Category Archives: Local News
INDIANA COUNTY UNDER TORNADO WATCH
From the US National Weather Service Tornado Watch issued until 4 PM. Multiple lines of showers and storms will move east across the area this morning and afternoon. The primary threat is damaging win...
Mar 16, 2025
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS, EVEN A TORNADO POSSIBLE TODAY
From the US National Weather Service Thunderstorms will develop during late morning and afternoon hours today. The Storm Prediction Center has upgraded part of the area to an Enhanced Risk (Level 3 of...
Mar 16, 2025
BRUSH FIRE SEASON STILL GOING STRONG
Brush fires continue to plague our area. Since Thursday there have been thirteen wildfires to which Indiana County firefighters have responded, eight of them on Thursday, three more Friday, and two on...
Mar 16, 2025
HEARINGS SCHEDULED IN NEW FLORENCE MURDER CASE
Hearing notices were filed on Friday for two of the three defendants charged in the December 2023 murder of a New Florence woman. Westmoreland County Judge Meagan Bilik-Defazio scheduled the status co...
Mar 16, 2025
MARION CENTER, OTHER DISTRICT BOARDS TO MEET THIS WEEK
The Marion Center School Board will hold a work session tomorrow and among the items scheduled for consideration is a motion to upgrade the district's computer network at a cost of more than $83,000. ...
Mar 16, 2025
I-ACT TO DETAIL PLANS FOR UPCOMING WEEK
IUP students return from Spring Break this week, with classes set to resume tomorrow and the unsanctioned IUPatty's event upcoming next weekend. In the past, IUPatty's has been a handful for law enfor...
Mar 16, 2025
HOUSE TO RETURN TO SESSION IN HARRISBURG
The state House is back at work this week following three weeks of budget hearings. One of the more prominent bills on the agenda would create a Rural Healthcare Grant Program that would provide finan...
Mar 16, 2025
MARGINAL CHANCE OF RAIN TODAY ... BUT TOMORROW?
From the US National Weather Service Here is the latest forecast for today. Above average temperatures will continue. There will also be chances for showers and a few thunderstorms. The best chance is...
Mar 15, 2025
IUP HOSTS PUBLIC LANGUAGE CONFERENCE
Indiana University of Pennsylvania's English Graduate Organization will host its 2025 Conference, Landscapes of Language and Literature, on March 21 and 22. The event is free and open to the public, o...
Mar 15, 2025
SAINT PATRICKS DAY PARADE TODAY
Indiana will celebrate St. Patrick's Day today from 11 am to noon with the 2025 Downtown Indiana St. Patrick's Day Parade along Philadelphia Street. The parade will run between 5th and 9th Streets, gi...
Mar 15, 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
