Category Archives: Local News

PLSB EXPECTED TO APPROVE POLICIES, FUNDING RESOLUTION TONIGHT
The Purchase Line School Board will meet tonight and the board will deal with 39 policies in some form. 20 policies will be up for approval with the majority of those policies undergoing revision. Tho...
Jan 15, 2024

RIVER VALLEY SUPERINTENDENT RECEIVES AWARD FROM PITTSBURGH TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL
The superintendent of the River Valley School District was honored with an award from the Pittsburgh Technology Council. (Photo provided by the River Valley School District) Phillip Martell was given ...
Jan 15, 2024

FIRE DESTROYS ROOFS OF TWO DUPLEXES IN INDIANA
The roofs of two duplexes in Indiana were destroyed by a fire Sunday night in Indiana Borough. (Fire crews working from the front (left) and back (right) of the two duplexes. Photos by Josh Widdowson)...
Jan 14, 2024

TRENDING: MORE DEMOCRATS SWITCHING TO REPUBLICAN IN PENNSYLVANIA
More Pennsylvania Democrats switched their voter registration to Republican in 2023 than vice versa, including in Indiana County, where Republicans were already dominant. According to the Pennsylvania...
Jan 14, 2024

FLU CASES REMAIN HIGH, BUT THE RATE IS FALLING
For the first time in many weeks, the rate of new cases of flu in Pennsylvania went down in the weekly report by the State Health Department, but it remains very high. 59,841 new lab-confirmed cases w...
Jan 14, 2024

STEVENSON'S APPEAL DENIED
Indiana County President Judge Thomas Bianco has denied Justin Stevenson's petition for relief from his life sentence for the murders of Timothy Gardner and Jacqueline Brink, who were beaten to death ...
Jan 14, 2024

GAME COMMISSION SEARCHES FOR FLOCKS OF TURKEYS
The State Game Commission wants you to help them find flocks of turkey. Starting Monday and for the next two months, the Game Commission is asking state residents to report the location of turkey floc...
Jan 14, 2024

POWER OUTAGES, LINES DOWN DURING FRIDAY WINDSTORMS
Friday afternoon and evening were busy times for Indiana County's First responders due to the strong winds that came through the area. Between noon and 7:35 PM on Friday, 15 incidents where utility li...
Jan 13, 2024

NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE BETWEEN PASSHE AND APSCUF OVER COACHES CONTRACT
Negotiations continued over the last two days between the State System of Higher Education and the union representing it's coaches. In a news release from APSCUF, the two sides met on Thursday and Fri...
Jan 13, 2024

CHARGES FILED BY POLICE FOR INCIDENT IN SEPTEMBER
Indiana Borough police have filed charges an individual from Delaware County with simple assault, criminal mischief and other crimes for an incident last September. Police say 21-year-old Chartine Sek...
Jan 13, 2024










