Category Archives: Local News
MOUNT PLEASANT WOMAN PLED GUILTY AFTER STEALING MONEY FROM UNITED BAND BOOSTERS
56-year-old Lara Brown of Mount Pleasant pled guilty on Tuesday in Indiana County Court to felony charges of theft by unlawful taking, receiving stolen property, theft by deception, and theft by failu...
Sep 20, 2024
HOMER-CENTER SCHOOL BOARD APPROVE REJECTION OF RIVER VALLEY'S ICTC DEPARTURE
At a meeting Thursday night, the Homer-Center School Board approved a resolution that rejects River Valley's departure from the ICTC Compact. Board member Vicki Smith said that the main reason for rej...
Sep 20, 2024
MAN FACING CHARGES FOR BRINGING METHAMPHETAMINE INTO CLARION COUNTY JAIL
Arthur Leonard Miller Jr., 41, is facing charges for allegedly bringing methamphetamine into the Clarion County Jail. An ExploreClarion.com article says the incident occurred on July 25 when a small b...
Sep 20, 2024
PUNXSY MAN CHARGED AFTER ALLEGEDLY POINTING GUN AT MULTIPLE PEOPLE
A 58-year-old man, Roger A. Shank, from Punxsutawney, has been charged with assault and making terroristic threats after allegedly pointing a gun at multiple people during a property dispute in Gaskil...
Sep 20, 2024
DUBOIS CITY POLICE CONCLUDED REPORTED KIDNAPPING ATTEMPT AS FALSE
DuBois City Police have concluded that a reported kidnapping attempt on Thursday morning was false. According to WJAC News, they assured the community that there is no current threat involving a child...
Sep 20, 2024
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
