Category Archives: Local News

INDIANA COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA SEE DROP IN HARVESTED BEARS LAST YEAR
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,...
Feb 17, 2024

MATTHEW BARTLEBAUGH TO BE SENTENCED FOR KILLING FATHER IN 2020
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...
Feb 16, 2024

TRAILER CATCHES FIRE IN NORTH MAHONING TOWNSHIP
First responders were called out for a structure fire yesterday in North Mahoning Township. (Photos provided by Marion Center Fire Department) Indiana County 911 reported the fire at 2:14 PM at a mobi...
Feb 16, 2024

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY STARTS TONIGHT
The National Weather Service is warning people about some significant snowfall coming to the area tonight and tomorrow. A Winter Weather Advisory will go into effect at 7:00 tonight and it will run un...
Feb 16, 2024

IUP ROTC CONDUCTING SPRING SEMESTER FIELD TRAINING
IUP's ROTC will be conducting their annual spring semester field training exercise this weekend. Authorities say that the exercise will begin at 4 AM on Saturday and will wrap up at 8 AM on Sunday. Du...
Feb 16, 2024

CREWS CALLED OUT FOR CAR CRASH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING
Crews from the Cherryhill Township fire department are busy this morning with a crash on Route 422 east. The crash was reported around 5:20 this morning near Pike's Peak Nursery. The vehicle veered of...
Feb 16, 2024

HOMER-CENTER SCHOOL BOARD RECEIVES DATA REPORTS ON STUDENT GROWTH
On Thursday night, the Homer Center School Board was presented with the data concerning student growth at the elementary and high school levels, and the district has earned top marks in both levels. A...
Feb 15, 2024

MORE THAN 30 ACRES OF LAND BURNED IN WHITE TOWNSHIP
UPDATE (as of 5:08 PM) Fire officials say nearly an entire cornfield spanning 35 acres was burned in the brush fire near Plaza Road in White Township. The seventh brush fire of the year in Indiana Cou...
Feb 15, 2024

FOUL PLAY NOT SUSPECTED IN WEDNESDAY MORNING HOUSE FIRE
State police have announced the investigation continues into the fire that destroyed a home along Route 286 in White Township yesterday. Troopers say that Indiana County 911 dispatched Indiana and oth...
Feb 15, 2024

IUP, IRMC ENTER INTO AFFILIATION AGREEMENT FOR MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM
IUP and Indiana Regional Medical Center have finalized an affiliation agreement that will allow students to complete their clinical experience at IRMC to earn a Bachelor of Science degree in Medical T...
Feb 15, 2024










