Category Archives: Local News
WESTMORELAND SHOOTING
HEMPFIELD TWP. WESTMORELAND COUNTY – State Police in Greensburg have charged 53-year old Allen Trent of Greensburg with Criminal Homicide in the shooting death Sunday of Frances Smith, inside a ...
Feb 13, 2017
INDIANA BOROUGH COUNCILMAN TO RUN FOR COUNTY ROW OFFICE
An Indiana Man is throwing his hat into the ring for one of Indiana County's row offices. James Smith of Indiana has announced he will run for Register of Wills, Recorder of Deeds and Clerk of Orphans...
Feb 13, 2017
HIGH WINDS CAUSE TREES, POWER LINES TO GO DOWN ACROSS COUNTY
As the weekend came to a close, strong winds came into the area and those winds knocked down trees and power lines, disrupting power to many residents. From about 8:00 to 11:30 last night, Indiana Cou...
Feb 13, 2017
INDIANA BOARD TO VOTE ON ELEMENTARY PROJECT ITEMS
The Indiana Area School Board tonight will deal with a number of initiatives regarding the $32.2 million elementary school plan, which would close the Eisenhower and Horace Mann schools, replace the B...
Feb 13, 2017
INDIANA SCHOOL BOARD TO CONTINUE DISCUSSION ON PLANCON APPLICATIONS
On Monday, there will be several motions at the Indiana School Board Meeting concerning the proposed Ben Franklin Elementary Project. On the agenda for approval is another submission of an application...
Feb 11, 2017
POLICE REPORTS: CHECK FORGERY, HIT AND RUN
PSP-INDIANA State Police are continuing to investigate a case of theft and check forgery that happened in November. Troopers say that an unknown person by unknown means obtained two checks that belong...
Feb 11, 2017
SEVEN INDIANA COUNTY BUSINESS PEOPLE NAMED TO TOP 100 LIST
Several Indiana County Business people were named to a distinguished list of businesspeople in the region. Pennsylvania Business Central has released their annual Top 100 list of people in business an...
Feb 11, 2017
POWER OUTAGE IN BLAIRSVILLE CAUSED BY FAULTY UNDERGROUND WIRE
A bad underground wire was the cause of a power outage late last night in the Blairsville area. Penelec reports that the power went out for 1587 of its customers at 10:53 PM Thursday Night. Scott Surg...
Feb 10, 2017
EXUM, MENTA AMONG DEFENDANTS TO BE SENTENCED TODAY
UPDATE: Several defendants were sentenced in Indiana County Court this morning, including two people who were involved in the shooting deaths of two Pittsburgh men last May. 22-year-old former IUP Stu...
Feb 10, 2017
POLICE REPORTS: SEXTING INCIDENT, DRUG INVESTIGATIONS
WHITE TOWNSHIP State police have released very little information about a sexting investigation in White Township. Police say only that it involves a juvenile male sending a pornographic picture of hi...
Feb 10, 2017
Election Day!
Election Day is Tuesday, November 3rd. If you are a registered voter, do you plan to cast a ballot?
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