Category Archives: Local News

IUP has announced a new dean for the college of Arts, Humanities, Media and Public Affairs. After a national search, the university named Dr. Emily Ruth Rutter as the new dean. She comes from Bloomfie...

One of the suspects charged in connection with a car break-in last November is due in court today for a preliminary hearing in district court. Court documents show 19-year-old Colin Daugherty of Jeane...

IUP has received a $2 million grant that will go towards the College of Osteopathic Medicine and the College of Health Sciences healthcare education program. The grant comes from the Appalachian Regio...

State Police Troop A, which covers most of Indiana and Westmoreland Counties and all of Cambria and Somerset counties, will be taking part in Operation Nighthawk next weekend. The operation is a two-d...

The Pennsylvania Department of Education is announcing four-point-three-million dollars in grants for schools offering career and technical education programs. The funds come through the Competitive E...

A Northern Cambria man will spend up to five years in state prison after pleading guilty to drug trafficking in Indiana Borough. 64-year-old Charles Wilcox was sentenced Wednesday to serve between two...

State police from the Indiana Barracks have released statistics from the Memorial Day driving weekend. Between May 22nd and 25th, state police were out in full force to make sure roads were safe for t...

Indiana County's seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate for April went up by three-tenths of a percentage point to 4.7% In March, that rate was at 4.4%.One year ago, the unemployment rate was at 4.8%. ...

Homer City Borough Council approved the contract to pave parts of the borough this summer at Tuesday night's meeting. The paving contract was awarded to Quaker Sales for $33,897.50. $11,671 of that wi...

Tuesday night, Indiana Borough Council heard an update on safety upgrades for the Philadelphia Street corridor. Police had reported that the new "No Turn on Red" signs have gone up but are covered for...