Category Archives: Local News
PA FLU ACTIVITY ON THE INCREASE OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS
Flu activity has picked up over the last few weeks in Pennsylvania. According to the Pennsylvania Department of Health, seasonal flu activity is at moderate levels, after being at the low levels at th...
Apr 18, 2022
FIRE CREWS ASSIST OTHER COUNTIES WITH FIRES, RESPOND TO VEHICLE CRASH ON 217
Emergency crews were called out a few times on Easter Sunday, mainly to assist other fire companies in other counties. Indiana County 911 reports that there were three calls for service yesterday for ...
Apr 18, 2022
INDIANA AREA COMMITTEES TO LOOK AT EISENHOWER PLANS, BUDGET
The Buildings, Grounds, & Transportation Committee of the Indiana Area School Board tonight will review the latest design plans for the renovations to the Eisenhower Elementary School, which was s...
Apr 18, 2022
IUP CULINARY ACADEMY TAKES MAJOR STEP FORWARD
Congressman Glenn "GT" Thompson has announced a $500,000 for IUP to rebuild and renovate its Academy of Culinary Arts Building in downtown Punxsutawney. The funds are in addition to state and private ...
Apr 18, 2022
PHONE SCAM ASKS, "CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?"
There is another new phone scam making its way across Pennsylvania, this one seeking to record the victim's voice saying the word "yes" and then using the recording to make online purchases. Officials...
Apr 18, 2022
EMERGENCY RESPONDERS HAVE ACTIVE SATURDAY
Emergency responders were dispatched for several incidents Saturday afternoon and evening, including a call just before 1:30 PM for Homer City and Brush Valley firefighters for an accident on Route 95...
Apr 17, 2022
MARTIN SAYS FACULTY UNION MORALE IS LOW
The president of the faculty union at IUP and the other 13 state-owned universities told the Board of Governors of the State System of Higher Education on Thursday that faculty morale is low - at some...
Apr 17, 2022
STRUZZI EMPHASIZES "MOVE OVER" LAW
State Representative Jim Struzzi says a Dauphin County accident last week that claimed the life of an emergency responder is the fifth such tragedy in the state in the last nine months and should call...
Apr 17, 2022
NO REPORTED INJURES IN A ONE-VEHICLE CRASH ON ROUTE 954
There were no reported injures in a crash on Route 954 Saturday afternoon. (Photo by Josh Widdowson) Indiana County 911 reported that they dispatched the Homer City fire department, state police and C...
Apr 16, 2022
TWO BRUSH FIRES REPORTED IN INDIANA COUNTY ON FRIDAY
The number of brush fires in Indiana County this year so far is now up to eighteen after two brush fires were reported on Friday. The first fire came at 11:18 AM on Friday, according to Indiana County...
Apr 16, 2022
Christmas Spending
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