Blairsville News

Indiana County voters returned a familiar face to the courthouse Tuesday, electing Randy Degenkolb, a former county commissioner and auditor, to take over the role of prothonotary and clerk of courts.

A judge has rejected the appeal of a former state trooper serving life in prison for the slashing death of his live-in girlfriend's estranged husband in Indiana County.

Blairsville-Saltsburg School Board members Wednesday voted to research a proposal to consolidate the Blairsville and Saltsburg football programs, an idea that has been discussed in the past to save costs and build unity in a district where fan and larger community loyalties often are divided between the two school attendance areas.

Voters in several southern Indiana County communities will have a choice of nominees for their future municipal leaders when they report to Election Day polls on Tuesday.

Billions of your tax dollars have been pumped into the federal stimulus program, but where is that money really going? It's a program designed to stimulate the economy and create jobs.

The Salisbury Volunteer Fire Department responded to an overturned trailer loaded with 8 tons - 480 bales - of hay at 12:30 a.m. Tuesday.

Share + Oct 23, 2009 6:00 pm US/Eastern GREENSBURG Click to enlarge 1 of 1 Officials say 25-year-old David O'Conner, of Greensburg, was last seen Thursday morning around 10 p.m. by a neighbor.

When Bob Hoover addressed the Historical Society of the Blairsville Area at its September meeting, the group's president, Daunise Marshall, was astounded by the depth of the local memorabilia collection he displayed.

A proposal for bringing an outpatient methadone clinic for treatment of drug addiction to a non-residential area of town has passed muster with the borough planning commission but got mixed reactions at Tuesday's borough council meeting and ultimately was tabled by the latter panel.

The Indiana County commissioners have approved bids for work on a project that will expand the Blairsville Municipal Authority sewage treatment plant.

Staff Sgt. Glen H. Stivison Jr. placed the welfare of the men in his Army unit above everything else, save that of his family.

A Blairsville soldier killed last week in Afghanistan was a 13-year Army veteran who had served two tours in Iraq.

Army Spc. Jesus O. Flores, 28, of La Mirada, was killed last week in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, when the vehicle he was riding in was attacked with a roadside bomb, military officials announced today.

Share + Oct 19, 2009 5:26 pm US/Eastern Reporting Trina Orlando BLAIRSVILLE A local soldier was killed last week while serving in Afghanistan.

A local soldier killed in Afghanistan this week graduated from Blairsville High School in 1994.

Members of the Kit-Han-Ne Questers 408 celebrated the 40th anniversary of the founding of their chapter on Sept.

Burglars' ingenuity at the Blairsville VFW Post 5821 along Route 22 left club manager Bruce Zedick rethinking how the club stores its empties.

A judge dealt a serious blow to an appeal in the murder of an Indiana County dentist.

A western Pennsylvania judge has delivered a blow to a former state trooper's bid for a new trial in the murder of his live-in girlfriend's estranged husband.

After an 18-month undercover investigation, state police in Indiana have issued arrest warrants for 29 people in four counties for drug-related crimes.