Category Archives: Local News

An Indiana-based company has helped fulfill a milestone with the state Department of Environmental Protection in plugging the 200th abandoned or orphaned gas well in the last 14 months. Penn Mechanica...

State police are looking for those responsible for vandalizing a home in West Wheatfield Township. Troopers say the incident was reported to them on February 2nd. A 48-year-old Robinson man reported t...

Several building improvement projects were approved at Tuesday night's United School Board meeting. The board approved contracts with EberHVAC for the HVAC at the United elementary, high school and ad...

The White Township Planning Commission approved several final site plans at last night's meeting. One of those final site plans is for the new Raising Canes location on Wayne Avenue. It was originally...

The Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County has lifted water restrictions for customers served by the Beaver Run Reservoir. This affects about 56,000 customers, including some in Saltsburg, who had...

Drivers in Indiana Borough may be affected by a tie up on Wayne Avenue today. Crews have been out this morning making repairs to a damaged sewer line that is connected to some student apartments on th...

A Blairsville woman pleaded guilty to a charge connected with the shooting of her boyfriend in 2021. During a session of plea court held yesterday, 30-year-old Matraca Lynn Vrana entered a guilty plea...

A woman who was reported missing last week from Burrell Township has been found. State police notified the public last Friday that they were on the lookout for 54-year-old Laura Ellen Ragano, who had ...

On Monday night, the Indiana School Board hired consulting firm Strategy Solutions to help gather more information concerning the future of Horace Mann Elementary School. During the 90-day "cooling of...

State police are investigating a crash that killed a child Sunday afternoon in East Wheatfield Township. Troopers say at 4:56 p.m., a 62-year-old woman from Armagh attempted to turn left onto Route 22...