Category Archives: Local News
UPDATED PLANS DETAIL CHANGES AT TWO AREA LAKES
In a meeting at the Saltsburg River Hall yesterday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers presented a revised master plan for the Loyalhanna Lake and the Conemaugh River Lake, which contains no new major r...
Mar 31, 2017
NO ONE HURT IN VEHICLE FIRE
No one was hurt in a car fire that happened in a parking lot just off Oakland Avenue. The fire was reported at 7:41 by Indiana County 911. When Indiana Fire Association firefighters got to the scene, ...
Mar 30, 2017
REPORT DETAILS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DEATHS
The Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence has issued a report that says 102 people were killed last year in domestic violence incidents in the commonwealth. None of the deaths were reported...
Mar 30, 2017
HIT-AND-RUN VEHICLE HITS TRUCK IN SOUTH MAHONING TOWNSHIP
State police are searching for a hit-and-run driver who clipped a coal truck at the intersection of route 954 and Mahoning Road in South Mahoning Township on Monday afternoon. Police say the tri-axle ...
Mar 30, 2017
GRANT TOWNSHIP SUED BY DEP
On Monday, the state Department of Environmental Protection announced the approval of the conversion of an old natural gas well in Grant Township to an injection well for the disposal of wastewater fr...
Mar 30, 2017
WATER LINE EXTENSIONS COMING TO ARMSTRONG, CONEMAUGH TOWNSHIPS
State Representative Dave Reed and Senator Don White have announced state funding for water line extensions in Indiana County. $370,000 from the Department of Community and Economic Development's smal...
Mar 30, 2017
KAI HRABOVSKY'S BIRTHDAY REMEMBERED WITH COMMUNITY WORKS
Friends and teammates of Kai Hrabovsky joined other Homer City community members Wednesday in a general clean up of In Town Park, including simple repairs, basic landscaping and repainting, to remembe...
Mar 29, 2017
PSP RELEASE BREAKDOWN OF DUTIES FOR LAST WEEKEND
Authorities were definitely busy this past weekend, not only with shooting investigations, but with other incidents throughout the area. The State Police from the Indiana barracks have released the br...
Mar 29, 2017
INDIANA COUNTY FARES POORLY IN HEALTH RANKINGS
Indiana County ranks 49th out of the 67 counties in Pennsylvania in the eighth annual County Health Rankings compiled by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin's Population...
Mar 29, 2017
POLICE REPORTS ISSUED FOR TWO ACCIDENTS
WHITE TOWNSHIP A Strongstown man was injured Sunday in a two-vehicle crash on Wayne Avenue at Old Route 119 in White Township. It happened at about 11:20 AM when 23-year-old Thomas Rhine of Greensburg...
Mar 29, 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
