Category Archives: Local News
BRIDGE REPLACEMENT PLANS TO BE DISPLAYED
PennDOT will host two plans displays for bridge projects in Indiana County on the next two Tuesdays. This Tuesday, March 7th, the display for the Clarksburg Bridge replacement in Conemaugh Township wi...
Mar 05, 2023
WEEKEND ACCIDENTS INCLUDE BAD COLLISION IN ARMSTRONG COUNTY
State police have reported three accidents, all of them Friday afternoon, and fortunately no one was injured in any of them. The first accident was on College Lodge Road in White Township at a few min...
Mar 05, 2023
HIGH WINDS CAUSE WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES
The high winds that came through our area yesterday resulted in a long night for Indiana County's first responders. From 6:00 PM to this morning, there were 21 calls for utility lines down reported by...
Mar 04, 2023
NO AGREEMENT REACHED AFTER PMSD, UNION HOLD NEGOTIATIONS ON FRIDAY
Both the Penns Manor School District and the union representing its teachers returned to the bargaining table on Friday, the fifth day of a teacher's strike. According to a brief statement from the di...
Mar 04, 2023
SENTENCING HEARINGS HELD FRIDAY IN INDIANA COUNTY COURT
A Blairsville man charged with robbing a convenience store in Armagh twice was sentenced yesterday in Indiana County Court. 29-year-old Nicholas Empfield went before Indiana County President Judge Tho...
Mar 04, 2023
APSCUF, PASSHE NEGOTIATIONS TO CONTINUE
The State System of Higher Education and the union representing its teachers met for another negotiation session on Friday. Among the topics discussed by PASSHE and APSCUF were athletic trainers, athl...
Mar 04, 2023
FEDERAL OFFICALS REVEAL DETAILS ON DISMANTLING OF LARGE-SCALE DRUG TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION
Federal officials gave an update Friday afternoon on a large-scale drug investigation that included raids in Indiana and Westmoreland Counties. The years-long investigation that lead to yesterday's sw...
Mar 03, 2023
CRASH REPORTED ON 422 IN SHELOCTA FRIDAY MORNING
UPDATE AT 9:00 AM: All first responders have cleared the scene and the road has reopened. UPDATE AT 8:30 AM: One person was injured in a crash on Route 422 in Shelocta. Indiana Fire Assistant Chief Ro...
Mar 03, 2023
BLAIRSVILLE FIRE, CITIZENS' AMBULANCE CREWS CALLED TO ASSIST WITH CRASH
Blairsville fire department and Citizens' Ambulance were active early this morning as they were called in to help Westmoreland County first responders with a crash. The crash was reported around 7:00 ...
Mar 03, 2023
ONE HURT AS CAR CRASHES INTO HORSE AND BUGGY ON TUESDAY
One person was hurt as a car collided with a horse and buggy in South Mahoning Township on Tuesday. State police say that the crash was reported at 12:08 PM on Route 210 east of Gas Road. Police say t...
Mar 03, 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
