Category Archives: Local News

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 5, 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 5, 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 4, 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 4, 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 4, 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 4, 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 3, 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 3, 2024

POLICE REPORTS: OFF-ROAD VEHICLES, DRIVING ON A SUSPENDED LICENSE
CLYMER BOROUGH POLICE One person was charged with using off-road vehicles on public roads earlier this week in Clymer Borough. Police say they saw an unnamed man riding a red Honda 250 dirt bike near ...
Feb 3, 2024

GRANT FUNDS NOW AVAILABLE FOR BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE
Senator Joe Pittman announced that federal grants are available to improve experiences in medical facilities, schools and libraries across the state. Pittman said in his weekly newsletter that the Pen...
Feb 3, 2024










