Category Archives: Local News

The Public Utility Commission has approved a settlement reducing the rate increase request of Peoples Natural Gas by more than 40 percent. Under the agreement, Peoples would get an eleven percent incr...

PennDOT is warning people of an upcoming superload that will be on some roads in Indiana, Jefferson and Westmoreland Counties on Monday. Officials did not say what was being transported, but they did ...

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled yesterday that mail-in ballots that are not dated properly could be thrown out. The state's high court said that the ruling was made on procedural grounds. Two wee...

A program to help at-risk teens is accepting applications for its next class, which begins in January 2025. The Keystone State ChalleNGe Academy is a program open to 16-to-18-year-old Pennsylvania res...

No injuries were reported as an SUV crashed into a building in Clymer Borough this morning. (Photo by Josh Widdowson) Indiana County 911 dispatched the Clymer Fire Department, State Police and Citizen...

The Blairsville Borough Police Department is reminding everyone of some traffic pattern changes for tonight. River Valley School District is holding its homecoming this weekend, and that includes the ...

Pennsylvania schools have been a hot bed for terror-related threats over the last week, and state troopers are trying to figure out why there has been an influx in incidents on both the local and stat...

A federal bill designed to end hazing on college campuses has advanced out of committee in the House of Representatives. The Stop Campus Hazing Act will require colleges and universities to report haz...

The parent company of Penelec has announced that it has reached a settlement agreement with the federal Securities and Exchange Commission. The $100 million settlement is connected to antifraud violat...

Thursday turned into a busy day for Indiana County's first responders. Among the calls yesterday was a brush fire on Route 422 west in Armstrong Township. Indiana Fire Association was dispatched at 1:...