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In Western Pennsylvania, Friday during Lent means one thing for a lot of families: a trip to the fire hall or church basement for fried fish. These dinners are run by volunteers, priced for real neighborhoods, and packed with people who have been coming for years. The best ones rarely...
PennDOT officials said that deer crossing signs on the highway are placed for a reason.
Four District 9 teams remain alive in the football postseason. Three play this week. While Punxsutawney gets its second straight weekend off as it awaits the District 6 champion next week in the first round of the PIAA Class 3A playoffs, two Class 1A semifinal games and the District 8/9 Class 2A Sub-Regional final make up Friday’s schedule.
Plea and sentencing hearings are scheduled today for Indiana County Court, including six hearings for an Indiana man charged in many cases with burglary. Court documents show 27-year-old Caleb Krecota is due before Indiana County Judge Michael Clark today for all the hearings. In most of the cases , he faces a charge of burglary, with one of the incidents going back to October of last year. In one case, he faces DUI charges from an incident in December of last year. He was arrested on March 30th on arrest warrants from the Indiana County Sheriff’s office after he appeared at Judge Christopher Welch’s court in Clymer for an unrelated hearing.
CLARION, Pa. (EYT) — The wait is almost over for local Chipotle fans. Chipotle Mexican Grill has confirmed that its new restaurant adjacent to the Clarion Mall will open Thursday, November 19. The restaurant, located at 22541 Route 68 in Monroe Township, will operate daily from 10:45 a.m. to...
BROOKVILLE, Pa. (EYT) – When Col. Douglas Legenfelder went to work at the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, he had no idea he would be making history. The former special operations officer related that experience during Veterans Day services in Brookville on Wednesday. The Colonel was working with the...
CLEARFIELD COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) — A salary freeze spanning several years is coming to an end for elected officials and row officers in Clearfield County. A 2 to 1 vote solidified the upcoming end of a salary freeze. County commissioners passed the motion for a pay increase for elected officials and row officers during their […]
Lake-effect rain and snow showers continue through Sunday, with mountain ridges facing the most accumulation.
Kyuden Energy Partners and Homer City Generation announced a long-term operations-and-maintenance agreement today, according to a company release provided to Energy News Beat. The full wire had not been posted as of this writing. The 4.4-gigawatt campus is under construction in Indiana County, Pa., on the site of a retired coal plant, with first power now aimed at the second quarter of 2028 — not 2027. We have reached out to their CEO for and interview, and are scheduling the appointment.
Indiana County, Pennsylvania, calls itself the Christmas Tree Capital of the World. The title traces back to a local nursery that began shipping evergreens across the country in the early 1900s. I used to grab the first green tree I saw at a farm. Then mine started shedding needles before...
CAMBRIA COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) — The Community Foundation for the Alleghenies (CFA) has awarded more than $500,000 to nonprofits in Bedford, Cambria, Somerset and Indiana counties. At the CFA’s annual Fall Grant Announcement on Tuesday, Nov. 10, the foundation managed to fund at least a portion of 104 grant requests from the 157 received during […]
While many in the PA Department of Health are focused on the measles outbreak in Pennsylvania, flu cases remain low across the state. According to the latest statistics from the PA Department of Health, flu activity for both type A and type B are low, but increasing rapidly. A total of 10,294 lab-confirmed cases of flu have been reported since October 4th. 9,511 were type A flu while 767 were type B. The percent of emergency room visits that are flu-0related remains low for all age groups statewide. Eight flu-related deaths have been reported in Pennsylvania this year.
