IUP graduates more than 1,900
Newly minted graduates from Indiana University of Pennsylvania celebrated their achievements Saturday after the morning commencement ceremony at the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex. Full Story → |
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WWII-era planes coming to airport festival |
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On Sept. 6, 1944, Navy Lt. Harry Brown Jr., then 24, took off in an F6F Hellcat fighter from the USS Enterprise for what was expected to be a milk run strike at Yap island, in the western Pacific. Indiana Gazette - RANDY WELLS |
| Baby injured accidentally, suspect says |
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The Blairsville man charged Friday with assaulting a toddler told state police investigators he found the boy unresponsive early Friday morning and performed CPR before calling 911. Indiana Gazette - RANDY WELLS |
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60 injured in parade accident |
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DAMASCUS, Va. — An elderly driver plowed into dozens of hikers marching in a Saturday parade in a small Virginia mountain town and investigators were looking into whether he suffered a medical emergency before the accident. Associated Press |
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Indiana County Sheriff Robert Fyock scanned student Patrick Hunter with a metal detector Friday at Indiana Senior High School at the Grand March. Indiana Gazette |
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LOOKING FOR A HOME |
| 13 hours ago - Indiana Gazette | |
| Several dogs and cats are available for adoption from the Indiana County Humane Society’s animal shelter along Rose Street and from Four Footed Friends along Beck Road. [Read More] |
| GOVERNMENT IN ACTION |
| 13 hours ago - Indiana Gazette |
| Meetings of municipal governments, school boards and county governmental bodies scheduled this week are at the following times and locations: [Read More] |
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Memorial cornerstone laid |
| 13 hours ago - Indiana Gazette - TOM PEEL | |
| Members of the local chapter of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War laid a cornerstone Saturday at the Silas Clark House in Indiana where they plan to erect a life-sized statue in honor of Indiana County’s 2,800 Civil War vets. [Read More] |
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Head Start dedicates bench for volunteer |
| 13 hours ago - Submitted | |
| In honor of Edwin “Pappy” Rager, Head Start has dedicated a bench in his honor that will be placed on the playground at the Cherryhill Head Start center in Penn Run. [Read More] |
| BOB LANKARD: Moving on from rejection |
| 13 hours ago - Indiana Gazette - BOB LANKARD |
| Sometimes you just get a feeling in the interview. Everything seemed right. I once was so confident after an interview that as soon as I got home I called a real estate agent in that town to explore possible houses to buy. [Read More] |
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Housing complex taking shape |
| 13 hours ago - Indiana Gazette - TOM PEEL | |
| Work continues on a 224-unit housing complex that is being erected off Acorn Street in White Township ... [Read More] |
| CARL KOLOGIE: Be sure to vote Tuesday |
| 13 hours ago - Indiana Gazette - CARL KOLOGIE |
| It wasn’t that long ago when a conversation this time of year would turn to politics, and the question would come up, “Who are you voting for on Tuesday?” And the answer many times was, “I’m not voting." [Read More] |
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CPR sessions held at mall |
| 13 hours ago - Indiana Gazette - TOM PEEL | |
| To kick off emergency services week, Citizens’ Ambulance Service conducted multiple “hands-only CPR” instructional sessions Saturday at the center court in the Indiana Mall. [Read More] |
| CNB declares quarterly dividend |
| 14 hours ago - Submitted |
| The board of directors of CNB Financial Corp. has announced the declaration of 16.5 cents per share quarterly dividend payable June 14 to shareholders of record on June 1. [Read More] |
| All Abilities names new director |
| 14 hours ago - Submitted |
| Tina Jackson-Heacox has been promoted to executive director of All Abilities Inc., an approved provider of services for people with physical disabilities in 15 counties, including Indiana County. [Read More] |
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Luther Classic held May 10 |
