Category Archives: Local News
INDIANA COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTS INCREASING SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
Following the recent events in Nashville, and after several lockdowns were reported in nearby counties this morning, school districts across Indiana County are taking extra precautions to ensure the s...
Mar 29, 2023
SIX STATE TROOPER PROJECT TO FOCUS ON TEXTING WHILE DRIVING
Pennsylvania State Police are joining five other states for a project to raise awareness of careless and reckless driving associated with cell phone use. The Six State Trooper project will have state ...
Mar 29, 2023
PART OF ROUTE 553 CLOSED FOR VEHICLE CRASH, FIRE
A portion of Route 553 is closed due to a vehicle accident and fire this morning. Indiana County 911 dispatched the Cherryhill Township and Clymer Fire Departments, Citizens' Ambulance and State Polic...
Mar 29, 2023
PENNS MANOR BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVES TEACHER CONTRACT
The tentative faculty contract approved by the Penns Manor Education Association was approved last night by the school board in a special session. The vote was unanimous to approve the four-year agree...
Mar 29, 2023
HOMER CITY BRIDGE PROJECT DELAYED
PennDOT has announced that the closure of a bridge in the Homer City Borough Area for replacement project has been postponed. The project affected the bridge that carries Jacksonville Road over Twolic...
Mar 29, 2023
BLAIRSVILLE MAN DUE FOR TWO SENTENCING HEARINGS
Two sentencing hearings are scheduled for today in Indiana County court for a Blairsville man. The hearings will be held for 28-year-old Chauncey Calvin Hafer. He pleaded guilty to one count of receiv...
Mar 29, 2023
FARM LOANS AVAILABLE FOR UNDERSERVED GROUPS
The US Department of Agrculture has announced that their Farm Service Agency is reminding everyone that the agency has reserved funding specifically for use by targeted underserved groups and beginnin...
Mar 29, 2023
IUP ONLINE NURSING MASTER'S PROGRAM RECEIVES HONOR
IUP has received another honor for its online nursing program. The university's online master's program in nursing was named to the Princton Review's 2023 list of top online programs in its category. ...
Mar 29, 2023
LONGTIME INDIANA FOOTBALL COACH, DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR PASSES AWAY
A longtime football coach and administrator with the Indiana Area School District has passed away. Harold Duffy passed away Monday morning. A native of Johnsonburg, he had a love of football from an e...
Mar 28, 2023
BOLIVAR MAN SENTENCED IN EIGHT CASES
A Bolivar man was sentenced yesterday in eight cases, including one where he was charged with trying to steal money from Pennsylvania Skills Machines in Blairsville. 29-year-old Clifford Camut, Jr. wa...
Mar 28, 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
