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Companies that drill for oil and natural gas on federal lands will be required to disclose publicly the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing operations, the Obama administration said Thursday. Full Story → |
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An Armagh man was flown to Memorial Medical Center after suffering serious injuries in a vehicle accident Thursday on Route 22 at Clyde Road, East Wheatfield Township, state police in Indiana reported. Indiana Gazette |
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By all rights, Chuck Zbur should’ve grown to detest the taste of ginger ale. Indiana Gazette - BOB FULTON |
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| IUP faces $5.8 million budget shortfall |
| 17 hours ago - Indiana Gazette |
| Indiana University of Pennsylvania President Dr. Michael Driscoll told the university’s Council of Trustees Thursday that IUP students face a possible 3 percent tuition increase from the State System of Higher Education’s Board of Governors in July. [Read More] |
| YMCA to promote summer reading |
| 17 hours ago - Indiana Gazette |
| The YMCA of Indiana County hopes to combat day campers’ summer learning loss with a new literacy initiative. [Read More] |
| Graduation information needed |
| 17 hours ago - Indiana Gazette |
| The Gazette will be publishing details of area high school baccalaureate and commencement services. [Read More] |
| INDIANA COUNTY: Commissioners loan $250,000 to Center Township farm |
| 17 hours ago - Indiana Gazette - RANDY WELLS |
| Noting that the Fabin Brothers Farm, in Center Township, reflects the continuing importance of agriculture in Indiana County’s economy, the county commissioners Wednesday approved a $250,000 loan from the Indiana County Revolving Loan Fund to help the farm expand its corn storage capacity. [Read More] |
| BILL HASTINGS' INSIDE INDIANA: Grads, walkers, decathlon, Hoge ... |
| 17 hours ago - Indiana Gazette - BILL HASTINGS |
| To whom it may concern — It's commencement time again at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where more than 1,900 students will graduate Saturday in two ceremonies at the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex. [Read More] |
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CANDIDATE: Thomas Campisano (Republican) |
| 2 days ago - Indiana Gazette | |
| Thomas Campisano is a deputy sheriff and firearms instructor at the Indiana County Sheriff’s office, and he said he hopes to add safety training to his responsibilities if elected tax collector. [Read More] |
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CANDIDATE: Denise Clawson (Republican) |
| 2 days ago - Indiana Gazette | |
| With a property value reassessment effort under way in the county, Denise Clawson said the tax collector will be the first person confused taxpayers speak to about the changes on their bills. [Read More] |
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CANDIDATE: Donna Cousins (Republican) |
| 2 days ago - Indiana Gazette | |
| Donna Cousins understands the importance of accurate records. [Read More] |
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CANDIDATE: Donna Cupp (Republican) |
| 2 days ago - Indiana Gazette | |
| Donna Cupp is the only candidate currently holding public office. An Indiana County auditor since 2011, she also served for four years as the White Township auditor and for 13 years on the Indiana County Board of Assessment Appeals. [Read More] |
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CANDIDATE: Barbara Levine (Democrat) |
| 2 days ago - Indiana Gazette | |
| Barbara Levine has experience in banking and at the county Tax Assessment Office, and currently works with revenue and tax collection for the Indiana County Treasurer’s office. [Read More] |
All Indiana Sports News
| HS BASEBALL ROUNDUP |
| 17 hours 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 |
| 17 hours 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 |
| 17 hours ago - Indiana Gazette - MATTHEW BURGLUND | |
| For most schools, it’s usually feast or famine at the WPIAL track and field championships. [Read More] |
| HS LACROSSE: Indiana exits playoffs |
| 17 hours ago - Indiana Gazette |
| LEETSDALE — Indiana bowed out of the WPIAL Division II lacrosse playoffs with a 15-9 loss at Quaker Valley on Thursday. [Read More] |
| IUP ROUNDUP: Dos Santos named IUP's sixth volleyball coach |
| 17 hours ago - Indiana Gazette |
| Aline dos Santos has been named the sixth head coach in the history of the IUP women’s volleyball program. She comes to IUP from the University of Akron, where she was the top assistant for the past five seasons. [Read More] |
| HS SOFTBALL ROUNDUP: Marion Center bumped out of playoffs |
| 17 hours ago - Indiana Gazette |
| Marion Center gave up three runs over the final two innings and fell out of the District 6 Class AA softball playoffs with a 4-3 loss to Mount Union in a first-round game Thursday afternoon in Marion Center. [Read More] |
| SANDLOT BASEBALL: Trimble, Indies win in shutout |
| 17 hours ago - Indiana Gazette |
