Category Archives: Local News

HOMER-CENTER SCHOOL BOARD HEARS UPDATE ON CHROMEBOOK USE AT ELEMENTARY GRADES
Thursday night, the Homer-Center School Board heard an update on the use of Chromebooks at the elementary grade levels. Elementary principal Heather Genchur and Superintendent Ralph Cecere talked abou...
Aug 20, 2026

INDIANA POLICE ASKING FOR PUBLIC'S HELP IN FINDING SUSPECT IN ATTEMPTED VEHICULAR BREAK-IN
Police in Indiana are asking for the public's help in finding the suspect in an attempted vehicular break-in. Indiana Borough Police report that at 3:05 Thursday morning, they answered a call for an u...
Aug 20, 2026

FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR INDIANA COUNTY
A flash flood warning is now in effect for Indiana and parts of Westmoreland, Jefferson and Armstrong counties. That warning from the National Weather Service is in effect until 2:30 this afternoon. I...
Aug 20, 2026

WARRANT ISSUED FOR WOMAN CHARGED BY BLAIRSVILLE POLICE WITH THEFT
Police in Blairsville have charged a Crawford County woman with theft and other crimes for incidents in 2024. Police say that 43-year-old Brandi Weister of Linesville had used the debit card of an eld...
Aug 20, 2026

FIVE CRASHES REPORTED IN INDIANA COUNTY THIS MORNING
UPDATE AT 11:44 AM: A crash reported at 490 Poulos Road in Armstrong Township around 11:30 this morning. Indiana Fire Association is on the scene. Initial scanner reports say the front end of a vehicl...
Aug 20, 2026

HOMER-CENTER SCHOOL BOARD TO MEET TONIGHT
As a new school year starts next week, Homer-Center will take on a few items related to the start of the school year tonight. On the agenda are approvals for food service vendors to provide various go...
Aug 20, 2026

REGISTRATION FOR WESTERN PA TRAILS AND GREENWAYS SUMMIT NOW OPEN
Registration is open for the 2026 Western PA Trails and Greenways Summit to be held later this month in Indiana County. The summit is scheduled for August 26th and 27th in Indiana with excursions sche...
Aug 20, 2026

ASSAULT, ID THEFT SUSPECTS DUE FOR PRELIMINARY HEARINGS TODAY
Among the preliminary hearings on the schedule for today in Indiana County's district courts are cases of assault and identity theft. Court documents show that 44-year-old Jeremy M. Waterloo of Kittan...
Aug 20, 2026

ONE PERSON HURT IN CRASH IN CHEVY CHASE
One person was hurt in a crash in the Chevy Chase section of White Township. (Photo by Josh Widdowson) Indiana County 911 reported the crash at 8:28 this morning at the intersection of Josephine Avenu...
Aug 19, 2026

PITTMAN: GOVERNOR SHAPIRO BACKTRACKING ON DATA CENTER SUPPORT
State Senator Joe Pittman is saying that Governor Josh Shapiro's executive order concerning AI Data centers is backtracking on comments made last year that embraced their development. The Governor's e...
Aug 19, 2026

Election Day!
Election Day is Tuesday, November 3rd. If you are a registered voter, do you plan to cast a ballot?
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