Category Archives: Local News
INDIANA COUNTY AT RISK FOR FLOODING TODAY
From the US National Weather Service Showers and thunderstorms are expected to develop across the area today. Heavy rainfall and flash flooding will be possible, especially in areas that have already ...
Jun 17, 2025
FLOOD WATCH TO BE POSTED LATER TODAY
The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch for our area that will start later this morning. The advisory runs from 11 AM to 10 PM for Indiana, Westmoreland, Jefferson and Armstrong counties...
Jun 17, 2025
PURCHASE LINE SCHOOL BOARD APPROVES BUDGET WITH NO TAX INCREASE
Last night, the Purchase Line School Board approved the 2025-26 budget that does not contain a tax increase. Expenditures top out at $22,430,272 and it contained a $706,398 shortfall, which will be fi...
Jun 17, 2025
INDIANA MAN SENTENCED TO PROBATION FOR ANIMAL CRUELTY
An Indiana man was sentenced yesterday for a charge of animal cruelty. Court documents show 51-year-old Zachary Yeager was ordered to serve a year of probation and to pay fines, restitution and court ...
Jun 17, 2025
VEHICLE FIRE, TWO CRASHES REPORTED MONDAY BY INDIANA COUNTY 911
Three calls were reported by Indiana County 911 yesterday. The first was a vehicle fire call in Green Township on a logging road off Route 580 at 7:42 AM. Commodore fire department was dispatched for ...
Jun 17, 2025
IUP SIGNS CLINICAL TRAINING AGREEMENT WITH CHAN SOON-SHIONG MEDICAL CENTER
Another medical facility has signed a clinical training agreement with IUP's proposed college of osteopathic medicine. The latest contract is with the Chan Soon-Shiong Medical Center at Windber. The c...
Jun 17, 2025
PA, OTHER ATTORNEYS GENERAL ANNOUNCE SETTLEMENT WITH PURDUE PHARMA, OWNERS
Pennsylvania's Attorney General Dave Sunday announced along with 54 other Attorneys General a $7.4 billion dollar settlement with Purdue Pharma and its owners concerning the opioid crisis. The settlem...
Jun 16, 2025
PENNSYLVANIA HAS AN UNCAPPED WELL PROBLEM
Abandoned oil and gas wells are an increasing problem in Pennsylvania. And so is finding the money to plug them. Since 2020, 1,154 oil and gas wells have been abandoned in Pennsylvania, while only 308...
Jun 16, 2025
HEAVY RAIN, FLOOD POTENTIAL IN THE REGION AGAIN TODAY
From the US National Weather Service Showers and thunderstorms are possible today along a stalled boundary near the Tri-State Area. Ample moisture will allow any of these showers and thunderstorms to ...
Jun 16, 2025
MAN CHARGED WITH ANIMAL CRUELTY TO BE SENTENCED TODAY
Along with the sentencing for Rony Gomez Lopez today is the sentencing hearing for a man who pleaded guilty to an animal cruelty charge. Indiana Borough Police charged 25-year-old Zachary Tyler Yeager...
Jun 16, 2025
Voter ID
Pennsylvania is one of fifteen states that does not require any form of identification in order to vote. Meanwhile, eight states require photo ID in order to vote with no exceptions. What should Pennsylvania do?
Voting Ends: Feb 24, 2026 | 12:00 PM
