Category Archives: Local News

An auction of unclaimed property will be held by the Pennsylvania Department of Treasury next week. Treasurer Stacy Garrity said the auction will have 5500 items hitting the block ranging from jewelry...

From the US National Weather Service Tomorrow will be another breezy day. Here are the chances for wind gusts above 35 mph across the whole area. Rain is also a possibility, with the greatest chance a...

Some upgrades are going on to Penelec's power lines and systems, and to facilitate the projects, some planned power outages will take place. One outage that is going on today will go until 2:00 PM for...

The Indiana University of Pennsylvania has selected Larry Wakefield as the interim Vice President for the school's division of Administration and Finance. Wakefield, a native of Knoxville, Tennessee c...

One person was hospitalized as first responders put out a house fire in Derry Township this morning. The fire was reported just after midnight at a home in the 2500 block of Raymond Street. The fire s...

(Photo of AMD plant for Blacklick Creek Watershed courtesy Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection) Pennsylvania's newest Acid Mine Drainage treatment plant opened yesterday in Vintondale ...

Saturday's planned implosions at the site of the closed Homer City Generating Station have raised questions - and sparked fears - about the environmental impact of bringing down the imposing smokestac...

State police were already planning to be in Indiana for the IUPatty's event on Saturday. Now they have another reason to be in the area, with more troopers on patrol for the planned implosion of the s...

Thursday night, the Homer-Center School Board approved a resolution that denounces the misuse of taxpayer money in the funding of Pennsylvania Cyber Charter Schools. Last month, Pennsylvania's Auditor...

From the US National Weather Service A passing cold front this evening will bring cooler air, scattered rain showers (occasionally mixing with non-accumulating snow for some locations) and cloudy cond...