| 13 hours ago - Indiana Gazette - JAMIE EMPFIELD | |
| The 27th Annual Luther Ford Lincoln Mercury Charity Golf Classic was held at the Indiana Country Club on Friday, May 10. [Read More] |
| IUP ROUNDUP: Players earn academic honors |
| 14 hours ago - Indiana Gazette |
| IUP golfer Zack Kempa has been named to the Capital One Academic All-District 2 at-large team as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America. [Read More] |
| YOUTH LEGION: Clymer Legion holds on for win |
| 14 hours ago - Indiana Gazette |
| CLYMER — Ronnie Button pitched six shutout innings, and Clymer Legion held on for a 6-4 win over Fezell Enterprises in an Indiana County Youth Legion baseball game Saturday. [Read More] |
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GOLF: Hughes earns junior tour award |
| 14 hours ago - Indiana Gazette | |
| C.J. Hughes, of Indiana, was named Player of the Week for the Northeast Tour after tying for second place in the International Junior Golf Tour Major Championship 14-and-under boys’ division at Hershey last weekend. [Read More] |
| INDIANA COUNTY SPORTS HALL OF FAME: Dettorre more than a coach |
| 1 day ago - Indiana Gazette - TONY COCCAGNA |
| A few months ago, not long after the end of the high school football season, Ab Dettorre walked into the weight room at Blairsville High School, where a group of his players were working out. [Read More] |
| McDonald's wins Little League game |
| 1 day ago - Indiana Gazette |
| McDonald’s defeated Delaney, 9-6, in an Indiana Little League baseball game at Indiana Regional Medical Center Field. [Read More] |
| HS BASEBALL ROUNDUP |
| 2 days ago - Indiana Gazette |
| Saltsburg, its baseball program dormant for 54 years before last season, opened the District 6 Class A playoffs by beating Bishop Carroll, 6-5, in a first-round game Thursday. [Read More] |
| Apollo-Ridge's Martin wins WPIAL title |
| 2 days ago - Indiana Gazette |
| BALDWIN — It wasn’t getting to the top of the mountain that was so difficult for Reannah Martin. It was realizing she was all alone when she got there. [Read More] |
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WPIAL TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS: Indiana will send five to state meet |
| 2 days ago - Indiana Gazette - MATTHEW BURGLUND | |
| For most schools, it’s usually feast or famine at the WPIAL track and field championships. [Read More] |
| INDIANA COUNTY HALL OF FAME: Zbur was best of best |
| 2 days ago - Indiana Gazette - BOB FULTON |
| By all rights, Chuck Zbur should’ve grown to detest the taste of ginger ale. [Read More] |
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| CLYMER DISTRICT COURT DOCKET |
| 13 hours ago - Indiana Gazette |
| Two men have been charged with growing marijuana out of a Cherryhill Township trailer home last year. [Read More] |
| POLICE LOG |
| 13 hours ago - Indiana Gazette |
| Indiana University of Pennsylvania police were dispatched at 1:57 a.m. May 4 for a report of a highly intoxicated person inside the Suites on Pratt. [Read More] |
| ACCIDENT |
| 14 hours ago - Indiana Gazette |
| Two people were hurt in a two-vehicle collision at 8:30 p.m. Friday on Route 210 at Route 954 in North Mahoning Township. [Read More] |
| Man sentenced in 1994 eastern Pennsylvania slaying |
| 14 hours ago - Associated Press |
| A man called one of the commonwealth’s 10-most-wanted fugitives has been sentenced to 10 to 20 years in prison in the stabbing death of a man during a game of dominoes nearly two decades ago in eastern Pennsylvania. [Read More] |
| Hofstra student killed by police |
| 14 hours ago - Associated Press |
| MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a police officer’s bullet killed a New York college student during the response to a home invasion at an off-campus home. [Read More] |
| Apartment in ricin case searched |
| 14 hours ago - Associated Press |
| SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Authorities in hazardous materials suits searched a downtown Spokane apartment Saturday, investigating the recent discovery of a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin. [Read More] |
| Boy, 6, dies after kick from pony |
| 14 hours ago - Associated Press |
| Authorities say a 6-year-old boy died after he was kicked in the throat by a pony on a south-central Pennsylvania farm. [Read More] |
| Officer once hailed as hero faces charges |
| 14 hours ago - Associated Press |
| PHILADELPHIA — A former Philadelphia police officer once hailed as a hero and given a seat next to the first lady at a speech by President Obama has been arrested and charged with rape and other crimes. [Read More] |
