Category Archives: Local News
40TH ANNIVERSARY OF JOHNSTOWN FLOOD OF 1977
While many are still cleaning up from the recent flash flooding that hit White Township and Indiana Borough, today marks the 40th anniversary of one of the largest floods that hit the western Pennsylv...
Bill Berry Jul 20, 2017
POLICE INVESTIGATE SCRAP METAL THEFT
Indiana Borough police say thieves stole various metal scrap items from a building along the 600 block of Nixon Avenue between last Friday and Monday. The stolen scrap included cast iron radiators and...
Bill Berry Jul 20, 2017
STATE COLLECTS $114 MILLION IN BACK TAXES
With Pennsylvania lawmakers struggling to find a way to pay for the new $32 billion budget, every tax dollar counts. State officials have finished a preliminary count of the 2017 PA Tax Amnesty Progra...
Bill Berry Jul 20, 2017
RESCHINI GROUP WINS HEALTHIEST EMPLOYER CHALLENGE
And the winner of the "Healthiest Employer Challenge" is...the Reschini Group. The Indiana insurance company yesterday won the first annual competition to determine the fittest company, sponsored by t...
Bill Berry Jul 20, 2017
"TASTE AND TOUR" TO BE HELD TOMORROW IN INDIANA
One of Downtown Indiana's most popular events is tomorrow, and tickets are still available for it. Tomorrow is downtown Indiana's "Taste and Tour", where people will get the opportunity to sample new ...
Bill Berry Jul 19, 2017
INDIANA BOROUGH RESIDENTS SHARE FLOODING CONCERNS WITH COUNCIL
The Indiana Borough Council heard from some citizens who were affected by the flooding that has gone on over the past few months at last night's planning meeting. Last Friday was the second flood in l...
Bill Berry Jul 19, 2017
HEARING SCHEDULED FOR 2017 BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM
Indiana County has given official notice of a public hearing on the 2017 Community Development Block Grant program. The meeting will be next Wednesday (July 26th) at 1:00 p.m. in the Commissioners Hea...
Bill Berry Jul 19, 2017
APSCUF REACTS TO STATE SYSTEM CHANCELLOR'S RETIREMENT
With contract talks set to get underway next month, APSCUF, the faculty union at the State System of Higher Education, yesterday issued a brief statement in reaction to the retirement announcement of ...
Bill Berry Jul 19, 2017
THREE CHARGED WITH POSSESSING HEROIN
Indiana Borough police say three people are facing drug charges after being caught with heroin last Thursday evening in the 400 block of North 4th Street. Police say 19-year-old Tristan Darr of Lucern...
Bill Berry Jul 18, 2017
HOMER CITY MAN CHARGED WITH VANDALIZING HIS JAIL CELL
A Homer City man who was sentenced to prison in May for attempted indecent assault of a 13-year-old girl will be charged with institutional vandalism for allegedly vandalizing his cell at the Indiana ...
Bill Berry Jul 18, 2017












