Category Archives: Local News

COMMISSIONERS APPROVE ELECTION-RELATED GRANTS
At this morning's meeting, the Indiana County Commissioners approved some election-related grants and applications. One application is for the Election Integrity Grant Program, which can be used for p...
Aug 13, 2025

IUP TO WELCOME NEW AND RETURNING STUDENTS WITH 'WELCOME WEEK' EVENT
IUP is getting ready to welcome students for the 2025-26 academic year, with classes beginning August 25th. Move-in for more than 1400 new students will take place August 16th and 17th, with returning...
Aug 13, 2025

BLAIRSVILLE BOROUGH POLICE REPORT THREE INCIDENTS OF PUBLIC INTOXICATION-
Blairsville borough police responded to three incidents of public intoxication on Tuesday. The first was at 8:25 am, when police responded to reports of someone believed to be under the influence of a...
Aug 13, 2025

STATE POLICE TRYING TO IDENTIFY TWO SUSPECTS IN SALTSBURG SKILLS GAME THEFT
State police are trying to identify two suspects accused of stealing cash from a skills game machine in Saltsburg Borough. Investigators say it happened April 10th at the BP gas station on Washington ...
Aug 13, 2025

STRONGER STORMS PROBABLE TODAY
From the US National Weather Service We've heard rumbles of thunder this morning as our first round of showers and storms move through the area. More thunderstorms will be possible this afternoon, a f...
Aug 13, 2025

DUPLEX FIRE IN CHERRYHILL TOWNSHIP RULED AN ARSON
Officials say that the fire that destroyed a duplex in Cherryhill Township has been ruled an arson. The fire was reported at 12:32 AM on Monday at a converted house on South Harmony Road. The fire des...
Aug 13, 2025

POLICE INVESTIGATE TRUCK-PEDESTRIAN COLLISION IN INDIANA BOROUGH
Indiana Borough police continue to investigate a collision involving a pedestrian in Indiana Borough yesterday afternoon. Police say in a news release that officers were sent at 4:11 PM to the interse...
Aug 13, 2025

BLAIRSVILLE MAN CHARGED WITH SEXUALLY ASSAULTING A SLEEPING WOMAN
State police have charged a Blairsville man with sexually assaulting a sleeping woman earlier this year. Troopers say that 58-year-old Joseph Zemba sexually assaulted a woman in May. The two were soci...
Aug 13, 2025

PA SENATE PASSES BUDGET SPENDING PLAN
The PA Senate yesterday passed a short-term budget bill that is designed to get funding out to schools, nursing homes and human services. The budget comes to $47.6 billion, about three billion less th...
Aug 13, 2025

HIGH PROBABILITY OF A QUARTER INCH OF RAIN
From the US National Weather Service Although a few locations in Ohio and the higher elevations saw rain today, many folks are going on two weeks (or more) since the last round of measurable precipita...
Aug 12, 2025










