Category Archives: Local News

A man from Hunker was sentenced yesterday for stealing checks and forging them for purchases at businesses in Indiana, Westmoreland and three other counties. In Westmoreland County Court on Monday, 56...

From the US National Weather Service Showers and thunderstorms are expected to develop across the area today. Heavy rainfall and flash flooding will be possible, especially in areas that have already ...

The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch for our area that will start later this morning. The advisory runs from 11 AM to 10 PM for Indiana, Westmoreland, Jefferson and Armstrong counties...

Last night, the Purchase Line School Board approved the 2025-26 budget that does not contain a tax increase. Expenditures top out at $22,430,272 and it contained a $706,398 shortfall, which will be fi...

An Indiana man was sentenced yesterday for a charge of animal cruelty. Court documents show 51-year-old Zachary Yeager was ordered to serve a year of probation and to pay fines, restitution and court ...

Three calls were reported by Indiana County 911 yesterday. The first was a vehicle fire call in Green Township on a logging road off Route 580 at 7:42 AM. Commodore fire department was dispatched for ...

Another medical facility has signed a clinical training agreement with IUP's proposed college of osteopathic medicine. The latest contract is with the Chan Soon-Shiong Medical Center at Windber. The c...

Pennsylvania's Attorney General Dave Sunday announced along with 54 other Attorneys General a $7.4 billion dollar settlement with Purdue Pharma and its owners concerning the opioid crisis. The settlem...

Abandoned oil and gas wells are an increasing problem in Pennsylvania. And so is finding the money to plug them. Since 2020, 1,154 oil and gas wells have been abandoned in Pennsylvania, while only 308...

From the US National Weather Service Showers and thunderstorms are possible today along a stalled boundary near the Tri-State Area. Ample moisture will allow any of these showers and thunderstorms to ...