Category Archives: Local News
FIORENTINO TO REQUEST INCREASE IN EDUCATION SPENDING FROM GENERAL ASSEMBLY
PASSHE Interim Chancellor Dr. Chris Fiorentino is scheduled to address the General Assembly later this month, urging them to increase state funding and freeze tuition rates for an eighth consecutive y...
Feb 18, 2025
POLICE CONFIRM DETAILS, IDENTITY OF VICTIM IN FATAL CRASH YESTERDAY
State police released more information on a fatal crash yesterday near Shelocta. Police say the crash happened at 11:20 AM on Route 422 West between Trim Tree and Cheese Run Roads. 67-year-old Jeffrey...
Feb 18, 2025
WEEKEND WARM-UP IN THE FORECAST
From the US National Weather Service During the stretch of cold temperatures this week, be sure to take necessary precautions to protect people, pets, pipes, and plants. If you're sick of the cold, ha...
Feb 18, 2025
PA HOUSE AND SENATE BUDGET HEARINGS START TODAY
The state House and Senate appropriations committees will meet for the first of nine days of hearings as part of the state budget process. The House committee will have hearings concerning the Departm...
Feb 18, 2025
INDIANA BOROUGH COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ON AGENDA FOR APPROVAL TONIGHT
Indiana Borough Council will hold a work session tonight and on the agenda is the approval of the borough's update to its comprehensive plan. The new plan, called "Indiana 2030: Tomorrow Together" has...
Feb 18, 2025
ANOTHER SUSPECT IN GAREFFA MURDER DUE IN COURT TODAY
A status conference is scheduled today for a suspect in the killing of Hayden Gareffa in 2022. Court documents show Thomas Rivera of Johnstown will go before President Judge Thomas Bianco today. He fa...
Feb 18, 2025
SUSPECT IN INDIANA BOROUGH ANIMAL CRUELTY CASE DUE IN COURT FOR PLEA HEARING
One of the three suspects in a case of animal cruelty is due in Indiana County Court for a plea court hearing. 23-year-old Krista Lynn Yeager of Homer City was one of three people charged in a month-l...
Feb 18, 2025
IUP RECEIVES R2 RANKING FOR DOCTORAL STUDIES
IUP has announced they have received a high ranking from the American Council on Education and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The college maintains its R2 Doctoral University...
Feb 18, 2025
SCHOOL DELAYS FOR FEBRUARY 18, 2025
The following schools and school districts have announced their status for Tuesday, February 18, 2025, due primarily to dangerously low temperatures: 2-Hour Delay Apollo-Ridge School District Armstron...
Feb 17, 2025
FRIGID EVENING AHEAD PROMPTS ADVISORY
From the US National Weather Service All of the winter headlines are canceled as snow impacts are over. The main story for the next 24 hours will be the cold. Wind chills Monday night will dip into th...
Feb 17, 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