| Amfire Mining pitcher Troy Trimble fired a two-hitter, and the Indies broke open a close game in the fifth inning and blanked Trendy Trades, 4-0, in an Indiana County League baseball game Thursday at Keystone Rehab Field. [Read More] |
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INDIANA COUNTY SPORTS HALL OF FAME: Veteran Hess harvests success |
| 2 days ago - Indiana Gazette | |
| If it takes a village to raise successful swimmers, Mark Hess is the mayor of one of those villages right here in Indiana. [Read More] |
| United's Mytrysak knew it was time to go |
| 2 days ago - Indiana Gazette - CARLY THOMAS |
| For the past 25 years, Greg Mytrysak has closed the swimming pool at his Brush Valley home on Labor Day. [Read More] |
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SIGNING ON AT IUP |
| 2 days ago - Indiana Gazette | |
| Mackenzie Livingston, a senior at Blairsville High School, has signed a letter of intent to play basketball at IUP. [Read More] |
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| Men charged with making false reports |
| 17 hours ago - Indiana Gazette |
| Two men who told police they were victims of an armed carjacking on May 2 created the story after a hit-and-run vehicle accident on Route 422 in White Township, state police in Indiana reported. [Read More] |
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COOLING UNIT FIRE |
| 17 hours ago - Indiana Gazette - TOM PEEL | |
| A compressor on a cooling unit at Hills of Home Farms in Rayne Township exploded Thursday morning, catching the roof of the farm building on fire, Marion Center fire Chief Rich Lydic said. [Read More] |
| POLICE LOG |
| 17 hours ago - Indiana Gazette |
| State police in Indiana reported Jessyka Renteria, 19, of Clymer, received harassing text messages between 1:10 and 8:47 p.m. Wednesday at a residence on Sherman Street, according to police reports. [Read More] |
| ACCIDENTS |
| 17 hours ago - Indiana Gazette |
| Vehicles driven by Violet A. Luketic, 52, of Templeton, and Michael W. Behune, 42, of Home, collided at 6:26 p.m. Wednesday on Oakland Avenue at Plaza Road, state police in Indiana reported. [Read More] |
| Man accused in death of fetus |
| 17 hours ago - Associated Press |
| TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Federal authorities said the son of a Tampa-area fertility doctor is accused of tricking his girlfriend into taking an abortion drug to kill her unborn child. [Read More] |
| Girl, parents sue school, teachers |
| 17 hours ago - Associated Press |
| A 16-year-old girl and her parents have sued two school districts and two teachers — one of whom is serving four to eight years in prison for having sex with the girl after he was hired to direct a high school musical in a nearby district. [Read More] |
| Grandma gets jail in boy’s hog-tying |
| 17 hours ago - Associated Press |
| A central Pennsylvania woman will spend 60 days to two years in jail for hog-tying her 5-year-old grandson to a chair so she could go to a methadone clinic. [Read More] |
| Strip club, police spar over security |
| 17 hours ago - Associated Press |
| Attorneys for the Pittsburgh police and a downtown strip club have filed federal court arguments of a new policy banning city officers from working off-duty security details at such establishments. [Read More] |
| Ex-O.J. lawyer set to testify |
| 17 hours ago - Associated Press |
| LAS VEGAS (AP) — O.J. Simpson’s former lawyer has some explaining to do. [Read More] |
| Authorities following money to smugglers |
| 17 hours ago - Associated Press |
| A smuggling ring that made a fortune selling more than a million cartons of untaxed cigarettes in New York may have funneled some of the illicit proceeds to terrorist groups, authorities said Thursday. [Read More] |
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EAGLE SCOUT: Luke Hamilton |
| 17 hours ago - Submitted | |
| Luke William Hamilton, son of William and Tammy Hamilton, of Clymer, recently earned the Boy Scouts’ highest rank, Eagle Scout. [Read More] |
| Gazette readers' birthdays, May 17 |
| 17 hours ago - Indiana Gazette |
| Be sure to wish these Gazette readers a happy birthday when you see them today: [Read More] |
| HOSPITAL NOTES |
| 17 hours ago - Submitted |
| Indiana Regional Medical Center, May 16, 2013: [Read More] |
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1ST BIRTHDAY: Jacob Armstrong |
| 2 days ago - Submitted | |
| Jacob Gunner Armstrong, son of Vincent and Brenda Armstrong, of Marion Center, celebrated his first birthday on May 3, 2013. [Read More] |
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1ST BIRTHDAY: Ethan Horgan |
| 2 days ago - Submitted | |
| Ethan Paul Horgan celebrated his first birthday on March 28. [Read More] |
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1ST BIRTHDAY: Brooklyn Humphrey |
| 2 days ago - Submitted | |
| Brooklyn Paige Humphrey, daughter of Amy and T.J. Humphrey, of Edgewater, Md., celebrated her first birthday on May 15. [Read More] |
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1ST BIRTHDAY: AnnaMaria Putt |
| 2 days ago - Submitted | |
| AnnaMaria Jean Putt turned 1 on May 14. She celebrated with a baby bird party held in her honor attended by friends and family. [Read More] |
