Category Archives: Local News
FORMER DISTRICT JUDGE MICHAEL STEFFEE PASSES AWAY
A former long-time Indiana County district judge has passed away. Michael Karl Steffee died on Monday at the age of 84. Born in Reading, he was in the Marine Corps from 1959 to 1965. After an honorabl...
Josh Widdowson Sep 9, 2026

INDIANA BOROUGH COUNCIL APPROVES ZONING MAP, ORDINANCE
Tuesday night, Indiana Borough approved the update to the borough's zoning ordinance and map. The main change is the creation of a mixed use zone that would be a "neighborhood commercial zone" which w...
Josh Widdowson Sep 8, 2026

WHITE TOWNSHIP PLANNING COMMISSION DENIES FINAL SITE PLAN FOR LUCERNE ROAD
Tuesday night, the White Township Planning Commission denied the final site plan for a proposed "mobile cottage" development. The proposed "park" would be at 4600 Lucerne Road, and would house 140 uni...
Matt Lewis Sep 8, 2026

AMAZON, HOMER CITY GENERATION REPS TALK DETAILS ON POWER PLANT, POSSIBLE DATA CENTERS
Amazon Web Services is considering placing 39 data centers at the Homer City Generation campus, and earlier today, representatives with both companies discussed the details on the community impact. Th...
Josh Widdowson Sep 8, 2026

STATE POLICE INVESTIGATING TOOL THEFT IN RAYNE TOWNSHIP
State police are looking for more information on a theft from two storage units in Rayne Township last Friday. The thefts were reported at 12:04 PM at the storage units of Route 85 near the intersecti...
Josh Widdowson Sep 8, 2026

OFFICIALS WITH HOMER CITY GENERATION, AWS TO TALK DETAILS ON DATA CENTER PLANS
Officials with Homer City Generation and Amazon will discuss a potential group of data centers that could come to the location of the new natural gas-fired power plant today. According to documents fo...
Josh Widdowson Sep 8, 2026

NEW INDIANA BOROUGH ZONING MAP, ORDINANCE UP FOR FINAL APPROVAL
Indiana Borough Council will meet tonight and a new borough zoning map and ordinance are up for final approval. Both items were approved for advertisement at the borough council work session on August...
Josh Widdowson Sep 8, 2026

IUP TO CELEBRATE CONSTITUTION DAY NEXT MONDAY
IUP is getting ready for its traditional celebration of the U.S. Constitution. This year's celebration is being coordinated by the university's Center for Civic Dialogue, and will be held next Monday,...
Josh Widdowson Sep 8, 2026

VIRTUAL PLANS DISPLAY FOR SHELOCTA TRUSS PRESERVATION PROJECT STARTS TODAY
A PennDOT public plans display about a project in the Shelocta area will start today on the district's website. The display will put the plans for the Shelocta Truss Preservation Project in Armstrong ...
Josh Widdowson Sep 8, 2026

GAS PRICES REMAIN HIGH AFTER LABOR DAY
Gas prices remain high one day after the Labor Day driving period. The National Average this morning went up six cents a gallon over the last week to $4.15 and up 13 cents from last month. Last year, ...
Josh Widdowson Sep 8, 2026

Election Day!
Election Day is Tuesday, November 3rd. If you are a registered voter, do you plan to cast a ballot?
Yes, in person at my precinct.
Yes, by mail.
No, I do not plan to vote.
I'm not sure if I will or will not vote
Voting Ends: Never









