Category Archives: Local News
INDIANA SR. HIGH DONATES RECORD TOTAL TO TEDDY BEAR FUND DRIVE
A new record was set today for school donations for the Teddy Bear Fund Drive. The Indiana Senior High School Student Government Association (paid a visit to Indiana in the Morning on WCCS and...) mad...
Bill Berry Jan 31, 2017
LWV EVENT BRINGS DISCUSSION ON RURAL SCHOOL FUNDING
Last night's, the League of Women Voters of Indiana County held a special program to discuss financing public education in rural areas. On the panel for this discussion was House Majority Leader Dave ...
Bill Berry Jan 31, 2017
LOCAL EDUCATOR AGAINST REMOVAL OF PROPERTY TAX
Last night's League of Women Voters discussion focused on funding schools in rural areas, and one plan that has popped up is the elimination of the school property tax. One educator says that may not ...
Bill Berry Jan 31, 2017
BIDS DUE TODAY FOR STATE SYSTEM REVIEW
Chancellor Frank Brogan told the State System Board of Governors at their quarterly meeting last week that a comprehensive review of operations will be undertaken, even to the point of recommending cl...
Bill Berry Jan 31, 2017
SNOW LEADS TO CRASHES ON AREA ROADS
Snow -covered roads may have led to a number of accidents across the region yesterday, including a five-car pileup at about 6 o'clock last night on Route 422 in Armstrong Township. State police report...
Bill Berry Jan 31, 2017
IUP PRESIDENT ISSUES STATEMENT CONCERNING EXECUTIVE ORDER
We have heard a lot over the last few days about Donald Trump's executive order that placed limits on entry into the United States. Now, IUP's president has stepped up to make his own statement. In a ...
Bill Berry Jan 30, 2017
POLICE REPORTS: THEFT, SIMPLE ASSAULT
PSP-INDIANA Two people are charged with retail theft in an incident on Friday at the White Township Wal-Mart. State Police say at 8:19 PM, two people stole approximately $312 worth of merchandise from...
Bill Berry Jan 30, 2017
FOUR FIRE COMPANIES CALLED OUT FOR FIRE IN GREEN TWP.
Four fire companies were called out to a fire in Northern Indiana County Sunday morning Indiana County 911 reported that Commodore, Cherrytree and Pine Township fire departments along with the Indiana...
Bill Berry Jan 30, 2017
MULTIPLE DEFENDANTS TO BE SENTENCED
A number of defendants will be sentenced in Indiana County Court today, some of them for multiple crimes. The defendants include a Venago County man who pleaded guilty to indecent assault, in exchange...
Bill Berry Jan 30, 2017
TRAFFIC STOP LEADS TO HEROIN BUST
Kittanning-based state police made a traffic stop Saturday afternoon on Route 28 at the Freeport exit, and inside the vehicle they found two men and 56 bags of suspected heroin, plus a gram of suspect...
Bill Berry Jan 30, 2017