| Man charged in tot's assault |
| 1 day ago - Indiana Gazette - HEATHER ROTH |
| A toddler remains in critical condition at Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh and his mother’s husband is charged with causing his injuries, Indiana County District Attorney Patrick Dougherty said this morning. [Read More] |
| POLICE LOG |
| 1 day ago - Indiana Gazette |
| John Bercik, no age reported, of Ford City, was arrested and held in the Indiana County Jail after he was found walking intoxicated on Seventh Street at Gompers Avenue around 10:46 p.m. Thursday, according to Indiana Borough police. [Read More] |
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| Gazette readers' birthdays, May 19 |
| 14 hours ago - Indiana Gazette |
| Be sure to wish a happy birthday when you see these Gazette readers today [Read More] |
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STUDENT OF THE MONTH: Matt Ryan |
| 1 day ago - Indiana Gazette | |
| Matt Ryan was recently named the Ligonier Valley High School Lion’s Club Student of the Month for April. [Read More] |
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STUDENT OF THE MONTH: Joshua Lamonde |
| 1 day ago - Indiana Gazette | |
| Joshua Lamonde was recently named the Ligonier Valley High School Rotary Club Student of the Month for April. [Read More] |
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STUDENT OF THE MONTH: Kassidy Wyman |
| 1 day ago - Indiana Gazette | |
| Kassidy Wyman was recently named the Ligonier Valley High School citizenship Student of the Month for April. [Read More] |
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STUDENT OF THE MONTH: Devon Martin |
| 1 day ago - Indiana Gazette | |
| Devon Martin was recently named the Ligonier Valley High School vocational Student of the Month for April. [Read More] |
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STUDENT OF THE MONTH: Heather McCreery |
| 1 day ago - Indiana Gazette | |
| Heather McCreery was recently named the Ligonier Valley High School academic Student of the Month for April. [Read More] |
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STUDENT OF THE MONTH: Jackie Berry |
| 1 day ago - Indiana Gazette | |
| Jackie Berry was recently named the Ligonier Valley High School athletic Student of the Month for April. [Read More] |
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STUDENT OF THE MONTH: Madison McLaughlin |
| 1 day ago - Indiana Gazette | |
| Madison McLaughlin was recently named the Ligonier Valley High School athletic Student of the Month for April. [Read More] |
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STUDENT OF THE MONTH: Ty Ferlin |
| 1 day ago - Indiana Gazette | |
| Ty Ferlin was recently named the Ligonier Valley High School athletic Student of the Month for April. [Read More] |
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STUDENT OF THE MONTH: Dylan Jackman |
| 1 day ago - Indiana Gazette | |
| Dylan Jackman was recently named the Ligonier Valley High School Athletic Student of the Month for April. [Read More] |
All World News
| ANALYSIS: IRS investigation ignored big donors |
| 14 hours ago - Associated Press |
| There’s an irony in the Internal Revenue Service’s crackdown on conservative groups. [Read More] |
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Safety trumping vision of towers |
| 14 hours ago - Associated Press | |
| The wreckage had not been cleared from ground zero when planners and neighbors began imagining how the devastation of 9/11 could be redeemed — in some way — by a new World Trade Center,. [Read More] |
| Many face uncertain financial future, report finds |
| 14 hours ago - Associated Press |
| A research report by the Pew Charitable Trusts says younger baby boomers and Generation Xers face an uncertain retirement because of reduced savings, high levels of debt, and losses during the Great Recession. [Read More] |
| Yahoo may soon acquire Tumblr, report says |
| 14 hours ago - Associated Press |
| yahoo may be on the verge of closing its biggest acquisition during the 10-month reign of CEO Marissa Mayer as she tries to attract more traffic and advertisers to the Internet company’s website and mobile applications. [Read More] |
| VIEWING HARRISBURG: Criticism flares around new tests |
| 14 hours ago - Associated Press |
| It seemed to hit the Capitol like a brick: a sudden groundswell of criticism over a move by Gov. Tom Corbett and the Pennsylvania State Board of Education to toughen academic achievement standards and tie them to graduation tests for the state’s public and charter school students. [Read More] |
