Category Archives: Local News

PURCHASE LINE SCHOOL BOARD TO ACCEPT FIVE RESIGNATIONS
The Purchase Line School Board will also meet tonight and will deal with five resignations. On the proposed agenda tonight is the resignation of Junior/Senior High School Principal Gregory Shingle eff...
Aug 14, 2023

PSP REPORTS: DRUGS
One person was charged following an incident July 29th in White Township. State police say at 8:47 PM, they were summoned to the Martin's parking lot for reports of a man asleep behind the wheel of a ...
Aug 14, 2023

BLAIRSVILLE MAN CHARGED WITH CORRUPTION OF MINORS DUE FOR SENTENCING
UPDATE: Ahmad Evans was ordered to serve six months to a day less than two years in prison for charges of illegal firearm possession, terroristic threats and false imprisonment, but he was paroled for...
Aug 14, 2023

HOUSE FIRE IN BURRELL TOWNSHIP HEADLINES ACTIVE SUNDAY FOR FIRST RESPONDERS
Several fire companies were called to the scene of a structure fire in Burrell Township Sunday afternoon. Indiana County 911 initially dispatched Black Lick, Blairsville, Homer City, Coral-Graceton, a...
Aug 14, 2023

SECTION OF MAIN STREET IN MARION CENTER TO CLOSE ON MONDAY
A portion of Main Street in Marion Center will be closing for a construction project starting tomorrow. The street will close from the Marion Center Bank location (where Route 403 turns toward Dixonvi...
Aug 13, 2023

FIREFIGHTERS ANSWER THE CALL FOR STORM-RELATED INCIDENTS
Heavy storms made for a busy night for Indiana County's emergency responders. There were calls for pumping details for Marion Center, Cherryhill Township, Pine Township, and Creekside firefighters, an...
Aug 13, 2023

IUP CAMPUS GEARS UP THIS WEEK
Activity will pick up on the IUP campus this week, with the first group of students arriving for the fall semester this coming weekend. New first-year students move in next Saturday and Sunday so they...
Aug 13, 2023

FAIR SEASON BEGINS THIS WEEK
Fair season has arrived with the first of four area fairs getting underway this weekend. The Dayton Fair held an antique tractor pull yesterday and today there is a horse pulling competition in the af...
Aug 13, 2023

GREENSTEIN: THE KEY FOR THE STATE SYSTEM IS GROWTH
State System of Higher Education Chancellor Dan Greenstein has not blogged as much this year as in previous years, but he's now written his second blog of 2023, looking back to the academic year that ...
Aug 13, 2023

SHETLER TRIAL GRANTED NINTH CONTINUANCE
The number of continuations for the Ray Shetler Jr. trial continues to grow after Westmoreland County Judge Meagan Bilik-DeFazio granted a ninth motion for continuance on Monday. Officials with the We...
Aug 12, 2023










