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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BURRELL TOWNSHIP — 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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PREAKNESS: Oxbow spoils Orb's bid |
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BALTIMORE — Right from the start, a horse trained by one not so over-the-hill Hall of Famer and ridden by another took control of the Preakness. The result: a huge upset and the end of any hopes for a Triple Crown attempt at the Belmont Stakes. Associated Press |
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Memorial cornerstone laid |
| 6 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] |
| WEEKLY DIGEST: Judge dismisses homicide charge |
| 7 hours ago - Indiana Gazette |
| Here is a look at the top stories of local interest published in The Indiana Gazette during the week of May 12-18. [Read More] |
| CARL KOLOGIE: Be sure to vote Tuesday |
| 7 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 |
| 7 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] |
| Indiana lawyers earn distinctions |
| 7 hours ago - Indiana Gazette |
| Super Lawyers magazine has again named Indiana attorney Jonathan Mack to its Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list. [Read More] |
| BOB LANKARD: Moving on from rejection |
| 7 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 |
| 7 hours ago - Indiana Gazette - TOM PEEL | |
| Work continues on a 224-unit housing complex that is being erected off Acorn Street in White Township, just north of the Copper Beech complex, which can be seen in this shot from the Regency Mall complex, looking west. [Read More] |
| Business briefs: Specialty Tires appoints director |
| 7 hours ago - Indiana Gazette |
| Specialty Tires of America has announced the appointment of Scott K. Junod as the director of racing for the company’s Race Tires America division. [Read More] |
| Garcia selected as IUP distinguished professor |
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| Victor Garcia has been selected as Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s 2013-14 Distinguished University Professor. [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] |
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GOLF: Hughes earns junior tour award |
| 6 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] |
| YOUTH LEGION: Clymer Legion holds on for win |
| 6 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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Luther Classic held May 10 |
| 6 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 |
| 6 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] |
| 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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| POLICE LOG |
| 6 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 |
| 6 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] |
| DISTRICT COURT DOCKET |
| 7 hours ago - Indiana Gazette |
| Two men have been charged with growing marijuana out of a Cherryhill Township trailer home last year. [Read More] |
| Boy, 6, dies after kick from pony |
| 7 hours ago - Associated Press |
| NEW HOLLAND (AP) — 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 |
| 7 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] |
| ACCIDENTS |
| 1 day ago - Indiana Gazette |
| A vehicle driven by Kimberly E. Clark, 26, of Clymer, crashed into a guardrail after the new tread of a recapped tire blew off around 10:20 a.m. Thursday, state police in Indiana reported. [Read More] |
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Michigan woman's tales of woe unraveling |
| 1 day ago - Associated Press | |
| LEXINGTON, Mich. — Carol Connell remembers well the gift she gave Sara Ylen, a friend seemingly forced to bear too much misery. Ylen, a Michigan mother of two young boys, said she was battling cancer just a few years after a man was convicted of her rape. [Read More] |
| Coffee run led to hitchhiker's arrest |
| 1 day ago - Associated Press |
| ELIZABETH, N.J. — Two cups of coffee ended life on the run for an Internet sensation known as Kai the hatchet-wielding hitchhiker. [Read More] |
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| Gazette readers' birthdays: May 19 |
| 7 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] |
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Incumbent-less race offers great opportunity |
| 6 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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Corbett gets cool reception at graduation |
| 6 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] |
| VIEWING HARRISBURG: Criticism flares around new tests |
| 6 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] |
| ANALYSIS: IRS investigation ignored big donors |
| 7 hours ago - Associated Press |
| WASHINGTON — There’s an irony in the Internal Revenue Service’s crackdown on conservative groups. [Read More] |
| Apartment in ricin case searched |
| 7 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] |
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Boston police, city to review response to bombings |
| 7 hours ago - Associated Press | |
| LOWELL, Mass. — Boston’s police department and mayor’s office will conduct twin reviews of the response to last month’s bombing of the Boston Marathon, police commissioner Ed Davis said Saturday. [Read More] |
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Safety trumping vision of towers |
| 7 hours ago - Associated Press | |
| NEW YORK — 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 |
| 7 hours ago - Indiana Gazette |
| NEW YORK — 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] |
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Vote imminent on Scouts' policy regarding gays |
| 7 hours ago - Associated Press | |
| With its ranks deeply divided, the Boy Scouts of America is asking its local leaders from across the country to decide whether its contentious membership policy should be overhauled so that openly gay boys can participate in Scout units. [Read More] |
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Pope meets with Merkel at Vatican |
| 7 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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| WALTER SCHROTH: 'A good steward of our resources' |
| 7 hours ago - Indiana Gazette |
| 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] |
| ROBERTO TURNBULL, M.D.: Are all marriages created equal? |
| 7 hours ago - Indiana Gazette |
| 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] |
| CLARABELLE BEIGHLEY: Let's not lose sight of reason for schools |
| 7 hours ago - Indiana Gazette |
| 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 |
| 7 hours ago - Indiana Gazette |
| 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] |
| BILL SHUSTER: Americans fear Obamacare's impact |
| 7 hours ago - Indiana Gazette |
| 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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