Blairsville News

Dwaine Shupe hasn't really had to travel much. He lives just half a mile from the Smith Bus Company, where he works, and an equal distance from the Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie No.

Fifteen years from now, the ideal Ohio River Basin region would have plentiful opportunities for pursuing occupations and recreation and would be blessed with adequate highway and high-speed Internet connections.

Students attending Pennsylvania's 14 state-owned universities will pay a 4.5 percent tuition increase.

Old Indiana Road in Burrell Township has seen better days, cracking under the stress of steady truck traffic.

Drivers of big rigs headed into town will have only a few options for travel routes under a revised ordinance approved Tuesday by borough council.

Women are emotional leaders at home and in their community, said filmmaker JulieHera DeStefano.

We live in an often cynical world, but that doesn't mean human kindness is any less today than it's ever been.

Two brothers suspected in last week's high-speed chase in a stolen car fled Kansas in a stolen pickup truck before coming to Pennsylvania to see their mom, state police said Tuesday after the pair's appearance in magisterial district court.

An alleged high-speed police chase landed two Indiana County brothers in jail after they ran out of road in Antis Township.

Later this month, Indiana County citizens will have the chance to add their voices to a two-year visioning project, the intent of which is to develop a picture of what the region could be like in 2025 and a "to-do" list for addressing problems and opportunities along the way.

Late in the 19th century, steam locomotives of the Pennsylvania Railroad chuffed their way through our river valleys, hauling people to the cool, green Alleghenies to escape the heat, smoke and grim of the city.

A candlelight vigil is planned Thursday to mark the five-year anniversary of a bicyclist's death.

Area citizens will have a chance to share ideas Aug. 7 for improving park properties in Derry Borough and potentially linking them to other communities through a proposed system of hiking and biking trails.

Adapting the philosophy of "When life hands you lemons, make lemonade," Blairsville business owners and residents, have altered their festival plans.

Burrell Township officials will consider possible modifications to the traffic signal at Corporate Campus Drive and Rt.

Two men were behind bars after they allegedly conspired to rob a Donegal pharmacy of the drug OxyContin.

Scranton Chapter of UNICO incoming president John Brunetti, second from right, gathers with his wife, Diana, second from left, outgoing president Sam Prudente, right, retired Common Pleas Judge S. John Cottone, left, who presided at the installation, and Chris DiMattio, rear, who delivered his oath of office, during the chapter's installation ...

ERIN MCCRACKEN / Courier & Press Front to back, Sydney Allen, 8, of Springfied, Ill., Madison Clark, 8, of Davison, Mich., and Mariana Gigliutto, 8, of Clintondale, N.Y., come out of the first turn in Moto 38, the 8-year-old girls' class, at the 2010 Hoosier Nationals BMX championships at Burdette Park on Saturday.

Thursday evening used to be a big night for many small communities, when area residents would head downtown to check out special sales and activities.