Category Archives: Local News

CENTER TOWNSHIP SUPERVISORS APPROVE RESOLUTION FOR 2023 CDBG ENTITLEMENT PROGRAM
At a meeting Wednesday night, the Center Township Supervisors approved a resolution concerning the Community Development Block Grant Entitlement Program. The resolution authorizes the signing of a coo...
Jul 5, 2023

RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS FACILITY COMING TO CENTER TOWNSHIP
Center Township will soon be home to a renewable natural gas production facility that will turn farm waste into energy. The Indiana County Development Corporation this afternoon revealed details about...
Jul 5, 2023

CHERRY TREE MAN CHARGED WITH DRUG TRAFFICKING
A Cherry Tree man was charged following a two-month investigation in Indiana County. Indiana County District Attorney Bob Manzi announced in a Facebook post that 57-year-old Greg Gordish was charged w...
Jul 5, 2023

MISSING 12-YEAR-OLD FOUND SAFE
UPDATE (as of 2:04 p.m.): State police announced Alaina J. Mason was found safe at a location in White Township. Troopers thanked members of the media, public, and assisting agencies for their prompt ...
Jul 5, 2023

VANDALISM REPORTED ON SIGN NEAR GHOST TOWN TRAIL
Indiana County Parks and Trails officials are starting an investigation into some vandalism reported near the Ghost Town Trail. The incident happened between Monday and Wednesday morning as someone sp...
Jul 5, 2023

POLICE REPORTS: DUI, ACCIDENT, VANDALISM
A New Florence man could face DUI charges for an incident early Tuesday morning. State police say that at 12:19 AM, troopers pulled over a 59-year-old New Florence man in the 13,900 block of Route 56 ...
Jul 5, 2023

INVESTIGATION CONTINUES INTO FATAL SHOOTING ON ROUTE 119
Authorities have not released any new information about a fatal shooting that involved a state trooper along Route 119 early Monday morning. State police said that the shooting happened during a chase...
Jul 5, 2023

PAVING TO BEGIN TODAY FOR INDIANA BOROUGH, PENNDOT PROJECTS
Both PennDOT and Indiana Borough will have paving projects going on today in Indiana. Work will start tonight on an evening repaving project on Philadelphia Street from Ben Franklin Road to Station St...
Jul 5, 2023

WESTMORELAND, ARMSTRONG COUNTIES UNDER CODE ORANGE AIR QUALITY ALERT
Two counties that border Indiana County are under Air Quality Action Alerts from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, but Indiana County remains in the clear for now. The DEP put b...
Jul 5, 2023

ACTIVITY RESUMES AT DISTRICT, COUNTY COURTS
Activity resumes today in Indiana County's courts after the Independence Day Holiday with preliminary hearings at the district court level and two plea court hearings at the county courthouse. Among t...
Jul 5, 2023










