Category Archives: Local News
FLU CONTINUES TO SPREAD IN INDIANA COUNTY
Earlier this week, we reported on how IUP is handling influenza as the flu virus is "widespread" across the state. The numbers of flu cases in the county and across the state continue to increase. As ...
Bill Berry Feb 17, 2017
HOMELESS VETS SLEEP-OUT TO BE HELD TOMORROW
Starting Saturday Morning, veteran's group Team RWB along with members of IUP's ROTC and PTX military service fraternity will show the Indiana community what life is like for homeless veterans. Starti...
Bill Berry Feb 17, 2017
TOURIST BUREAU ANNOUNCES PHOTO CONTEST
No matter where you are in Indiana County, you're near someplace special, and the Indiana County Tourist Bureau wants to see it. The Tourist Bureau is conducting an online photo contest to "capture wh...
Bill Berry Feb 17, 2017
BOLIVAR WOMAN INJURED IN ACCIDENT
A Bolivar woman suffered unspecified injuries yesterday morning in a single-vehicle crash on Route 259 near Coal Road in West Wheatfield Township. State police say Jo Ann Keller's vehicle spun out on ...
Bill Berry Feb 17, 2017
BV-SB DISTRICT TEACHERS PRESENT BOARD WITH CONCERNS OVER POTENTIAL DISTRICT SPLIT
The Blairsville-Saltsburg School Board heard from members of the district's teachers' union about the possible separation of the two districts. Members of the Blairsville-Saltsburg Educators Associati...
Bill Berry Feb 16, 2017
STATE POLICE WARNING PEOPLE ABOUT PHONE SCAM
A phone scam is making the rounds once again, and this time, scammers are targeting businesses. State Police from the Indiana Barracks announced they have received recent reports of a suspected teleph...
Bill Berry Feb 16, 2017
HOMER CITY MAIN STREET PROJECT TO START NEXT WEEK
Homer City Borough's Main Street Revitalization Project will get underway next week. In a media release from borough manager Robert Nymick, work will start with the gas line replacement starting at th...
Bill Berry Feb 16, 2017
GATTI PHARMACY TO HOLD RIBBON CUTTING TODAY
A longtime Indiana Pharmacy will officially cut the ribbon today on their new home. Gatti Pharmacy will hold a ribbon cutting and open house at their new home at the former Donut Connection in the 100...
Bill Berry Feb 16, 2017
MORE IMPROVEMENTS COMING TO IUP'S MILLER STADIUM
The bidding process is open for the next round of renovations to IUP's George P. Miller Stadium. Separate contracts will be awarded for a new track surface and for more extensive work on the stadium's...
Bill Berry Feb 16, 2017
SEWARD MAN ACCUSED OF OPERATING METH LAB
Six days after a raid on a mobile home outside of Seward, police yesterday arrested the man suspected of operating a methamphetamine lab there. 36-year-old Devin Richard Hughes is charged with manufac...
Bill Berry Feb 16, 2017