after lunch at 1:00 pm due to excessive hea...
Sep 03, 2018
POLICE REPORTS: THEFT, DUI
INDIANA BOROUGH POLICE Indiana Borough Police are looking for a man who allegedly stole items from a downtown convenience store. Police say they were called out around 10:27 PM last night to the Sheet...
Sep 03, 2018
FIRE REPORTED AT BLAIRSVILLE APARTMENT COMPLEX
Four fire departments were summoned to Downtown Blairsville for a small fire in an apartment complex on Sunday. The fire was initially reported at an apartment complex on West Market Street at 4:39 PM...
Sep 03, 2018
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