Category Archives: Local News
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
TROOPERS INVESTIGATING INCIDENT OF SOCIAL MEDIA EXTORTION
State police are investigating an incident of theft dating back to June 3. Troopers say the victim, identified as a 22-year-old man from Armagh, received messages from an Instagram account with the us...
Nov 16, 2023
IUP NAMES FOUNDING DEAN FOR PRORPOSED OSTEOPATHIC COLLEGE
The Indiana University of Pennsylvania has named the founding dean to their proposed College of Osteopathic Medicine. After a national search, IUP has selected Dr. Miko Rose as the dean for the propos...
Nov 16, 2023
BLAIRSVILLE MAN ARRESTED FOR SEXUALLY ASSAULTING A TEEN GIRL
A Blairsville man is now in Indiana County Jail facing charges related to sexual contact with a girl from July of 2017 to March of 2020. Indiana County District Attorney Robert Manzi announced the arr...
Nov 16, 2023
MAN CHARGED WITH DUI, CHILD ENDANGERMENT TO ENTER PLEAS TODAY
Plea and sentencing hearings are scheduled today for Indiana County's court of common pleas, and many of them deal with people driving under the influence, including the case of a Blairsville man who ...
Nov 16, 2023
MORE BRUSH FIRES REPORTED IN INDIANA COUNTY WEDNESDAY
Dry conditions and some wind yesterday made conditions ripe for brush fires and several of these fires were reported yesterday by Indiana County 911. Along with the other fires that were reported earl...
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
