Category Archives: Local News

The interim chancellor of the State System of Higher Education is happy with the news from Governor Josh Shapiro's budget address concerning funding for Pennsylvania-owned schools. In a post to his bl...

First responders were busy yesterday for several incidents in Indiana County. Apart from the crash that took out a utility pole and a fence near IUP's campus yesterday, Indiana Borough police were dis...

State Senator Joe Pittman and representatives Jim Struzzi and Brian Smith have announced 22 Indiana County fire departments, and two EMS organizations will divide more than $318.000 in state grant fun...

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro is suing the Trump Administration over the federal funding freeze. The lawsuit claims the state is still unable to access over $1 billion in federal funds, with anot...

IUP has another agreement in place concerning the proposed College for Osteopathic Medicine. That clinical training agreement was signed this week with the Clarion Psychiatric Center. The agreements a...

A recent audit from the Auditor General's office turned up three violations against Pennsylvania's Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Between the grant period dated July 1, 2021, and Ju...

A car was destroyed by a fire Thursday morning in Cherryhill Township. Township firefighters were summoned to Route 422 East, approximately one mile west of the Chestnut Ridge exit shortly after 10 a....

Members of APSCUF at Commonwealth University declared they had no confidence in University President Bashar Hanna in a vote held this week. The vote was held among union members and non-member faculty...

Power is out to several buildings along Oakland Avenue near 10th Street as a truck sheared a utility pole this morning. (Photos by Josh Widdowson) Indiana County 911 sent Indiana Fire and Police Depar...

The following schools and school districts have announced their status for Thursday, February 13, 2025, due to weather and road conditions: 2-Hour Delay Punxsutawney Area School District Punxsutawney ...