Category Archives: Local News
MOTION TO CHANGE PLEA IN ALEX HRIBAL TRIAL DENIED
A motion to change a plea in the Alex Hribal case was denied yesterday in court. Hribal is charged with stabbing twenty of his classmates and a school security officer in April of 2014 at the Franklin...
Feb 04, 2017
DEATH INVESTIGATION GOING ON IN ARMSTRONG COUNTY
State Police from the Kittanning Barracks are investigating a death at a home along Route 85 in Valley Township. Police say 48-year-old Tina Singleton was found dead on January 20th from a possible dr...
Feb 03, 2017
STATE POLICE REPORT ON THREE CRASHES IN INDIANA COUNTY
One person was injured in a crash on Monday in Burrell Township. State Police say at 6:25 AM on January 30th, 45-year-old Erin O'Brien of Punxsutawney was driving south on Route 119 when she lost cont...
Feb 03, 2017
CRIME REPORTS INCLUDE CLERK ACCUSED OF STEALING
WHITE TOWNSHIP A 17-year-old former employee at the Ben Franklin Road Sheetz in White Township is facing Juvenile Probation court action for allegedly stealing $1,400 in gift cards from the store whil...
Feb 03, 2017
CRIMINAL CALL LIST TODAY INCLUDES TWO MURDER SUSPECTS
Criminal Call is scheduled for several dozen defendants in Indiana County Court today, including two men accused of taking part in the brutal murder of a Blairsville man in 2014. 43-year-old Michael E...
Feb 03, 2017
DOUGHERTY OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY FOR JUDICIAL SEAT
Indiana County District Attorney Patrick Dougherty announced that he is seeking election to the vacant judicial seat in Indiana County's Court of Common Pleas. Dougherty has been the Indiana County Di...
Feb 02, 2017
IUP POLICE REPORT OF EMAIL SCAM HITTING STUDENT ACCOUNTS
IUP Police are warning students about an email scam going around that is trying to trick people into giving up private information. The email allegedly comes from a legitimate company called "TekSyste...
Feb 02, 2017
PUNXSUTAWNEY PHIL SEES SHADOW, SIX WEEKS OF WINTER PREDICTED
At 7:20 this morning, Punxsutawney Phil made his prognostication for the year at Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney. Jeff Lundy, vice president of the Groundhog Club Inner Circle delivered what many feel ...
Feb 02, 2017
PRELIMINARY HEARINGS SET FOR TODAY
Preliminary hearings are scheduled today for Indiana County's Magisterial Courts, including one for a Delaware County man who is charged with assault. According to online court documents, 21-year-old ...
Feb 02, 2017
UNITED WAY RAISES OVER $3000 FOR "SOUP-ER BOWL" DAY
On Monday, the United Way of Indiana County had their "Soup-er Bowl" day fundraiser, and it was another smash success. The total funds raised from the sale of soup lunches on Monday came to $3325. Tha...
Feb 02, 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