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2ND BIRTHDAY: Harrison Lusby |
| 2 days ago - Submitted | |
| Harrison Edward Brewer, of Lusby, Md., celebrated his second birthday March 14. [Read More] |
| Gazette readers' birthdays, May 16 |
| 2 days ago - Indiana Gazette |
| Be sure to wish a happy birthday to these Gazette readers when you see them today: [Read More] |
| HOSPITAL NOTES |
| 2 days ago - Submitted |
| Indiana Regional Medical Center, May 15, 2013: [Read More] |
All World News
| California fuels Powerball jackpot |
| 17 hours ago - Associated Press |
| The numbers sum up the frenzy that has taken over the Golden State since it joined the madness over Powerball, which has seen its jackpot soar to $550 million for Saturday’s drawing. [Read More] |
| House panel to grill former IRS chief |
| 17 hours ago - Associated Press |
| Lawmakers are ready to question the ousted head of the Internal Revenue Service as Congress holds its first hearing on the tougher scrutiny the IRS gave tea party and other conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status. [Read More] |
| No pollution found from drilling in Arkansas |
| 17 hours ago - Associated Press |
| Hydraulic fracturing for natural gas hasn’t contaminated drinking water wells in Arkansas, according to a new study, but researchers said the geology there may be more of a natural barrier to pollution than in other areas where shale gas drilling takes place. [Read More] |
| NYC artist's secret photos raise privacy issues |
| 17 hours ago - Associated Press |
| In one photo, a woman is on all fours, presumably picking something up, her posterior pressed against a glass window. Another photo shows a couple in bathrobes, their feet touching beneath a table. And there is one of a man, in jeans and a T-shirt, lying on his side as he takes a nap. [Read More] |
| House advances student loan fix |
| 17 hours ago - Associated Press |
| The days of fixed-rate student loans could be coming to a close, with House Republicans on Thursday advancing a proposal that would link rates to financial markets. [Read More] |
| Justice Department faulted over terrorist identities |
| 17 hours ago - Associated Press |
| The government allowed “a small but significant number” of terrorists into America’s witness protection program and then failed to provide the names of some of them for a watch list that’s used to keep dangerous people off airline flights ... [Read More] |
| Man accused in death of fetus |
| 17 hours ago - Associated Press |
| TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Federal authorities said the son of a Tampa-area fertility doctor is accused of tricking his girlfriend into taking an abortion drug to kill her unborn child. [Read More] |
| Girl, parents sue school, teachers |
| 17 hours ago - Associated Press |
| A 16-year-old girl and her parents have sued two school districts and two teachers — one of whom is serving four to eight years in prison for having sex with the girl after he was hired to direct a high school musical in a nearby district. [Read More] |
| Grandma gets jail in boy’s hog-tying |
| 17 hours ago - Associated Press |
| A central Pennsylvania woman will spend 60 days to two years in jail for hog-tying her 5-year-old grandson to a chair so she could go to a methadone clinic. [Read More] |
| Strip club, police spar over security |
| 17 hours ago - Associated Press |
| Attorneys for the Pittsburgh police and a downtown strip club have filed federal court arguments of a new policy banning city officers from working off-duty security details at such establishments. [Read More] |
All Reader Letters and Gazette Editorials
| JANICE DEMBOSKY: Quote erroneously attributed to Franklin |
| 2 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 |
| 2 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 |
| 4 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 |
| 4 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 |
| 6 days ago - Submitted |
| In response to the May 2 letter on “Sanity and the Second Amendment,” I offer the following: [Read More] |
| AMY OPLINGER: Racial discrimination still a problem |
| 6 days ago - Submitted |
| Racism: the elephant in the room no one wants to mention. [Read More] |
| IT'S HAPPENING HERE ... |
| 6 days ago - Submitted |
| All events in It’s Happening Here occur in Indiana unless otherwise noted. [Read More] |
| VERA BONNET: Democrat hopefuls bring unique skills |
| 1 week ago - Submitted |
| I would like to thank The Indiana Gazette for its excellent coverage of the countywide primary candidates. [Read More] |
| PATRICIA EVANKO: Levine endorsed |
| 1 week ago - Submitted |
| I offer my highest possible endorsement for Barbara Levine for White Township tax collector. [Read More] |
| LESLIE YOUNT: Effective Schools' candidates backed |
| 1 week ago - Submitted |
| Having children in the Indiana Area School District, I will be supporting the Citizens for Effective Schools-endorsed candidates for school board. These endorsed candidates of Doug Steve, John Uccellini, Deborah Clawson, Diana Paccapaniccia and John Barbor should be on everyone’s list to vote for. [Read More] |
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