Category Archives: Local News

From the US National Weather Service A tornado watch replaces the severe thunderstorm watch that was in effect for parts of the region. A tornado was on the ground north of Punxsutawney and was headin...

From the US National Weather Service A severe thunderstorm watch is in effect until 9 pm EDT for eastern Ohio, western Pennsylvania, and northern West Virginia. While severe thunderstorms are possible...

Today is Flag Day, with a ceremony marking the occasion at the Indiana Elks Lodge, where the event has been moved due to the threat of rain. It had been scheduled at the Indiana County Courthouse. The...

The Purchase Line school board meets Monday night, with a very extensive agenda dealing with the start of the new school year. It includes the district's fiscal budget, which is about $22.5 million an...

Indiana County emergency responders were summoned to two late-night incidents Saturday and early Sunday. Indiana firefighters were sent to an accident on Rustic Lodge Road in White Township at 11:25 l...

State police in Punxsutawney have issued the report on a motorcycle accident May 28th in Canoe Township, Indiana County. A Mahaffey man was seriously injured when his motorcycle struck a deer on East ...

The group Concerned Residents of Western PA says that if the Indiana County Commissioners do not call for a town hall meeting to address the Homer City Redevelopment power plant project and AI data ce...

The paving of a six-mile stretch of Route 85 from the Indiana County line to Line Street in Rural Valley begins tomorrow. Workers will begin by milling the old asphalt away, with paving, shoulder work...

The incoming showers and thunderstorms tomorrow have forced a change in plans for Indiana's Flag Day ceremonies. The plans had originally included a parade on Philadelphia Street to celebrate the day ...

Police in Indiana Borough have announced charges of DUI and a summary traffic offense for a traffic stop on May 16th. Officers pulled over a car driven by 28-year-old Devante Turner of Indiana in the ...