Category Archives: Local News
PUC TO CONSIDER PENELEC RATE REQUEST
The state Public Utility Commission meets in Harrisburg today, and the agenda shows two items with direct connections to Indiana County. One of those items is a rate increase request by Penelec, the e...
Jan 19, 2017
INDIANA COUNTY COMMISSIONERS APPROVE LOAN FOR INCOMING COMPANY
The Indiana County Commissioners approved a loan from their Rotating Loan Fund for a business that announced they would set up shop in Indiana Borough very soon. The $250,000 loan was approved for Gor...
Jan 18, 2017
BV-SB SCHOOL BOARD TO APPROVE UNION CONTRACT
The Blairsville-Saltsburg School Board will hold their monthly meeting tonight, and will look to approve a contract with a union representing custodial staff. On the agenda tonight will be a motion to...
Jan 18, 2017
POLICE REPORTS: BURGLARIES, MEGAN'S LAW
CHERRYHILL TOWNSHIP State police report a break-in at a location along Weston Road in Cherryhill Township. The owner, a Penn Run man, told investigators that someone stole several items of scrap metal...
Jan 18, 2017
MOTIONS HEARINGS TODAY IN TWO COURT CASES
Omnibus motions hearings are scheduled today for defendants in two criminal cases in Indiana County Court. 21-year-old Mason Jackson, who is from New Brighton in Beaver County, is charged in connectio...
Jan 18, 2017
INDIANA BORO COUNCIL DISCUSSES BIKE TRAILS AND URBAN AGRICULTURE
At Tuesday night’s Indiana Borough Council work session, the council discussed plans to implement a bike trail throughout town that would connect to the Hoodlebug Trail, as well as an Urban Agri...
Jan 17, 2017
SEVERAL PEOPLE TO BE SENTENCED IN COURT TODAY
In Indiana County Court, a number of defendants are facing sentencing today for a variety of offenses. One of them, 60-year-old Sharon Carroll of Greenville, Mercer County, pleaded guilty in October t...
Jan 17, 2017
MINOR INJURIES IN CRASH IN BRUSH VALLEY TWP.
A Robinson woman suffered suspected minor injuries yesterday afternoon in a crash on Route 259 in Brush Valley Township. State police say 70-year-old Linda Garland's vehicle hit a stop sign and an emb...
Jan 17, 2017
MARION CENTER SCHOOL BOARD TAKES FIRST LOOK AT BUDGET FIGURES
The Marion Center School Board got a first look at 2017-2018 budget figures at their work session on Monday night. The board heard from Business Manager Richard Martini that the district would face a ...
Jan 17, 2017
SHETLER MURDER TRIAL DELAYED YET AGAIN
There's been yet another delay in the murder trial of 33-year-old Ray Shetler Jr., the New Florence man accused of shooting to death Saint Clair Township Police Officer Lloyd Reed Jr. in November of 2...
Jan 16, 2017
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