Category Archives: Local News
HOMER CENTER BREAKS GROUND FOR NEW PLAYGROUND
It was a celebration yesterday as the groundbreaking was held for a new playground at the Homer Center Elementary School. The $212,000 project will be a triumph of teamwork, with funding coming from a...
May 25, 2017
WHITE TWP. SUPERVISORS APPROVE BIDDING FOR TEMP. BRIDGE
The White Township Supervisors will submit a bid for a temporary bridge. At last night's meeting, after a brief executive session, the supervisors approved submitting a sealed bid to Young Township fo...
May 25, 2017
BV-SB LOOKS TO NOT RAISE TAXES FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR
Last night, the Blairsville-Saltsburg School Board gave preliminary approval to a budget for the next school year that will continue a trend of no tax increases for the district. The 2017-2018 budget'...
May 25, 2017
REED: HOUSE-PASSED BILL WOULD AID CITIZENS AMBULANCE SERVICE
As expected, the state House yesterday passed a bill to help struggling ambulance services be reimbursed for their expenses, and the vote was unanimous. The bill sponsored by Steven Barrar of Chester ...
May 25, 2017
SUSPECTED DRUG DEALER ARRESTED, OVERDOSE VICTIM FOUND
The story of the arrest of an accused drug dealer on Tuesday in Burrell Township offers a picture of how pervasive the heroin/fentanyl epidemic is. Westmoreland County detectives had tracked 21-year-o...
May 25, 2017
SOUTHWESTERN PA COMMISSION HOLDS OPEN HOUSE ON TIP PLAN
A special meeting was held yesterday concerning the Southwestern PA Region's Transportation Improvement Program. The TIP is a four-year plan that's updated every two years that concerns many different...
May 24, 2017
H-C ELEMENTARY PLAYGROUND GROUNDBREAKING TODAY
Today will be the groundbreaking for a new playground at Homer-Center Elementary School. The playground project has been a long time coming for the district. The new playground will be ADA Compliant, ...
May 24, 2017
HEARING SLATED FOR COUNTY HUMAN SERVICES PLAN
A public hearing has been scheduled to unveil the Indiana County Human Services Plan for fiscal 2017-18. It's next Friday, June 2nd at 2:30 in the small conference room at PA Careerlink's offices at 3...
May 24, 2017
CRASH CLOSES PORTION OF ROUTE 22 NEAR BLAIRSVILLE
A one-vehicle crash has closed a portion of Route 22 in Blairsville. The eastbound lanes of Route 22 between Route 217 and Walnut Street in Blairsville Borough are closed because of the accident. This...
May 23, 2017
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PANEL TO BE HELD TODAY FOR TIP PROGRAM
Indiana County's office of Planning and Development will hold a public participation panel today to discuss the draft Transportation Improvement Program for 2017 to 2020. The open house-style meeting ...
May 23, 2017
Indiana County Fair
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