Category Archives: Local News
PA PEOPLE ON WELFARE DO NOT HAVE TO LOOK FOR WORK...YET
People on welfare in Pennsylvania will not have to look for work for at least another year. Lawmakers voted this summer to extend the state's work requirement waiver until next August. The decision me...
Sep 20, 2024
SECURITY AT TRUMP KCAC CAMPAIGN RALLY
Security at the Donald Trump campaign rally at the KCAC next Monday is one of the hot-button issues with the campaign after two assassination attempts were made over the last two months. State Police ...
Sep 20, 2024
FORMER HOMER-CENTER HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER PLEADED GUILTY TO CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
A former Homer-Center High School teacher pleaded guilty to child pornography charges on Tuesday in Westmoreland County Court. Court documents show 33-year-old Charles Kirkland from the Derry Township...
Sep 20, 2024
LOCAL OFFICIALS WARN RESIDENTS OF RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH INJECTABLE DIABETES & OBESITY MEDICATIONS
Local officials are warning residents of potential safety risks associated with injectable diabetes and obesity medications. Officials with the Indiana County Sheriff's Office relayed a message from t...
Sep 20, 2024
IASD & INDIANA BOROUGH POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVELY INVESTIGATING SAFE TO SAY REPORT INVOLVING ALLEGATION OF WEAPON WITHIN HIGH SCHOOL
The Indiana Area School District and Indiana Borough Police Department are actively investigating a Safe to Say report involving the allegation of a weapon existing within the Senior High School build...
Sep 20, 2024
18-YEAR-OLD FROM REYNOLDSVILLE CHARGED WITH INDECENT ASSAULT, UNLAWFUL CONTACT WITH A MINOR, CORRUPTION OF MINORS
An 18-year-old from Reynoldsville, Colton Scott Barrett, has been charged with indecent assault, unlawful contact with a minor, and corruption of minors. Today's Punxsutawney Spirit reports, the charg...
Sep 20, 2024
CLEARFIELD STATE POLICE INVESTIGATING IRON RAIL BAR & GRILL BURGLARY
State Police in Clearfield are investigating a burglary at the Iron Rail Bar & Grill in Karthaus Township. The incident occurred between 3:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. on September 1. The victim is a 54...
Sep 20, 2024
DRIVER KILLED IN FIERY CRASH IN JEFFERSON COUNTY
A driver was killed early Wednesday in a fiery crash on Route 322 in Winslow Township, Jefferson County. State police report the driver lost control of a Ford F-150, struck a tree, overturned, and the...
Sep 20, 2024
NEW REPORT SAYS PA SCHOLARCHIP STUDENTS ARE DOING BETTER THAN PA PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS
A new report says kids who use school choice scholarships in Pennsylvania are doing better than kids in traditional public schools. The report from the Commonwealth Foundation says kids who take advan...
Sep 20, 2024
INJURIES REPORTED IN WHITE TOWNSHIP CRASH YESTERDAY
Injuries were reported in a crash yesterday afternoon in White Township. Indiana County 911 dispatched Indiana Fire Association, Citizens' Ambulance and state police to the entrance of the 119 Profess...
Sep 18, 2024
