Category Archives: Local News
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE HEARS FROM DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Budget hearings continued in Harrisburg yesterday, with the Senate Appropriations Committee focusing its attention on the Department of Education, with Senate Republican Leadership saying that departm...
Feb 29, 2024
WHITE TOWNSHIP SUPERVISORS APPROVE BID FOR APACHE DRIVE STORMWATER PROJECT
At a meeting Wednesday night, the White Township Supervisors approved the low bid for an upcoming stormwater project. Township manager Chris Anderson says the project will be on Apache Drive, and adde...
Feb 28, 2024
FIRST COMMONWEALTH TO DONATE DOWNTOWN INDIANA BANK BUILDING TO COUNTY
At this morning's meeting of the Indiana County Commissioners, First Commonwealth Bank announced that it will donate its historic downtown Indiana branch office building to the county, in a partnershi...
Feb 28, 2024
UPMC TO LIFT MASK MANDATE ON THURSDAY
Officials with UPMC have announced that the mask mandate that was implemented at all facilities, including the Hillman Cancer Center in Indiana, will end Thursday. The mandate went into effect Decembe...
Feb 28, 2024
GOVERNOR SHAPIRO UNVEILS PLANS TO MERGE PASSHE SCHOOLS, COMMUNITY COLLEGES
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro yesterday unveiled his plan to merge state system schools and community colleges under one banner. The details came during a visit to the Community College of Allegh...
Feb 28, 2024
DOUBLE PLANS DISPLAY PLANNED FOR EAST WHEATFIELD TOWNSHIP IN MID-MARCH
A joint presentation is being scheduled by PennDOT for two upcoming road projects. The public display of the plans for both the Dilltown Bridge replacement project and the Pleasant Valley Bridge recon...
Feb 28, 2024
SPRING CHURCH MAN KILLED IN CAR CRASH TUESDAY MORNING
A Spring Church man died in a crash on Route 156 in South Bend Township yesterday. State police say that 22-year-old Nicholas DiFilippo, Jr. of Spring Church was driving East on Route 156 when for an ...
Feb 28, 2024
MAN INVOLVED IN DRUG FRAUD CASE DUE IN COURT TODAY FOR POST-STENTENCE MOTION HEARING
A man from New Jersey is back in Indiana County Court today for a post-sentence motion hearing. The hearing today is to consider a motion to amend the sentence for 26-year-old William Tifa of Newark. ...
Feb 28, 2024
RIVER VALLEY RECEIVES INSURANCE MONEY FROM WIRE FRAUD INVESTIGATION
The River Valley School Board received another update on the wire fraud investigation at last night's meeting. District solicitor Ryan Cribbs announced that the district was approved for an insurance ...
Feb 27, 2024
ONE INJURED IN T-BONE CRASH IN INDIANA BOROUGH
One person was injured in a crash in Indiana Borough this morning. (Indiana Fire Association members cleaning the scene of a two-vehicle crash on Water Street. Photo by Josh Widdowson) The crash was r...
Feb 27, 2024
Voter ID
Pennsylvania is one of fifteen states that does not require any form of identification in order to vote. Meanwhile, eight states require photo ID in order to vote with no exceptions. What should Pennsylvania do?
Voting Ends: Feb 24, 2026 | 12:00 PM
