Category Archives: Local News
POTENTIAL THREAT AT HOMER-CENTER HIGH SCHOOL INVESTIGATED
Homer-Center school officials investigated a threat that involved the High School yesterday. In a letter sent to district parents and posted on the district's Facebook page, High School Principal Jody...
Feb 28, 2017
MANNEQUIN USED TO PROTEST IASB MEMBER'S ABSENCES
A repeated issue at the Indiana Area School District Board Meetings, the absence of one school board member, was brought up again last night. Board Member Robert Edwards has not attended several board...
Feb 28, 2017
IASB TO CALL OTHER SCHOOLS FOR PROJECT RESEARCH
The Indiana School Board approved taking a look at other recent building projects as part of their research into the proposed Ben Franklin Elementary project. The motion was made by Tamara Leeper, who...
Feb 28, 2017
ONE PERSON INJURED IN CRASH
One person had suspected minor injuries in a crash in West Wheatfield Township on the morning of February 22nd. State Police say Cheryl Blanar of New Florence was driving on Route 22 East near Round T...
Feb 28, 2017
MOTIONS HEARING TODAY IN HOMICIDE BY VEHICLE CASE
A motions hearing is scheduled today for 42-year-old Larry Plovetsky of Black Lick, who is charged with homicide by vehicle while DUI for a November 2015 crash that took the life of a Black Lick woman...
Feb 28, 2017
DRUG CASES: TWO FACE CHILD ENDANGERMENT CHARGES
WHITE TOWNSHIP Two Indiana residents have been charged with endangering the welfare of a child in a drug case from this past weekend. State police say 25-year-old Marybeth Roush and 29-year-old Jeffer...
Feb 28, 2017
POLICE: MAN SUFFERS KNIFE WOUNDS IN ASSAULT
State police have not identified the suspect or victim involved in an aggravated assault case on February 19th in East Wheatfield Township. Police say a 44-year-old man from Seward punched a 57-year-o...
Feb 28, 2017
TENTATIVE TRIAL FOR SHETLER SET FOR JUNE
Westmoreland County Judge Meagan Bilik-Defazio yesterday ruled that 32-year-old Ray Shetler Jr. of New Florence will stand trial in June for the shooting death of St. Clair Township Police Officer Llo...
Feb 28, 2017
POLICE REPORTS: THEFTS FROM VEHICLES REPORTED
State Police are reporting on more thefts from vehicles in Rayne and Green Townships. The incident in Rayne Township happened last Tuesday between Midnight and 6 AM in the 2400 Block of Tanoma Road. T...
Feb 27, 2017
POLICE PROBE THEFTS OF GUN, PILLS
State police are investigating a couple of thefts, one of which involves a stolen handgun, and the other, stolen prescription pills. A Green Township man reported the theft of a .45-caliber handgun fr...
Feb 27, 2017
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