Category Archives: Local News

STATE POLICE RELEASES DETAILS ON CRASH IN RAYNE TOWNSHIP
State police have released some details about a crash that happened Friday night in Rayne Township. Police say the crash was reported at 2:09 PM on Saturday on Chambersville Hill Road, about 1500 feet...
Jan 22, 2024

HOME DESTROYED BY FIRE IN BELL TOWNSHIP, WESTMORELAND COUNTY
Fire crews from Indiana and Westmoreland Counties were called in to fight a fire in Bell Township, Westmorleand County on Saturday, but the home is a complete loss. The fire was first reported around ...
Jan 22, 2024

TWO FIRES REPORTED BY INDIANA COUNTY 911 ON SUNDAY
After a busy Saturday, only two calls were reported by Indiana County 911 on Sunday. One of those calls was for a vehicle fire on Rayne Church Road in Rayne Township. Clymer fire department and state ...
Jan 22, 2024

COUPLE SCAMMED OUT OF MONEY BY PHONE CALLER
State police report an Indiana couple was scammed out of money by unknown thieves on Thursday. Although the victims, a man and woman in their 50s, are listed as being from Indiana, the location of the...
Jan 21, 2024

FLU RATE CONTINUES DECLINE IN STATE AND IN INDIANA COUNTY
For the second week in a row, the rate of new flu infections has gone down in Pennsylvania, although the case count remains very high. After rising by more than 12,000 cases two weeks ago, the number ...
Jan 21, 2024

GREENSTEIN: PROCEED WITH CAUTION
In a lengthy, far-ranging post that launches the State System into the second half of the academic year, Chancellor Dr. Dan Greenstein tackles a number of themes, including the continuing influence of...
Jan 21, 2024

SPRING SEMESTER BEGINS AT IUP AS FACULTY CONTRACT NEARS COMPLETION
The winter break is over and Spring Semester classes begin Monday at IUP. Students have been making their way back to campus this weekend. Spring Break begins March 11th, Finals are scheduled to start...
Jan 21, 2024

BID PROCESS OPENS FOR ANOTHER MINE RECLAMATION PROJECT
Last week's DEP announcement of reclamation funds for abandoned mines at sixteen sites in Pennsylvania included one location in Indiana County, and there is more money on the way for another location,...
Jan 21, 2024

TWO KILLED IN EAST WHEATFIELD TOWNSHIP FIRE
Two people were killed in a fire this morning in East Wheatfield Township. Fire crews from Clyde, Armagh-East Wheatfield, Brush Valley, Seward, New Florence and Bolivar; State Police; and Citizens' Am...
Jan 20, 2024

FIRE CREWS FIGHTING FIRE IN EAST WHEATFIELD TOWNSHIP
UPDATE: The fire in East Wheatfield Township is now being considered a fatal fire after two people were found dead. For more details, click here. WHAT WE FIRST REPORTED: Fire crews are currently battl...
Jan 20, 2024










