Category Archives: Local News
ROAD CONSTRUCTION SEASON RAMPS UP THIS WEEK
Two Indiana County road and bridge projects begin this week. Work starts tomorrow on a $14.5 million project to repair the Route 422 Indiana Bypass in White Township. The contractor will be rehabilita...
Mar 30, 2025
NEW GARBAGE COLLECTION SYSTEM SET TO BEGIN THIS WEEK
Waste Management will be distributing the new trash collection containers in Indiana Borough this week. Trash collection will switch to the 96-gallon carts and residents will begin using them immediat...
Mar 30, 2025
COURT ACTION RESCHEDULED IN NEW FLORENCE MURDER CASE
A status conference and a motion to exclude evidence in the murder trial of a New Florence woman were moved on Friday to May 12th. 51-year-old Melissa Fox-Beacom is charged in the shooting death of he...
Mar 30, 2025
BRUSH FIRE, ACCIDENT AMONG FIRE CALLS ON SATURDAY
Fire calls on Saturday included a summons for Indiana firefighters for a "fire investigation" at a location along Oakland Avenue, a call for Plumville and Creekside for a brush fire along Bailey Road ...
Mar 30, 2025
PSP, TURNPIKE LAUNCH 'OPERATION ORANGE SQUEEZE' TO ENFORCE WORK ZONE SAFETY
From WTAJ Pennsylvania State Police troopers will be trading in their cruisers for construction vehicles in April as part of 'Operation Orange Squeeze. Read the full story at WTAJ.
Mar 29, 2025
MENTORED YOUTH TROUT DAY TODAY
Pennsylvania's Mentored Youth Trout Day is back today, offering young anglers an early chance to fish the state's stocked trout waters. The event runs from 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Youth participants must ...
Mar 29, 2025
STATE EMPLOYMENT REPORT RELEASED FOR FEBRUARY 2025
The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry released its preliminary employments situation report today for February 2025. The states unemployment rate remained unchanged at 3.8 percent in Febru...
Mar 29, 2025
OTTER STATUE MAY BE GOING UP IN BLAIRSVILLE THIS WEEKEND
The river otters have returned to the Conemaugh River. They've been spotted just outside of Blairsville, and this weekend, one of them may be making it their permanent home. Weather permitting, artist...
Mar 29, 2025
CARROLLTOWN MAN CHARGED WITH DUI
An underage Carrolltown man was charged with underage DUI and underage consumption of alcohol following a traffic stop. On February 27th around 1:38 am, 19-year-old Richard S. Zaliznock III was pulled...
Mar 29, 2025
TODAY MARKS ANNIVERSARY OF RETURNING VIETNAM SOLDIERS
Today marks a solemn anniversary in American history. On March 29, 1973, the last U.S. troops left Vietnam, and 591 American prisoners of war were released and returned home. During the Vietnam War er...
Mar 29, 2025
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
