Category Archives: Local News
INDIANA SCHOOL BOARD TO HIRE NEW SUPERINTENDENT ON MONDAY
It looks like that Indiana School District's searches for their next superintendent and high school football coach are over. The Indiana School Board has released their draft agenda for a special scho...
Apr 28, 2018
MARY BETH RIGHTNOUR, 64
Mary Beth Rightnour, 64, Indiana, passed away on Thursday, April 26, 2018, at Indiana Regional Medical Center, surrounded by family, after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born in 1953 in Lill...
Apr 28, 2018
HEALING CEREMONY AT COURTHOUSE FOR CHILD ABUSE AWARENESS MONTH
As the month of April wraps up, so do activities releated to Child Abuse and Sexual Assault Awareness month in Indiana County. Healing ceremonies were held earlier today (on Friday) on the steps of th...
Apr 27, 2018
IUP PRESIDENT NAMES NEW VP OF UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT
IUP President Dr. Michael Driscoll has announced that the interim vice president for University Advancement at IUP has been given the job on a permanent basis. After making a national search for the n...
Apr 27, 2018
POLICE REPORTS: THEFTS, HARASSMENT, THREATS
PSP-INDIANA State Police have charged a Saltsburg man with theft in connection with an incident in Saltsburg Borough. Police say that a 1986 Polaris ATV was stolen from the home of Dave Zimmerman of S...
Apr 27, 2018
BIOLOGY MAJOR AWARDED IUP HILLIARD-ROBERTSON SCHOLARSHIP
IUP has granted the 2018 Patricia Hilliard-Robertson Memorial Scholarship for Outstanding Female Science Student to a graduate of Greater Johnstown High School. Rebekah Mikeasky has also received the ...
Apr 27, 2018
COURT SCHEDULE INCLUDES DRUG CASE, NUMEROUS DUI OFFENSES
In Indiana County Court today, there are a number of defendants scheduled for sentencing, and a larger number of defendants who will plead and be sentenced for crimes. Most of them are cases of drivin...
Apr 27, 2018
WOMAN CHARGED WITH RAIDING RELATIVE'S BANK ACCOUNT
An Indiana woman has been charged with stealing more than $230,000 from a relative between April of 2016 and February of last year. Blairsville Borough police have charged 62-year-old Jean Gasbarro wi...
Apr 27, 2018
ISSAC MECKLEY, 75
Isaac "Ike" P. Meckley, 75, of Clymer, PA, went home to be with the Lord from his home on Thursday, April 26, 2018. The son of Isaac and Thelma Hope (Haight) Meckley, he was born on February 22, 1943 ...
Apr 27, 2018
KERRY LIBENGOOD, 68
Kerry A. Libengood, 68, of Indiana, PA died Wednesday, April 25, 2018 at Indiana Regional Medical Center, Indiana, PA. Kerry was born October 20, 1949 in Blairsville, PA to Robert O. Libengood and Hel...
Apr 27, 2018
2026 Pittsburgh Steelers
Training Camp is underway. How do you think the Steelers will do this season?
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