Category Archives: Local News

From the US National Weather Service Latest model trends suggest two waves of showers and thunderstorms will cross Thursday ahead of a cold front. If enough heating can occur between these two waves, ...

A White Township man was killed Tuesday afternoon in a mineshaft in Torrance. Westmoreland County Coroner Tim Carson said 61-year-old James F. Gershman of Ringneck Avenue was working in a mine shaft a...

A Latrobe man was sentenced yesterday on child pornography charges. According to court documents, 56-year-old Kevin McCoy was ordered to serve three months to a day less than two years in Indiana Coun...

Preliminary hearings are on the schedule today in Indiana County's district courts, including one for a man charged in connection with an incident last month. Police say they were sent out on August 1...

Pennsylvania lawmakers say the state will not join the push to redraw its congressional districts before next year's midterms. Republican State Senate Majority Leader Joe Pittman told Spotlight PA mid...

Monday night, the Center Township Supervisors warned people about dumpsters being left in the streets. Many homes are undergoing repairs from the hailstorm earlier this year, and there have been repor...

At a meeting Monday evening, Indiana Borough Council raised concerns about the updating of the zoning policy. The policy has been a work in progress for about eighteen months now, and some council mem...

From the US National Weather Service Though an isolated afternoon shower over the higher terrain east of Pittsburgh can't be ruled out today/tomorrow, the focus for the next widespread rain event is T...

A man charged with the indecent assault of a child is due in Indiana County Court for a plea court hearing. Court documents show that the trial for 50-year-old Brian James Barr of Commodore is schedul...

The Community Endowment of Indiana Borough is the first of four recipients of the Community Foundation for the Alleghenies "Small Town Challenge" award. The competition was for municipalities in Cambr...