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Incumbent-less race offers great opportunity |
| 14 hours ago - Associated Press | |
| Mayor Luke Ravenstahl’s decision not to seek re-election has given whoever succeeds him an opportunity to shine a national spotlight on a city that continues to reinvent itself as a post-industrial 21st century success story, say political experts and the leading candidates to replace him. [Read More] |
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Pope meets with Merkel at Vatican |
| 14 hours ago - Associated Press | |
| Pope Francis toured St. Peter’s Square to greet tens of thousands of people attending a rally of prayer, music and speeches Saturday, and he embraced the brother of a Pakistani politician who was assassinated in his country after calling for greater religious freedom for Christians there. [Read More] |
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Corbett gets cool reception at graduation |
| 14 hours ago - Associated Press | |
| MILLERSVILLE (AP) — Gov. Tom Corbett got a cool reception when he addressed a central Pennsylvania university’s graduating class. [Read More] |
| Officer once hailed as hero faces charges |
| 14 hours ago - Associated Press |
| PHILADELPHIA — A former Philadelphia police officer once hailed as a hero and given a seat next to the first lady at a speech by President Obama has been arrested and charged with rape and other crimes. [Read More] |
| Man sentenced in 1994 eastern Pennsylvania slaying |
| 14 hours ago - Associated Press |
| A man called one of the commonwealth’s 10-most-wanted fugitives has been sentenced to 10 to 20 years in prison in the stabbing death of a man during a game of dominoes nearly two decades ago in eastern Pennsylvania. [Read More] |
All Reader Letters and Gazette Editorials
| WALTER SCHROTH: 'A good steward of our resources' |
| 13 hours ago - Submitted |
| A letter Thursday concerning my voting record on the Indiana Area school board contained implied and factual errors. I would like to set that record straight. [Read More] |
| CLARABELLE BEIGHLEY: Let's not lose sight of reason for schools |
| 13 hours ago - Submitted |
| U.S. News and World Report earlier this month ranked the now-closed Elderton High School among the best high schools in the nation. The magazine ranked Elderton as 49th in the state and 1,501st nationally. [Read More] |
| WILMA WHITE: 'Angels' lend a hand |
| 13 hours ago - Submitted |
| My nephew was mowing the lawn for me recently when he accidentally put the lawn mower over the bank at the edge of our lawn. [Read More] |
| ROBERTO TURNBULL, M.D.: Are all marriages created equal? |
| 13 hours ago - Submitted |
| It seems to me that in all the ongoing discussion about marriage we are losing sight of the beauty, deeper meaning and purpose of this institution that has been the cornerstone of the family, our society and of Western civilization for the last 2,000 years. [Read More] |
| BILL SHUSTER: Americans fear Obamacare's impact |
| 14 hours ago - Submitted |
| As we approach the summer months, we get closer and closer to 2014 and the dreaded launch of Obamacare. We still face major uncertainty in how this massive takeover of health care will actually work. [Read More] |
| JANICE DEMBOSKY: Quote erroneously attributed to Franklin |
| 3 days ago - Submitted |
| In his May 1 letter, McClellan Blair doesn’t cite the source for the words he attributes to Ben Franklin because they are bogus (Popik, “Lunches with Wolves,” the fake quote by Franklin on democracy). [Read More] |
| CARLY (SCOTT) BAIRD: Cast votes for Effective Schools candidates |
| 3 days ago - Submitted |
| Having an elementary-age child in the Indiana Area School District, I will be voting for the school board candidates endorsed by Citizens for Effective Schools: ... [Read More] |
| THOMAS R. HARLEY: IASD board has shown strong leadership |
| 5 days ago - Submitted |
| Leadership: The board of IASD has exceptional leaders and I am pleased to be associated with them. [Read More] |
| BEVERLY KUNDLA: Confidentiality: It's a matter of respect |
| 5 days ago - Submitted |
| Confidentiality. It’s what some make every effort to practice; it’s what others never take into consideration. [Read More] |
| TIMOTHY KALUS: 2nd Amendments enumerates natural right |
| 1 week ago - Submitted |
| In response to the May 2 letter on “Sanity and the Second Amendment,” I offer the following: [Read More] |
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