Category Archives: Local News
NO INJURIES IN EAST WHEATFIELD TOWNSHIP CRASH
State Police say no one was injured in a crash Thursday in East Wheatfield Township that involved a tractor-trailer. 29-year-old Kenneth Bell of Saltsburg was going west in the left lane of Route 22 n...
Jan 13, 2017
BLACK ICE CAUSES RT. 110 CRASH
Another report came in about a crash that happened on Wednesday when roads slick due to black ice. This happened around 6:51 in the morning. 46-year-old Scott Degastro of Ernest was going east on Rout...
Jan 13, 2017
POLICE RESPOND TO SUSPECTED OVERDOSE AT INDIANA WALMART
Indiana-based state police were on the scene for a suspected heroin overdose at the White Township Walmart on Thursday. Police were called in around 1:55 to the store and found a 32-year-old man from ...
Jan 13, 2017
WHITE WORKING ON MAKING UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION LEGISLATION
Senator Don White is working on some legislation that would make it easier for people seeking unemployment compensation to access "walk-in" services at five of the state's UC Service centers. The five...
Jan 13, 2017
PLEA COURT PROCEEDING SCHEDULED FOR ARCADIA MAN ACCUSED OF MURDER
In Indiana County Court today, Judge Thomas Bianco is scheduled to conduct a Plea Court proceeding for 62-year-old David Yingling of Arcadia, who is charged with criminal homicide in the shooting deat...
Jan 13, 2017
GLEN CAMPBELL MAN TO BE SENTENCED IN RAPE CASES
A 23-year-old Glen Campbell man will be sentenced today for guilty pleas in two rape cases. Mark Lee Patterson pleaded guilty to a single count of aggravated indecent assault without consent in each c...
Jan 13, 2017
COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION DISCUSSES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PLAN
The proposed elementary school projects in the Indiana School District were the main topic of discussion at a meeting of the Indiana County Planning Commission. The plan presented was the same one pre...
Jan 12, 2017
HOMER CITY GENERATING STATION FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY PROTECTIONS
The owners of the Homer City Generating Station have filed for federal Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, hoping to secure a $150 million loan and erase a substantial portion of its $607 million in deb...
Jan 12, 2017
BLACK ICE TO BLAME FOR ACCIDENTS AROUND THE COUNTY WEDNESDAY
Reports are beginning to come in on the rash of accidents that happened yesterday morning when black ice coated Indiana County roadways. Not much information is available on a reported crash on Route ...
Jan 12, 2017
POLICE BRIEF: RETAIL THEFT, BURGLARY, ASSAULT
State police say two women are facing retail theft charges for a December shoplifting incident at the Burrell Township Walmart. Police say a 20-year-old woman from Blairsville and a 28-year-old woman ...
Jan 12, 2017
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