Category Archives: Local News
IASD BOARD REJECTS SCHROTH PLAN
The Indiana School Board considered a plan that was put forward by a board member that would replace the current plan to close two elementary schools, expand a third, and replace a fourth with a new b...
Bill Berry Jan 10, 2017
FIVE COMPANIES SENT TO FIRE IN ARMSTRONG TOWNSHIP
Five fire companies are on the scene of a structure fire in Armstrong Township. The fire was reported by Indiana County 911 at 1243 Five Points Road. Crews from Creekside, Elderton, Plumville, Marion ...
Bill Berry Jan 10, 2017
LOCAL ATTORNEY ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY FOR OPEN COUNTY JUDICIAL SEAT
Indiana-based attorney and solicitor Michael Clark has announced he will run for the open judicial seat in Indiana County Court. Clark, who has been with Holsinger, Clark and Armstrong for about 20 ye...
Bill Berry Jan 09, 2017
ONE REALIGNMENT ITEM ON IASD BOARD AGENDA TONIGHT
The Indiana Area School Board meets tonight, with only one item on the agenda related to the elementary school realignment plan. Board member Walter Schroth has proposed an alternate to the $32.2 mill...
Bill Berry Jan 09, 2017
RED KETTLE CAMPAIGN COMES UP SHORT OF GOAL
The Red Kettle Campaign of the Western Pennsylvania division of the Salvation Army came up about $145,000 shy of its goal of $2,812,732. Eighteen of the thirty-nine regional locations fell short of th...
Bill Berry Jan 09, 2017
GOP STATE SENATOR EMERGES AS CHALLENGER TO WOLF
Pennsylvanians won't vote for a governor until next year, but the race heats up a bit this week with the expected announcement by Republican Senator Scott Wagner that he will challenge incumbent Tom W...
Bill Berry Jan 09, 2017
POLICE MAKE DRUG-RELATED ARRESTS
Indiana Borough police have charged two people with drug offenses for separate incidents this weekend. On Saturday, 19-year-old Chadwick Orelien of Douglassville, PA, was pulled over for a traffic vio...
Bill Berry Jan 09, 2017
DRIVER HITS MAILBOX, LEAVES SCENE IN CHERRYHILL TOWNSHIP
State police say the driver fled the scene after taking out a mailbox along Two Lick Hill in Cherryhill Township early yesterday morning. It happened at about 5 AM. Police say the vehicle slid across ...
Bill Berry Jan 09, 2017
HOMER CITY MAN FACING HARASSMENT CHARGES
State police say a Homer City man is facing harassment charges after a domestic incident at a home on South Main Street last month. The 50-year-old suspect is not publicly identified. The victim, a 53...
Bill Berry Jan 09, 2017
TWO FIRES CALLS IN INDIANA COUNTY
Fire crews were busy early this morning with two fires reported in Indiana County. The first fire was reported on Penn Street in Cherry Tree Borough. Indiana County 911 made the initial call at 1:05 A...
Bill Berry Jan 09, 2017