Category Archives: Local News
POLICE: MAN INJECTED HEROIN INTO WOMAN WITH THEIR BABY IN THE CAR
A man and woman from Indiana were jailed Tuesday after state police say he allegedly injected her with heroin as they sat in the back seat of their car with their infant son in his car seat between th...
Apr 06, 2017
NANTY GLO MAN KILLED IN PINE TOWNSHIP COLLISION
Indiana County Coroner Jerry Overman Jr. says a Nanty Glo man died from blunt force trauma in a collision yesterday between his motorcycle and a tri-axle dump truck. It happened shortly before 10 AM o...
Apr 06, 2017
ROUTE 422 RE-OPENS IN PINE TWP.
PennDOT reports that as of 2:30 p.m., both lanes of Route 422 between Hemlock Road and Route 403 in Pine Twp., has re-opened to traffic. A traffic accident had closed the road shortly after 10 a.m.
Apr 05, 2017
CRASH CLOSES BOTH LANES OF ROUTE 422 NEAR ROUTE 403
A portion of one of Indiana County’s major roadways is closed right now due to a crash. PennDOT reports that both lanes of Route 422 between Hemlock Road and Route 403 in Pine Township are close...
Apr 05, 2017
STRATEGIC REVIEW WEBSITE NOW ONLINE
The firm hired by the State System of Higher Education to perform a strategic review of the state owned universities has launched a website to allow people to follow the progress of the review and to ...
Apr 05, 2017
DOWNTOWN INDIANA TO HOLD BID MEETING
Downtown Indiana, Inc. will hold a meeting next week to discuss the proposed plan for the business improvement district. The last BID plan expired in August of last year, but Downtown Indiana extended...
Apr 05, 2017
IUPATTYS DISCUSSED AT INDIANA BOROUGH COUNCIL MEETING
IUPatty's was discussed by the Indiana Borough Council at last night's meeting. Indiana Borough Police Chief William Sutton went into some detail as to the duties that borough police performed during ...
Apr 05, 2017
WORK BEGINS AGAIN ON GROVE CHAPEL HILL PROJECT
An alert for drivers on Route 119 north of Indiana: construction has begun again on the climbing lane project on Grove Chapel Hill in Rayne Township. Signs went up yesterday reducing the speed limit t...
Apr 05, 2017
POLICE REPORTS: ACCIDENT, BURGLARY
BURRELL TOWNSHIP A Penn Run man told police he fell asleep at the wheel before crashing yesterday afternoon in Burrell Township. A vehicle driven by Jesse Orr, for whom no age is given, rear-ended a v...
Apr 05, 2017
REED: BUDGET PLAN REINVENTS STATE GOVERNMENT
The State House yesterday passed the Republican budget plan by a thirty-vote margin, with Majority Leader Dave Reed saying it is the beginning of the process of reinventing state government. The $31.5...
Apr 05, 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
