Category Archives: Local News
TWO BLAIRSVILLE WOMEN CHARGED WITH SUPPLYING DRUGS IN OVERDOSE DEATH IN DERRY
A Blairsville woman is now in Westmoreland County Jail on charges of supplying the drugs to a man who died from a drug overdose in 2022, while a second Blairsville woman remains at large. 35-year-old ...
Jan 05, 2024
TWO SCI-PINE GROVE EMPLOYEES HELP SAVE TWO IN CRABTREE HOUSE FIRE
Two employees at SCI Pine Grove are being credited along with a neighbor for saving the lives of two people trapped on the roof of a burning house in nearby Crabtree early Thursday morning. The Tribun...
Jan 05, 2024
PART OF CANOE TOWNSHIP HOME DESTROYED BY FIRE
Several fire companies from Indiana and Jefferson counties were called out for a structure fire in Canoe Township this afternoon. Indiana County 911 dispatched Rossiter, Glen Campbell, Marion Center, ...
Jan 04, 2024
S&T BANK DONATES $500,000 TOWARDS MENTAL HEALTH BUILDING AT IRMC
S&T Bank has announced a major donation to the Indiana Healthcare Foundation to help with IRMC's new mental health facility. (From L to R: IHF Executive Director Heather Reed, S&T Bank Preside...
Jan 04, 2024
METEOROLOGISTS FOLLOWING STRONG SNOWSTORM HEADING EAST
A major winter storm is possibly coming through our area and meteorologists are following the storm very closely. Accuweather Senior Meteorologist Carl Erickson says that as the storm gets closer to t...
Jan 04, 2024
MORE INFORMATION RELEASED ON FATAL DERRY CRASH
State police released more information on a crash in Derry Township over the weekend that killed one person and injured two others. Troopers say the crash happened at 4:33 PM on December 29th at the i...
Jan 04, 2024
BOND MODIFICATION HEARING TODAY FOR MAN CHARGED WITH DRUG DELIVERY RESULTING IN DEATH
A bond modification hearing is scheduled today for an man charged with drug delivery resulting in death. 36-year-old Andrew Kirk Rankin, who has a Creekside address listed in court documents, is due b...
Jan 04, 2024
POLICE REPORTS: SEXUAL ASSAULT, VEHICLE ACCIDENT
PSP-INDIANA State police are investigating a case of sexual assault that was reported Sunday afternoon. Troopers were dispatched to a home along Susan Drive in Burrell Township at 3:15 in the afternoo...
Jan 04, 2024
TROOPERS SEE DECREASE IN TOTAL CRASHES, UPTICK IN DEATHS DURING NEW YEAR'S DETAIL
State police have released their statistics from the New Year's holiday enforcement period. Troopers saw a significant decrease in the number of total crashes, but they also report a spike in fatal cr...
Jan 04, 2024
INDIANA COUNTY'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE HOLDS STEADY IN NOVEMBER
Indiana County's Seasonally Adjusted Unemployment Rate went unchanged over the month of November. According to the department of Labor and Industry, the county's unemployment rate remained at 4.7 perc...
Jan 03, 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
