Category Archives: Local News
JOHNSTOWN MAN CONVICTED ON DUI CHARGES FROM 2020
A Johnstown man was convicted by an Indiana County jury yesterday of drug-related charges that stemmed from a traffic stop in 2020. Indiana County District Attorney Robert Manzi said that 35-year-old ...
Jan 25, 2024
RED CROSS SAYS STORMS INTENSIFIED EMERGENCY BLOOD SHORTAGE
The American Red Cross reported that the recent severe winter weather has served to intensify an emergency blood shortage. With the severe winter weather, blood drives were cancelled in just about eve...
Jan 25, 2024
COMMISSIONERS APPROVE DISTRIBUTION OF OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUNDS
This morning, the Indiana County Commissioners approved distributing the first few rounds of opioid settlement money to several qualified projects. One of the projects is the collaboration between the...
Jan 24, 2024
POLICE SEARCHING FOR MISSING CONEMAUGH TOWNSHIP TEENS
State police are searching for two Saltsburg teens who ran away from their home earlier this week. Troopers say 17-year-olds Jade Best and Robert Collins were reported missing by family members after ...
Jan 24, 2024
POLICE REPORTS: SHOPLIFTING
PSP-INDIANA State police are investigating two incidents of shoplifting that happened within hours of each other on Tuesday. The first incident was reported at 2:44 PM. No details were released on wha...
Jan 24, 2024
ROADSTER FACTORY LEADER LOOKING TO GET SOME PARTS OF BUSINESS RUNNING
A representative with The Roadster Factory says that he is looking at ways to get some aspects of his business going again. In an open letter posted to the business' Facebook Page, Albert Runyan said ...
Jan 24, 2024
RIVER VALLEY ANNOUNCES PROGRESS IN WIRE FRAUD INVESTIGATION
On Tuesday night, the River Valley School Board got an update on the investigation where the school was the victim of a wire fraud scheme. In November, the board was notified that the school was scamm...
Jan 23, 2024
VICTIMS INVOLVED IN FATAL WEEKEND FIRE IDENTIFIED; CAUSE STILL UNKNOWN
Indiana County Coroner Jerry Overman Jr. has released the identities of the victims involved in a fatal fire over the weekend in East Wheatfield Township. The fire happened around 4:40 Saturday mornin...
Jan 23, 2024
WHITE TOWNSHIP MAN SENTENCED FOR GUILTY PLEAS TO UNLAWFUL CONTACT WITH A MINOR
A White Township man was sentenced in Westmoreland County for guilty pleas to two counts of unlawful contact with a minor. 47-year-old James Carter Sears was ordered to serve two to four years in stat...
Jan 23, 2024
TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENTS REPORTED TUESDAY MORNING
Two vehicle crashes were reported within minutes of each other this morning in Indiana County. The first was reported at 10:30 AM along Kunkle Road in Washington Township. Creekside and Plumville fire...
Jan 23, 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
