Category Archives: Local News

FIVE PLEA COURT HEARINGS SET FOR BLAIRSVILLE WOMAN
A Blairsville woman is due in Indiana County's Court of common pleas for plea court hearings in five cases. 37-year-old Nicole Lickenfelt will go before Judge Michael Clark for each hearing today. She...
Feb 05, 2024

CLYMER TEEN CHARGED WITH HINDERING SEARCH FOR RUNAWAY
An 18-year-old Clymer man is charged with disorderly conduct for hindering in the search for a runaway juvenile. State Police say this concerned the search for a 16-year-old girl from the Cherry Tree ...
Feb 05, 2024

PA LAWMAKERS LOOKING FOR NEW UTILITY CUSTOMER PROTECTIONS
Some Pennsylvania lawmakers are pushing for new consumer protections regarding utility cut-offs. Lawmakers have until the end of 2024 to reauthorize a key area of state law that protects low-income ut...
Feb 05, 2024

PACOURTS WEBSITE HIT BY CYBERATTACK
Parts of the Pennsylvania Courts Website are unavailable due to a cyberattack on the website. Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, Debra Todd, said that the sites are down due to a denial of service attack ...
Feb 05, 2024

PITTMAN, STRUZZI WAITING FOR SHAPIRO BUDGET ADDRESS
Governor Josh Shapiro will make his second budget address on Tuesday in the Rotunda at the State Capitol, and on Indiana In the Morning on WCCS last week, both State Senator Joe Pittman and State Repr...
Feb 04, 2024

OHIO, PENNSYLVANIA LAWMAKERS VOICE CONCERNS ABOUT POWER GRID
At a joint committee meeting of Pennsylvania and Ohio legislators on Thursday, an executive with PJM, the regional power grid to which both states belong, said the closing of coal-fired power plants w...
Feb 04, 2024

INDIANA COUNTY HAS FIRST BRUSH FIRE OF 2024
Indiana County has registered its first brush fire of 2024. Plumville firefighters answered the call for a brush fire along Rossmoyne Road in South Mahoning Township Saturday at 3:14 PM. Aside from se...
Feb 04, 2024

FLU CASES UP SLIGHTLY IN PENNSYLVANIA, INDIANA COUNTY
After adding 7,289 combined cases of Type A and Type B flu in last week's report, Pennsylvania added slightly more, 7,310 in the most recent report. But the number of deaths related to flu skyrocketed...
Feb 04, 2024

WESTOVER MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO SEXUAL ASSAULT
A Clearfield County man accused of sexual assault entered guilty pleas Friday morning in Indiana County Court. Indiana County District Attorney Robert Manzi said 63-year-old Manas J. Lee of Westover p...
Feb 03, 2024

APSCUF, PASSHE MAKE PROGRESS ON COACHES CONTRACT BUT STILL AT IMPASSE
Coaches at state-owned universities and the State System of Higher Education are still at an impasse on a new agreement after making headway this week. APSCUF and PASSHE met Wednesday in a lengthy mee...
Feb 03, 2024










