Category Archives: Local News
STATE SYSTEM CONSULTANTS VISITING IUP TODAY
Consultants for the company conducting the operational review of the State System of Higher Education will be on the IUP campus today as part of their tour of all fourteen state-owned universities. Th...
Apr 28, 2017
SENTENCING TODAY FOR CLYMER MAN IN POLICE PURSUIT
UPDATE: Walter Parks III was sentenced to a total of 11 and a half months to five years in Indiana County Jail, 5 years probation, and ordered to pay a fine of $2500. In Indiana County Court today, a ...
Apr 28, 2017
WHITE TOWNSHIP READY TO INSTALL NEW BRIDGE AT TOWNSHIP OFFICE
The White Township Supervisors are getting ready to finally install the new bridge on their office property. That installation is scheduled to take place between May 5th and May 8th, as Township Manag...
Apr 27, 2017
MAN WHO LED POLICE IN PURSUIT DUE IN COURT TODAY
A preliminary hearing is scheduled today for an Indiana man who led state troopers on a chase last month before crashing into the base of a concrete sign along Oakland Avenue in White Township. 59-yea...
Apr 27, 2017
MOTIONS HEARING FOR WHITE TOWNSHIP MAN CONVICTED OF SEX OFFENSES
A re-scheduled motions hearing is scheduled today on a writ of habeas corpus filed by the attorney for a White Township man who pleaded no contest in 2011 to indecent assault of a person less than 13 ...
Apr 27, 2017
POSSIBLE POLICE IMPERSONATOR IN WEST WHEATFIELD TOWNSHIP
State police are investigating a possible case of a police impersonator last week in West Wheatfield Township. It happened at around 8:15 on the morning of April 17th on Mulligan Hill at Route 259. Po...
Apr 27, 2017
INDIANA COUNTY AWARDED FINANCIAL STRATEGY GRANT
The state Department of Community and Economic Development has awarded a $200,000 grant for Indiana County to develop its fiscal management and economic strategies. DCED Secretary Dennis Davin says th...
Apr 27, 2017
MAN CHARGED IN STRANGULATION DEATH WILL HEAD TO TRIAL
A Johnstown man charged with choking to death his IUP fraternity brother in February will head to trial. At a preliminary hearing this morning, charges of criminal homicide and aggravated assault agai...
Apr 26, 2017
PENNDOT LISTS UPCOMING ROADWORK
Indiana County's road construction season continues to ramp up, with PennDOT issuing several updates in the last couple of days. CENTER TOWNSHIP Work will resume next week on the $9.3 million Route 11...
Apr 26, 2017
JIMMY STEWART AIRPORT SURVEY DEADLINE IS TODAY
The Jimmy Stewart Airport and the Indiana County Chamber are surveying the businesses community about the airport's importance, and today is the deadline for that survey. Jim Struzzi of the Indiana Co...
Apr 26, 2017
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
