Category Archives: Local News

BISHOP EMERITUS LAWRENCE BRANDT DIED SUNDAY
A former leader of the Catholic Diocese of Greensburg has passed away. Bishop Emeritus Lawrence E. Brandt died Sunday, according to an announcement from the diocese. He served from 2004 to 2015 as the...
Jun 9, 2025

CDC: MEASLES OUTBREAK IN PA IS OVER
The measles outbreak in Pennsylvania is officially over. The CDC says the outbreak has ended after six weeks of no new cases in the commonwealth. The agency said Pennsylvania reported between 10 and 4...
Jun 9, 2025

RAIN: THE HITS KEEP COMING MONDAY
From the US National Weather Service The outlook for tomorrow once again highlights the potential for hazardous weather as showers and thunderstorms move west to east during the afternoon and evening ...
Jun 8, 2025

EIGHT POACHERS CAUGHT, WILL LOSE HUNTING PRIVILEGES
The state Game Commission last week reported on its Southwest Region Facebook page that eight people, one of them from Indiana County, have been fined and had their hunting privileges revoked for at l...
Jun 8, 2025

THREE INDIANA COUNTY BRIDGE PROJECTS BEGIN ON MONDAY
Three bridge projects are scheduled to begin tomorrow in Indiana County. Meanwhile, PennDOT still has not released any information on a fourth bridge that was closed last month after an inspection tur...
Jun 8, 2025

TOWNSHIP ROAD WORK SHOULD NOT INTERFERE WITH TRAFFIC THIS WEEK
It should be just routine work for White Township road crews this week with no new road closures expected. Weather permitting, they'll be sealing cracks on Martin Road, Upper Twolick Drive, Merrick St...
Jun 8, 2025

AREA SCHOOL DISTRICTS RAMP UP PREPARATIONS FOR NEW SCHOOL YEAR
With the 2024-25 school year now over and students enjoying the summer off, Indiana County's school boards and administrations are already working on the 2025-26 academic year. The Purchase Line schoo...
Jun 8, 2025

STATE CAMPGROUNDS GROW IN POPULARITY AS FEDERAL CUTBACKS TAKE EFFECT
Federal spending cutbacks have led to the indefinite closures of more than 425 campsites in Pennsylvania, including at Raystown Lake, but the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources say...
Jun 8, 2025

OVER 200 PENELEC CUSTOMERS IN RAYNE TOWNSHIP AFFECTED BY POWER OUTAGE
People in Ernest Borough and portions of Rayne Township are without power this morning. Penelec reports that 289 of its customers are in the dark this morning. No word yet on the cause of the outage, ...
Jun 7, 2025

SENTENCING HEARINGS HELD YESTERDAY IN COUNTY COURT
Two people were sentenced yesterday in Indiana County Court, including one who was caught trespassing in a scrap yard. Court documents say 39-year-old Jesse R. Wagner of Danville in Montour County was...
Jun 7, 2025

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
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