Category Archives: Local News

The preliminary hearing for a Homer-Center teacher charged with child pornography possession has been rescheduled. Court documents show that the preliminary hearing for Charles Allen Kirkland of Derry...

Once again, one of the multi-state lottery games has hit high jackpot levels. It's been more than three months since someone won the Mega Millions jackpot. The jackpot for tonight's drawing is now up ...

The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture is reminding Pennsylvania dog owners that they have until January 1st to purchase a dog license.   The department, which oversees the Bureau of Dog Law ...

For many government offices and some organizations, today is the official observance of Christmas. As such there are several closures in place today.   Federal, state and local government offices...

A woman died in a fire on Christmas Eve in nearby Derry township.   Westmoreland County coroner Tim Carson on Sunday identified the victim as 78-year-old Ester Ann McChesney. The exact cause of d...

First responders had other calls to deal with over the weekend, including two other fires and multiple fire alarm activations.   Indiana County 911 reported six automatic fire alarm activations b...

PSP-PUNXSUTAWNEY State Police from the Punxsutawney barracks responded to a vehicle accident in canoe Township on Friday morning. Troopers reported the crash at 3:35 a.m. at the intersection of Centra...

Windy conditions are keeping wind chill temperatures at dangerously low levels on this Christmas Eve. A wind chill warning remains in effect until noon today for Indiana county and much of Western Pen...

Some people in Indiana County are still dealing with power outages this morning.   After reaching a peak of nearly 600 customers without power, Penelec reports this morning that about half of the...

First responders were kept busy yesterday with multiple calls.   Since noon on Friday, four calls for utility lines down were reported by Indiana County 911. The first was at 1:18 p.m. on hemlock...