Category Archives: Local News
HOMER-CENTER SCHOOL BOARD TAKES PLEDGE ON TAX INCREASES
The Homer-Center school board has taken the pledge to not raise taxes above the state-mandated limits in the 2017-2018 budget. The Act 1 state-mandated tax index for the district would be 3.6%, which ...
Jan 20, 2017
CENTER TWP SUPERVISORS FURLOUGH ONE EMPLOYEE
The Center Township Supervisors voted to furlough one of their employees at their payroll meeting on Thursday. The motion was made as a cost-saving measure, according to Supervisor James Gatske, in an...
Jan 20, 2017
EVENT TO DISCUSS DIVERSITY ISSUES AT IUP
IUP's Campus Climate Study for Diversity and Inclusion, which was published two months ago, found that minorities on campus perceive a less welcoming and supportive environment in university classroom...
Jan 20, 2017
PUC APPROVES PENELEC RATE INCREASE
The state Public Utility Commission yesterday approved a rate increase for Penelec customers, but it was a much smaller increase than the company requested. The PUC affirmed joint settlements for the ...
Jan 20, 2017
LOCAL ATTORNEY KAUFFMAN TO RUN FOR VACANT JUDGE POSITION
Indiana County Attorney Thomas A. Kauffman announced his candidacy Thursday to run for judge on the Indiana County Court of Common Pleas. “As someone who has spent a great deal of time during th...
Jan 19, 2017
MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO FATAL DUI CRASH
A man charged in a fatal DUI crash last year pleaded guilty to reduced charges. Indiana County District Attorney Patrick Dougherty announced that 56-year-old Mark Alan Campbell pleaded guilty to Homic...
Jan 19, 2017
DATE OF EXECUTION SET FOR MAN CHARGED WITH KILLING PITTSBURGH OFFICERS
The State Department of Corrections has set a date of execution for the man who killed three Pittsburgh Police officers in the line of duty in 2009. Richard Andrew Poplawski was found guilty of killin...
Jan 19, 2017
BV-SB SCHOOL BOARD DISCUSSES DRUG EDUCATION
The Blairsville-Saltsburg School Board last night discussed educating their students on the opioid epidemic. The discussion, lead by board member Rick Harper, focused on the statistic that Indiana Cou...
Jan 19, 2017
BLAIR COUNTY ANTI-ASSESSMENT GROUP HIRES ATTORNEY
The group that is challenging Blair County's property reassessment effort has hired a high-profile lawyer to represent it in a lawsuit against the county. Former state Deputy Attorney General Robert D...
Jan 19, 2017
POLICE FILE TWO ACCIDENT REPORTS
State police have filed two more accident reports from last week, when black ice caused havoc on area roadways. One of those crashes was on Route 286 in Rayne Township on January 11th. 68-year-old Cla...
Jan 19, 2017
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