Category Archives: Local News
COMMISSIONERS TO HOLD TOWN HALL MEETING ON ARP FUNDS
Tonight is the final meeting held by the Indiana County Commissioners to discuss how some federal funds the county received will be spent. So far, two other open forums have been held on the topic in ...
Apr 27, 2022
POLICE REPORTS: SEXUAL ASSAULT INVESTIGATION, CRASH WITH INJURIES
No suspects have been named in a case of sexual assault in Westmoreland County. State police from the Indiana Barracks reported that the incident happened on April 23rd in the early morning hours at a...
Apr 27, 2022
RIVER VALLEY SCHOOL BOARD VOTES TO REALIGN VOTING DISTRICTS
On Tuesday, the River Valley School Board voted to realign the voting districts, distributing the population equally across all the voting districts. Board President Rick Harper said that the changes ...
Apr 26, 2022
COAL INTERESTS FILE LAWSUIT AGAINST WOLF ADMINISTRATION OVER RGGI
The Wolf Administration is facing a lawsuit from Coal-related interests over the recent moves to join the state to the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, or RGGI. The lawsuit was filed in Commonwealt...
Apr 26, 2022
PRELIM HEARINGS SET FOR TWO CHARGED IN DRUG BUST IN MARCH
Two people who were charged in connection with a drug bust in a White Township hotel will be in district court today for their preliminary hearings. The hearings for 51-year-old James Emanuel Emerson ...
Apr 26, 2022
BRUSH FIRE REPORTED IN GLENN CAMPBELL BOROUGH MONDAY
The number of brush fires in Indiana County this year so far is now up to 20 with a brush fire that was reported on Monday. Glen Campbell firefighters were dispatched to a property on Route 286 East i...
Apr 26, 2022
INDIANA BOROUGH POLICE INVESTIGATING THEFTS
Police in Indiana Borough are investigating two un-related thefts that happened recently. The first theft was reported between midnight April 23rd and 1 PM the next day. Police say that someone stole ...
Apr 26, 2022
ANOTHER $1 MILLION SECURED FOR IUP CULINARY ARTS BUILDING
More funding has been secured for IUP's Academy for Culinary Arts building in Punxsutawney. Senator Joe Pittman and Representative Brian Smith announced that an additional $1 million in Redevelopment ...
Apr 26, 2022
INDIANA COUPLE CHARGED IN PRISON DRUG SMUGGLING SCHEME
An Indiana man was arrested by Westmoreland County detectives yesterday in connection with a drug smuggling scheme at the county prison. 43-year-old Brad M. Rentz was taken into custody and an arrest ...
Apr 26, 2022
JURY SELECTION SET FOR TWO TRIALS TODAY
Jury selection is scheduled for today for two trials in Indiana County Court. One of those cases is a case of rape from 2020. Police have charged 24-year-old Austin Nuccetelli of Baden in Beaver Count...
Apr 25, 2022
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