Blairsville News

Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Mar. 12--Today's cost-conscious homeowners are fueling a heightened interest in energy-efficient products and services -- an emphasis that is reflected at the annual Armstrong-Indiana Builders Association Home Show opening today at the S&T Bank Arena in White Township.

As the BiLo supermarket winds down its liquidation sale at its East Market Street location, many residents who have regularly walked to the store to make purchases may be wondering where they'll turn next to gain access to groceries and other necessities.

Dr. Susan Painter has been named medical director of Jeannette QuikCare, which opens March 15 at the former Jeannette Hospital , Excela Health announced on Monday.

The following is a list of defendants charged with a first offense of driving under the influence in Westmoreland County criminal court.

State police in Indiana County said they used store surveillance video to help break up a purse snatching ring that has been targeting customers at convenience, discount and grocery stores since Feb.

What started out as a class project for a Blairsville teen has evolved into a charitable effort to help provide needy kids with sports equipment.

Blairsville-Saltsburg school officials have narrowed the field of candidates to just a handful in their search for a new, permanent superintendent.

Jamie David's eight-year-long journey as a first-time author recently came to fruition when her whale of a children's tale landed on bookstore shelves near her home in the Aloha State.

The days are numbered for Blairsville's BiLo supermarket and the 40 jobs it provides there.

Blairsville Borough Council last week approved an agreement that gives the Housing Authority of Indiana County the option to acquire about 5 acres of borough property along Grandview Avenue for a token $1 consideration.

Blairsville Borough Council voted 5-1 Tuesday to appoint local engineer James Garvin to a vacant seat on the Blairsville Community Development Authority.

Blairsville Borough Council in a special session last night was expected to consider a proposed land swap that would trade up to five acres of unused borough recreational property along Grandview Avenue for the site of the Indiana County Housing Authority's current Conemaugh Terrace housing complex on West Market Street.

A Derry Township couple is suing Derry Area School District and a Georgia-based service-dog organization because a golden retriever featured in a school musical allegedly bit the face of a 5-year-old boy last year.

A five-vehicle crash shut down part of Route 22 in Blairsville this evening and sent at least three people to the hospital, a Westmoreland County dispatch supervisor said.

When it comes to pampered pets, the image of the Yorkshire terrier readily comes to mind.

The family that plays together stays together. Those words apply especially to one local family whose members have combined their musical talents to form a Christian rock band, Scorched.

Blairsville-Saltsburg School Board Wednesday hired Richard Taft of Philipsburg to fill the vacant post of principal at Blairsville Middle School.

Police this morning arrested 10 of 18 suspected drug dealers in eastern Westmoreland and southern Indiana counties.

Night of the Living Dead Livermore. The name alone conjures images of spooks and ghosts and things that go bump in the night.

Donations of instant Polaroid cameras and film are being sought to assist area troops deploying to Afghanistan.