Category Archives: Local News
COUPLE SCAMMED OUT OF MONEY BY PHONE CALLER
State police report an Indiana couple was scammed out of money by unknown thieves on Thursday. Although the victims, a man and woman in their 50s, are listed as being from Indiana, the location of the...
Jan 21, 2024
FLU RATE CONTINUES DECLINE IN STATE AND IN INDIANA COUNTY
For the second week in a row, the rate of new flu infections has gone down in Pennsylvania, although the case count remains very high. After rising by more than 12,000 cases two weeks ago, the number ...
Jan 21, 2024
GREENSTEIN: PROCEED WITH CAUTION
In a lengthy, far-ranging post that launches the State System into the second half of the academic year, Chancellor Dr. Dan Greenstein tackles a number of themes, including the continuing influence of...
Jan 21, 2024
SPRING SEMESTER BEGINS AT IUP AS FACULTY CONTRACT NEARS COMPLETION
The winter break is over and Spring Semester classes begin Monday at IUP. Students have been making their way back to campus this weekend. Spring Break begins March 11th, Finals are scheduled to start...
Jan 21, 2024
BID PROCESS OPENS FOR ANOTHER MINE RECLAMATION PROJECT
Last week's DEP announcement of reclamation funds for abandoned mines at sixteen sites in Pennsylvania included one location in Indiana County, and there is more money on the way for another location,...
Jan 21, 2024
TWO KILLED IN EAST WHEATFIELD TOWNSHIP FIRE
Two people were killed in a fire this morning in East Wheatfield Township. Fire crews from Clyde, Armagh-East Wheatfield, Brush Valley, Seward, New Florence and Bolivar; State Police; and Citizens' Am...
Jan 20, 2024
FIRE CREWS FIGHTING FIRE IN EAST WHEATFIELD TOWNSHIP
UPDATE: The fire in East Wheatfield Township is now being considered a fatal fire after two people were found dead. For more details, click here. WHAT WE FIRST REPORTED: Fire crews are currently battl...
Jan 20, 2024
MAN SENTENCED FOR FAILURE TO FOLLOW MEGHAN'S LAW REQUIREMENTS
A Marion Center man was sentenced this week for failing to comply with Meghan's Law requirements. District Attorney Robert Manzi announced that 60-year-old Robert Adams was ordered to serve between fi...
Jan 20, 2024
LAS VEGAS MEN SENTENCED IN "GRANDPARENT" SCHEME THAT HIT WESTERN PA
Two men from Las Vegas were sentenced for conspiracy to commit wire fraud in a "grandparent" scheme that went through Western Pennsylvania US Attorney Eric Olshan announced in a news release that 57-y...
Jan 20, 2024
THREE INDIANA COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS RECOGNIZED BY U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
U.S. News & World Report released its Best Elementary Schools rankings for 2024 and several schools from Indiana County were featured. In the overall list, East Pike Elementary School in Indiana w...
Jan 19, 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
