Category Archives: Local News
PROPOSED NEW BEN FRANKLIN SCHOOL OFF THE TABLE
The proposed 900-student Ben Franklin Elementary School Project is off the table, but it could return in a modified form. Board President Doug Steve, in his message before the regular school board mee...
Jun 13, 2017
PROPERTY DISPUTE IN WEST WHEATFIELD TOWNSHIP LEADS TO CHARGES
A property dispute has led to charges against a Northern Cambria man who has been having issues with West Wheatfield Township. State police say 36-year-old Chad Stiffey has been contending with the to...
Jun 13, 2017
RECENT TRAFFIC CRASHES REPORTED BY STATE POLICE
State police have issued reports on several accidents in the last few weeks, including a rollover crash last Wednesday in which a Heilwood woman was injured. Police say 20-year-old Katelyn Peace was d...
Jun 13, 2017
IRMC ACQUIRES DA VINCI XI SURGICAL SYSTEM
The Indiana Regional Medical Center has announced the acquisition of the da Vinci Xi Surgical System, advancing IRMC's use of minimally invasive surgery. The robotic surgical system is used for genera...
Jun 13, 2017
MOBILE HOME FIRE IN YOUNG TOWNSHIP INVOLVES FOUR COMPANIES
Few details are available as yet on an overnight fire in Young Township. Four fire companies were summoned to a mobile home fire on Prymak Road at 1:25 AM, two more just minutes afterward, and two mor...
Jun 13, 2017
INDIANA POLICE FIND MORE DRUGS IN VEHICLE FROM WEEKEND BUST
Indiana Borough police yesterday conducted a search warrant on a vehicle involved in a drug bust last weekend, and they found more drugs. 21-year-old Karlie Janowski of Pottsville, Schuylkill County, ...
Jun 13, 2017
HEARING CONCERNING SHEETZ LICENSE CANCELLED
A public hearing that was supposed to take place this morning concerning the acquisition of a liquor license by Sheetz to sell beer has been cancelled. Center Township Supervisors Chairman John Bertol...
Jun 12, 2017
ROADWORK IN WHITE TOWNSHIP, INDIANA BOROUGH, SOUTH MAHONING TOWNSHIP
There are a number of issues on area roadways this week, including a road closure today in White Township. Saint Clair Road will be closed between 8 AM and 4 PM today for the installation of stormwate...
Jun 12, 2017
INDIANA POLICE: TWO SUSPECTS CAUGHT WHILE SELLING HEROIN
A woman from Schuylkill County and a man from Philadelphia are facing drug charges after being busted in the 300 block of School Street in Indiana Borough on Saturday evening. Borough police say 21-ye...
Jun 12, 2017
INMATE CHARGED WITH ATTACKING SCI PINE GROVE OFFICER
An inmate at SCI Pine Grove has been charged with aggravated assault for an attack on a corrections officer at the state prison in White Township. 28-year-old Tamir Hammett of Brookhaven, Delaware Cou...
Jun 12, 2017
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