Category Archives: Local News
DESPITE RAIN, LIGHT UP NIGHT, PARADE A SUCCESS
Despite rainfall ranging from a light drizzle to downpour levels, the It's A Wonderful Life festival kicked off Friday night with the Tree Lighting and Parade in Downtown Indiana. The number of...
Nov 18, 2023
FIRST RESPONDERS HAVE A BUSY FRIDAY
Friday turned into be a busy day for Indiana County's first responders with many calls reported over the last 24 hours. At 11:30, Commodore and Clymer fire departments were dispatched to a brush fire ...
Nov 18, 2023
BLACK BEAR FIREARMS SEASON STARTS TODAY
For the first of two weekends in a row, hunters in Indiana County will be out. This time, it will be for the short four-day Bear firearm season. From this morning through November 21st, hunters will h...
Nov 18, 2023
PSP REMINDING DRIVERS TO BE CAREFUL OVER THANKSGIVING WEEKEND
While the holiday season is underway, State Police are reminding people to celebrate responsibly as Thanksgiving approaches. In anticipation of increased traffic for the Thanksgiving holiday, and in t...
Nov 18, 2023
PA UNEMPLOYMENT REMAINS BELOW NATIONAL AVERAGE
For the third month in a row, Pennsylvania's unemployment rate remains well below the national jobless figure. State officials say last month's unemployment rate matched the preceding month's figure o...
Nov 18, 2023
FIRST RESPONDERS BUSY ON THURSDAY, THIS MORNING WITH FIRES
Thursday was a busy day for first responders with multiple calls and a brush fire in Westmoreland County that brought in fire crews from Indiana County as well. Black Lick and Blairsville fire departm...
Nov 17, 2023
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE FESTIVAL KICKS OFF TONIGHT
Downtown Indiana is expected to be busy tonight with the first night of the It's A Wonderful Life festival. Activities are scheduled to start this afternoon with events at the Jimmy Stewart Museum, th...
Nov 17, 2023
BIG BALLOON BUILD COMING TO INDIANA IN 2024
The United Way has announced that next year at this time, an art project involving balloons will come to Indiana. The Big Balloon Build will come to Indiana County for the holidays next year and will ...
Nov 17, 2023
TODAY IS THE 34TH TURKEYTHON
UPDATE: Going off the air, the Turkeython raised over $22,000. More collection efforts are going on today and tomorrow. For more on how you can help, log on to uwindianacounty.org. Today is the...
Nov 17, 2023
HOMER-CENTER SCHOOL BOARD ADDRESSES RUMORS OF FURLOUGHS, PROGRAM CUTS
At Thursday night's meeting, the Homer-Center School Board addressed some concerns about job and program security. Representatives from the group Hope for Homer said that they recently met with the di...
Nov 16, 2023
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
