Category Archives: Local News

State police are still seeking information on a man found dead near New Alexandria over the weekend. At a news conference yesterday, State Police Trooper Steven Limani said investigators still conside...

American Water and Essential Utilities have announced the intent to merge into a conglomerate worth $63 billion. Essential, which owns Peoples Natural Gas company along with water utility company Aqua...

An Indiana County man was honored by City and State Pennsylvania on their 2025 Fifty over 50 list. Boilermakers Local 154 business agent Shawn Steffee was named to the publication's recent list. He al...

IUP has once again been honored by The Princeton Review, this time in the 2026 "Best Colleges: Region by Region" listing. IUP was one of less than 100 colleges and universities chosen for the Mid-Atla...

Monday night, Indiana School Board was given an update on the district's financial situation, and for now, the district is in good financial shape. The board was informed that the district will be abl...

State police are asking for the public's help identifying two suspects accused of stealing alcohol from a Sheetz in Indiana County on Sunday. Troopers say around 2:26 p.m. on October 26, a member of t...

A Johnstown man was ordered to serve time in state prison for a guilty plea to charges of dealing drugs. Indiana County District Attorney Robert Manzi announced that 40-year-old John Finnegan was orde...

A man is dead after touching live power lines in Somerset County late last week. The county coroner has confirmed 52-year-old Scott Page, of Blairsville, was killed in the incident on Friday afternoon...

An Armstrong Township man died Sunday afternoon in a side-by-side crash in Young Township. Indiana County Coroner Jerry Overman, Jr. said 23-year-old Levi Douglas Gittings was a passenger in the UTV g...

Along with the fatal side-by-side crash, Indiana County first responders had a busy day on Sunday. The first call for service was at 2:30 AM with a smoke investigation on Sawmill Run Road in Grant Tow...