Category Archives: Local News
PUC SCHEDULES HEARINGS ON PEOPLES GAS RATE INCREASE REQUEST
The Public Utility Commission has scheduled six in-person and telephone hearings on a rate increase request by Peoples Natural Gas, which is seeking an 18.7 percent hike in revenues. Under the proposa...
Feb 18, 2024
TWO CRASHES REPORTED IN INDIANA COUNTY ON SATURDAY
No police reports are available yet on a couple of accidents in Rayne Township yesterday. The first crash on Route 119 near Chambersville Road was reported at 12:40 PM. A vehicle was over an embankmen...
Feb 18, 2024
FLU RATE CLIMBS, REVERSING RECENT TREND
Pennsylvania's flu rate took a big leap last week, adding 9,283 cases. That's 1,271 more new cases a week after the rate had dropped by 71. The state has registered 101,638 cases of the flu this seaso...
Feb 18, 2024
INDIANA COUNTY BEAR HARVEST FALLS FOR 2023 SEASON
Indiana County's bear harvest was down in the 2023 season, falling from 31 to 24. In fact the entire Southwest region was off...a lot. In the nine-county region, only one county had an increase. Beave...
Feb 18, 2024
THREE CRASHES, SIX INCIDENTS REPORTED BY INDIANA COUNTY 911
As the snow started to fall Friday night, Indiana County's first responders were busy with six incidents over the last 24 hours. The first incident was reported at 8:07 PM as Cherryhill and Pine Towns...
Feb 17, 2024
THREE IUP ONLINE MASTERS PROGRAMS RECEIVE HONORS FROM US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT
U.S. News and World Report has once again awarded some top honors to IUP. This time, three masters programs were honored for the 2024 best online programs rankings. IUP's masters in criminal justice, ...
Feb 17, 2024
PA BUDGET HEARINGS TO START NEXT WEEK
Next week will be the start of budget hearings in both the PA House and Senate. Starting next Tuesday and continuing for three weeks, the State House and Senate Appropriations Committees will meet wit...
Feb 17, 2024
INDIANA COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA SEE DROP IN HARVESTED BEARS LAST YEAR
The Pennsylvania Game Commission released its bear hunting statistics from 2023, and while the number of hunters grew again, the amount of bears harvested decreased from the year before. In 2023, 206,...
Feb 17, 2024
MATTHEW BARTLEBAUGH TO BE SENTENCED FOR KILLING FATHER IN 2020
UPDATE: Matthew Bartlebaugh was ordered to serve up to 15 years in state prison for the third-degree murder charge, along with a year of supervised release that will run consecutively to his parole. H...
Feb 16, 2024
TRAILER CATCHES FIRE IN NORTH MAHONING TOWNSHIP
First responders were called out for a structure fire yesterday in North Mahoning Township. (Photos provided by Marion Center Fire Department) Indiana County 911 reported the fire at 2:14 PM at a mobi...
Feb 16, 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
