Category Archives: Local News
2023 INDIANA COUNTY FAIR QUEEN ANNOUNCED
Last night, the Indiana County Fair crowned its new fair queen and alternate. (Fair Queen Olivia Short, left and Alternate Rylee Lee. Photo by Jessica Uptegraph) Oliva Short from Marion Center was nam...
Aug 28, 2023
COUNTY FAIR KICKS OFF WITH FAITH & FAMILY DAY TODAY
Today is Faith & Family Day at the Indiana County Fair. Market animals will be checked in and weighed and Christmas trees will also be received. There's a kids' pedal tractor pull, the 4H dog show...
Aug 27, 2023
BRUSH FIRE IN NORTHERN PART OF COUNTY IS 66TH OF THE YEAR
Indiana County 911 dispatched firefighters from Plumville and Perry Township, Jefferson County, for a brush fire yesterday afternoon along route 210 in North Mahoning Township. It was the 66th wildfir...
Aug 27, 2023
ROUTE 22 SHUTDOWN COMING MONDAY NIGHT
Work continues on the Cramer Pike Bridge in East Wheatfield Township this week. PennDOT says that tomorrow there will be a nighttime closure in both directions on the busy four-lane Route 22 beneath t...
Aug 27, 2023
SHETLER TRIAL RESCHEDULED FOR TENTH TIME
Westmoreland County Judge Meghan Bilik-DeFazio last week set October 2nd as the new trial date for Ray Shetler Jr. It will be the tenth attempt at a trial for the former New Florence man, who is charg...
Aug 27, 2023
SUSPECT IN "OPERATION STRIKEOUT" DRUG SWEEP SENTENCED
One of the suspects arrested as part of a drug bust operation in February were sentenced yesterday in Indiana County Court. 45-year-old Domenick Triffanoff had pleaded guilty to a charge of manufactur...
Aug 26, 2023
IUP RECEIVES FUNDING FOR FULBRIGHT PROGRAM
IUP has received $290,000 to host the Fulbright Distinguished Awards In Teaching Program for International Teachers for the eighth year. Indiana University of Pennsylvania is only one of three univers...
Aug 26, 2023
GAS PRICES SLIGHTLY LOWER ACROSS PA
Pennsylvania drivers are enjoying slightly lower prices at the pump this weekend. As reported by Triple-A, the average price for a gallon of regular fell yesterday in the Keystone State to about three...
Aug 26, 2023
ENTRANTS SUBMIT EXHIBITS FOR FAIR FOR DIFFERENT REASONS
The Indiana County Fair continues today at the fairgrounds and on the schedule for today is the judging of items submitted for this year's fair. But we asked participants at the fairgrounds why they l...
Aug 26, 2023
TWO INJURED IN CRASH INVOLVING MOTORCYCLE IN WHITE TOWNSHIP
Two people were injured in a crash that happened Thursday evening in White Township. Indiana County 911 reported that the Indiana Fire Association, State Police and Citizens Ambulance were dispatched ...
Aug 25, 2023
RT 22 BIKE-PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE
The long-awaited bike-pedestrian bridge across Route 22 is now open! What do you think?
Voting Ends: Jul 21, 2026 | 12:00 PM
