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HOMER CITY MAN WHO FLED POLICE DUE IN COURT FOR SENTENCING
A Homer City man is due in Indiana County Court today for a sentencing hearing concerning a case from last December. Court documents show 24-year-old Mark Anthony McCloskey will go before Indiana County President Judge Thomas Bianco today for sentencing connected with a case on December 5th. On that day, state police said they were called out to a home on Route 403 South in Buffington Township at 7:30 in the morning for a report of a man throwing items out of a home and onto the road. When they arrived, McCloskey threatened to slit their throats if they came near. He fled the house soon after, and troopers chased him on foot. He was found and apprehended in a nearby barn.
PLANNED POWER OUTAGE IN INDIANA TOMORROW
Tomorrow, about 91 Penelec customers in Indiana Borough will be without power as some work is done on powerlines. The outage will be from 7 AM to 3 PM and will affect people in the area of North 7th Street, North 8th Street, Nixon Avenue and Philadelphia Street. Those who will be affected by the outage have already received a robocall from the utility company warning them of the outage.
RIVER VALLEY SCHOOL BOARD APPROVES PROPOSAL FOR FURTHER WORK AT NEW STADIUM
At a special meeting Thursday night, the River Valley School Board approved a proposal for some temporary and permanent work to make the new football stadium ready to go for the start of the season. The agreement with Force Turf Solutions of Indiana will include the installation of temporary chain...
GROUND BROKEN ON AMPHITHEATER AT WHITE TOWNSHIP REC COMPLEX
White Township officials broke ground today on an amphitheater project at the township’s Recreation Complex. The new facility will be located next to the Playtime Park playground behind the S&T Bank arena. Chris Anderson goes over some of the specifications of the new theater. Supervisor Sandi Gillette said that...
WHITE TOWNSHIP SUPERVISORS PRESENTED WITH STEWARDSHIP PLAN FOR WHITE’S WOODS
The White Township Supervisors were presented with the stewardship plan for White’s Woods at last night’s meeting. The plan has been worked on by the Stewardship Committee since early 2022, and the Township Manager Chris Anderson said the committee has reviewed the public comment gathered last December at a meeting in early May.
PA YOUTH LEGION TOURNAMENT RETURNS TO INDIANA COUNTY
The PA Youth Legion’s 55th State Championship Tournament comes to Indiana County this weekend, with the action getting underway tomorrow morning at First Commonwealth Bank Field in Homer City. There will be four games on Saturday, all of them in Homer City, with four more on Sunday, two at Homer City and two at the White Township Recreation Complex.
Leechburg Area hires new business manager
Leechburg Area School Board members hired a new business manager at a special voting meeting Thursday night. Gregory Cessna was hired in a 7-0 vote. Board members Anthony Townsend and Andrew Pallus were absent from the meeting. The hiring comes after the district’s previous manager, Teresa Edinger, resigned in May...
Building the Valley: The Shop on Grant weaves its way into the fabric of Vandergrift
Worn down by the isolation of the pandemic, Debora Greene opened The Shop on Grant last year as a way to connect with friends and neighbors in Vandergrift over her love of needlework. “I was retired and I was just looking for something to do, mostly to get myself out...
Leechburg Area officials plan lawsuit against Westmoreland County over tax assessments
Leechburg Area School Board members say they intend to file a lawsuit against Westmoreland County and possibly one against the Pennsylvania Department of Education. The lawsuits would be aimed at bringing about a solution to demands from West Leechburg residents to fix what they say is an inequity in the district’s real estate taxes.
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