Category Archives: Local News
HOMER CITY MAN DIES IN CAR CRASH SATURDAY NIGHT
A Homer City man was killed in a crash early Saturday morning on Route 422 in Pine Township. Indiana County Coroner Jerry Overman, Jr. announced on Sunday that 25-year-old Hunter Lewis McCloskey was k...
Jan 09, 2023
INDIANA, PURCHASE LINE SCHOOL BOARDS TO MEET
Both the Indiana and Purchase Line School Boards will meet tonight. On the agenda for the Indiana School Board meeting is the Act 1 resolution that other school districts have passed. This resolution ...
Jan 09, 2023
TWO HURT IN CRASH IN DERRY TOWNSHIP
Two people were hurt in a vehicle crash on Sunday in Derry Township. The crash was reported at 3:15 PM on Route 22 west near the intersection with Livermore Road. Few details are available on how the ...
Jan 09, 2023
FIRE ALARM ACTIVATIONS, CRASH REPORTED BY 911 ON SUNDAY
The Blairsville and Black Lick fire departments were called out twice on Sunday morning for incidents in the same area of Blairsville Borough. Both incidents were automatic fire alarm activations at t...
Jan 09, 2023
PLEA, SENTENCING HEARINGS SCHEDULED FOR TODAY
Indiana County's courts will be busy today, including the county court of common pleas with several sentencing hearings today. Among those hearings are seven sentencing hearings for a Johnstown man. 3...
Jan 09, 2023
LEGISLATURE GETS BACK TO WORK ON MONDAY
After last week's formal swearing in of new members, the state House and Senate return to Harrisburg tomorrow to get down to business. Senator Joe Pittman will serve as the Senate Majority Leader, hea...
Jan 08, 2023
INDIANA COUNTY STRUGGLES WITH CHILD POVERTY, OVERALL POVERTY RATES
New figures from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey five-year estimates show child poverty decreasing in nearly two dozen Pennsylvania counties, including Indiana County. But while Ind...
Jan 08, 2023
PURCHASE LINE POISED TO HIRE INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT
With superintendent Shawn Ford's impending departure to become assistant superintendent of the DuBois Area School District, the Purchase Line School Board is poised to hire an interim superintendent o...
Jan 08, 2023
FARM SHOW OPENS WITH BIG CROWDS
Attendance yesterday on the first day at the State Farm Show was hard to measure but appeared to be up, even if the best true measure was the crowded parking lots. Official attendance numbers have not...
Jan 08, 2023
JOHNSTOWN MAN SENTENCED FOR DRUG RING
A former Johnstown man was sentenced in federal court earlier this week for drug possession and distribution charges. 41-year-old Anthony Andrews was sentenced on Thursday to charges of conspiracy to ...
Jan 07, 2023
E-bike Regulations
Contrary to common belief, Pennsylvania does regulate e-bikes, with age (16 and older), speed and power limitations. But are they regulated enough?
Voting Ends: Jul 28, 2026 | 12:00 PM
