Category Archives: Local News

State budget hearings begin this week in Harrisburg and both State Representative Jim Struzzi and Senator Joe Pittman have signaled that it could be the start of a difficult process. Governor Josh Sha...

The Public Utility Commission has scheduled six in-person and telephone hearings on a rate increase request by Peoples Natural Gas, which is seeking an 18.7 percent hike in revenues. Under the proposa...

No police reports are available yet on a couple of accidents in Rayne Township yesterday. The first crash on Route 119 near Chambersville Road was reported at 12:40 PM. A vehicle was over an embankmen...

Pennsylvania's flu rate took a big leap last week, adding 9,283 cases. That's 1,271 more new cases a week after the rate had dropped by 71. The state has registered 101,638 cases of the flu this seaso...

Indiana County's bear harvest was down in the 2023 season, falling from 31 to 24. In fact the entire Southwest region was off...a lot. In the nine-county region, only one county had an increase. Beave...

As the snow started to fall Friday night, Indiana County's first responders were busy with six incidents over the last 24 hours. The first incident was reported at 8:07 PM as Cherryhill and Pine Towns...

U.S. News and World Report has once again awarded some top honors to IUP. This time, three masters programs were honored for the 2024 best online programs rankings. IUP's masters in criminal justice, ...

Next week will be the start of budget hearings in both the PA House and Senate. Starting next Tuesday and continuing for three weeks, the State House and Senate Appropriations Committees will meet wit...

The Pennsylvania Game Commission released its bear hunting statistics from 2023, and while the number of hunters grew again, the amount of bears harvested decreased from the year before. In 2023, 206,...

UPDATE: Matthew Bartlebaugh was ordered to serve up to 15 years in state prison for the third-degree murder charge, along with a year of supervised release that will run consecutively to his parole. H...