Category Archives: Local News
POLICE REPORTS: FALSE REPORT, THEFT
PINE TOWNSHIP Police investigations today include a false report of a burglary at a home in Pine Township. State police say Annette Calvert of Strongstown reported that someone stole her Vicodin pills...
Sep 21, 2017
MEN ACCUSED OF SENDING INAPPROPRIATE TEXTS
State police have filed charges against two men, accusing them of inappropriate texting to women. Police say Garrett Hagerman of Penn Run turned himself in yesterday after initially refusing to do so....
Sep 21, 2017
LEADER'S CIRCLE HONORS VOLUNTEER SERVICE
It was a celebration of service last night at the Indiana Country Club, with the annual presentation of the Leader's Circle of Indiana County awards. Four people were selected for the awards from a sl...
Sep 21, 2017
BUSINESSES VOTE "NO" TO NEW BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT PLAN
A majority of businesses inside the proposed Indiana Downtown Improvement Area have voted against the Business Improvement District Plan. The plan was voted down by a vote of 122 to 16, which means it...
Sep 20, 2017
MAN ACCUSED OF THREATENING NEIGHBOR WITH GUN FOUND GUILTY
A jury found an Indiana man guilty of three charges related to an incident between neighbors in 2016. 66-year-old Thomas Michael Burkhart was found guilty of simple assault, reckless endangerment and ...
Sep 20, 2017
MAN CAUGHT RIDING BICYCLE HOURS AFTER THEFT
In separate reports, Indiana Borough police say a bicycle was stolen from the Indiana Schwinn store on South 5th Street, and about three hours later a Philadelphia man was caught riding it on the IUP ...
Sep 20, 2017
WOMAN SUFFERED MEDICAL EVENT BEFORE FATAL CRASH
The Westmoreland County coroner's office says a Greensburg woman who died in a two-vehicle crash Saint Clair Township on Monday had suffered "some type of a medical event" before the accident. 59-year...
Sep 20, 2017
FIRST COMMONWEALTH BANK COMMITS TO APPALACHIAN BOWL
EBENSBURG – First Commonwealth Bank, the Heritage Conference and the WestPAC Conference Tuesday announced a multi-year presenting sponsorship of the Appalachian Bowl. The announcement took place...
Sep 19, 2017
APPALACHIAN BOWL GAINS PRESENTING SPONSOR
A football game that will feature the best of the Heritage Conference taking on the best of the WestPAC has gained a major sponsor. In an announcement today at the First Commonwealth Bank Office in Eb...
Sep 19, 2017
OPTOMETRIST PLEADS GUILTY TO HEALTH CARE FRAUD
A New Jersey man who operates several optometry offices in two states has pleaded guilty in federal court to health care fraud. 31-year-old Dr. Vincent J. Gamuzza of Hazelet, New Jersey, entered his g...
Sep 19, 2017
US MILITARY ACTION IN IRAN
Do you approve or disapprove of US military action against Iran?
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