Category Archives: Local News

A man was killed in a crash in Derry Township yesterday afternoon. Westmoreland County Coroner Tim Carson said that 40-year-old Derek Skillings was killed in the crash that happened at 2:20 PM. He was...

A family was displaced due to a house fire in Loyalhanna Township near the Indiana County border yesterday. The fire was first reported at 1:50 PM for a home on Stewart Avenue. Saltsburg, Iselin and T...

A Shelocta man has been convicted of trying to steal over $1 million. 59-year-old Boyd Watson was convicted on charges of theft by deception, receiving stolen property, and attempted theft by deceptio...

Negotiations continued yesterday between the state system of higher education and the union representing its faculty. No new agreement was reached on a faculty contract between PASSHE and APSCUF, but ...

A Baltimore man was charged in connection with criminal mischief in connection with an incident back in October. State police say that 26-year-old Jeremiah Barbee was involved in an argument with his ...

At their meeting Wednesday night, the White Township Supervisors passed the 2024 budget with no tax increase. The final draft came out to $9,737,780 in revenues and $11,769,631 in expenditures, result...

An increase in the monthly surcharge for phones is expected to fortify efforts for 911 call centers across Pennsylvania. The surcharge increased 30 cents from $1.65 to $1.95 following the recent final...

UPMC's mask mandate goes into effect today at all of its facilities, including the Hillman Cancer Center in Indiana. The mandate was reinstated after the hospital saw increases in COVID-19, flu, RSV, ...

Tonight's White Township Supervisors meeting is expected to be a busy one with several major motions on the agenda. The most important one is the adoption of the township's 2024 budget, which was gran...

The busy week for area firefighters continued on Tuesday with four calls reported to Indiana County 911. Indiana Fire Association members and state police were summoned to Route 286 East in White Town...