Category Archives: Local News
TWO INJURED IN CRASH NEAR DAYTON
Two people were injured in a crash on State Route 1018, Wayne Township, Armstrong County Tuesday night. State Police say around 9:40 PM, a 33-year-old man from Dayton was driving a pickup truck on Sta...
Mar 01, 2017
SCAM WARNING ISSUED BY STATE HEALTH DEPT
Warnings are going out today concerning scammers who are trying to get money from people concerned about their health care. The scammers ask their potential victims to switch their health care coverag...
Mar 01, 2017
PENELEC RATES TO DROP IN NEW QUARTER
The start of March brings a new quarterly rate adjustment for Penelec customers, and it's good news: residential rates are going down, from 7.12 cents to 5.05 cents per kilowatt hour. That will drop t...
Mar 01, 2017
INDIANA COUNTY TO RECEIVE LIQUID FUELS FUNDING
Today is distribution day for the state's 2017 liquid fuels disbursements, with Indiana County's municipalities receiving more than $5.2 million for road and bridge maintenance. Each of the state's 67...
Mar 01, 2017
KIMMEL ROAD BRIDGE REPLACEMENT TO BEGIN
March is here and PennDOT is increasingly turning its attention to the construction season. District Ten has announced a start date for construction of a new Kimmel Road bridge over Crooked Creek in R...
Mar 01, 2017
POTENTIAL THREAT AT HOMER-CENTER HIGH SCHOOL INVESTIGATED
Homer-Center school officials investigated a threat that involved the High School yesterday. In a letter sent to district parents and posted on the district's Facebook page, High School Principal Jody...
Feb 28, 2017
MANNEQUIN USED TO PROTEST IASB MEMBER'S ABSENCES
A repeated issue at the Indiana Area School District Board Meetings, the absence of one school board member, was brought up again last night. Board Member Robert Edwards has not attended several board...
Feb 28, 2017
IASB TO CALL OTHER SCHOOLS FOR PROJECT RESEARCH
The Indiana School Board approved taking a look at other recent building projects as part of their research into the proposed Ben Franklin Elementary project. The motion was made by Tamara Leeper, who...
Feb 28, 2017
ONE PERSON INJURED IN CRASH
One person had suspected minor injuries in a crash in West Wheatfield Township on the morning of February 22nd. State Police say Cheryl Blanar of New Florence was driving on Route 22 East near Round T...
Feb 28, 2017
MOTIONS HEARING TODAY IN HOMICIDE BY VEHICLE CASE
A motions hearing is scheduled today for 42-year-old Larry Plovetsky of Black Lick, who is charged with homicide by vehicle while DUI for a November 2015 crash that took the life of a Black Lick woman...
Feb 28, 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
