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Wildcats ride defense to first state playoff win in five years
CLARION — Whether the opponent was a traditional District 9 power or a pickup team of random players, Homer-Center was bound and determined to get a state playoff victory. Full Story → |
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IHS students display art at gallery |
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An opening reception was held Friday at Artists Hand Gallery on Philadelphia Street in Indiana, where the exhibit “Emphasis on IHS 2014 Senior Show” features works from students at Indiana Area Senior High School. |
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Malaysian airliner carrying 239 feared down in ocean |
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Vietnamese air force planes today spotted two large oil slicks close to where a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 went missing earlier in the day, the first sign that the aircraft carrying 239 people had crashed. |
| Music leaves some people flat, research team confirms |
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Everyone dislikes some kind of music, but are there people out there who don’t respond to musical pathos? |
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Daylight saving time nears |
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Daylight saving time arrives this weekend. |
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Seasonal tradition makes its return |
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| In a sure sign that spring is fast-approaching, The Meadows frozen custard store on Oakland Avenue in White Township opened Friday after being closed for the winter season. [Read More] |
| Farmer suffers burns in barn fire |
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| WAYNE TOWNSHIP — An Armstrong County farmer suffered burns to his hands and arms while freeing livestock from a barn that caught fire late Friday morning. [Read More] |
| MICHELE HUEY'S 'GOD, ME & A CUP OF TEA:' God is eternal |
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| There’s a scene in Macbeth in which Shakespeare, who wrote the play to get on the good side of King James I, uses an apparition of a line of eight kings, the last one holding a mirror, to imply that the family of James I would hold the throne forever. [Read More] |
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McCaulley to celebrate 40 years with church |
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| Pastor James McCaulley will celebrate 40 years with the Bible Baptist Church, Route 286 between Indiana and Clymer, on March 16. A special celebration will be held at the church ... [Read More] |
| AREA CHURCH SERVICES |
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| Indiana County area churches are grouped by communities, which appear in alphabetical order: [Read More] |
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For one day, public urged to disconnect |
| 1 day ago - - ELLEN MATIS | |
| “Are you aware of how the computer makes you feel?” [Read More] |
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CAMPAIGN 2014: Jefferson County commissioner joins race for 66th District |
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| Jefferson County Commissioner Paul Corbin has announced that he will seek the Republican nomination for the 66th District in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. [Read More] |
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Paslay to perform at Indiana County Fair |
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| Eric Paslay is coming to Indiana to help celebrate the 152nd Indiana County Fair. [Read More] |
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BILL HASTINGS' 'INSIDE INDIANA:' Soup, hot yoga, Aaron, Jeff, Payne ... |
| 1 day ago - - BILL HASTINGS | |
| The annual Empty Bowl fundraiser is set for 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday at The Artists Hand Gallery on Philadelphia Street in Indiana. [Read More] |
| PennDOT to begin bridge work next week |
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| Work is scheduled to begin next week on the bridges carrying Route 119 North and South over East Pike in White Township. [Read More] |
All Indiana Sports News
| WPIAL champion Rebels prove too much for Bobcats |
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| BRIDGEVILLE — Blairsville knew it was going to have its hands full Friday night against WPIAL champion Seton-La Salle, but the Bobcats could only imagine how tough they were actually going to have it. [Read More] |
| HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING: Phillippi's hopes of repeating dashed on Day 2 of PIAA Championships |
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| HERSHEY — Plenty of returning champions in the 77-year history of the PIAA wrestling tournament have folded after suffering unexpected early losses. [Read More] |
| HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING: Doak, Oliver remain in medal hunt after Day 2 of PIAA Championships |
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| HERSHEY — For Heritage Conference stalwarts Drew Doak, Scott Thompson and Tyler Oliver, Day 2 of the PIAA Class AA wrestling championships sadly ended the way it started, with three disappointing losses. [Read More] |
| YOUTH SWIMMING: Piranhas win, set multiple records |
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| YMCA of Indiana County Piranhas swimmers set multiple team records and earned bids to move on to the next level of competition in recent postseason events. [Read More] |
| IUP BASEBALL: Crimson Hawks alter weekend schedule |
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| For the second weekend in a row, the IUP baseball team has altered its schedule, and the Crimson Hawks will play two doubleheaders in Maryland instead of Millersville as originally scheduled. [Read More] |
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IUP football players read to East Pike students |
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| Members of the IUP football team read books to students at East Pike Elementary School, in White Township, on Monday as part of read Across America Day. [Read More] |
| ON CAMPUS: Stapleton reaches 1,000 points in Juniata's playoff win |
| 1 day ago - - MATTHEW BURGLUND |
| Given another chance to score his 1,000th point, Kevin Stapleton didn’t let it pass him by. [Read More] |
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IUP BASKETBALL: Hawks place three on All-PSAC West team |
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| Three IUP basketball players earned All-Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference West Division honors. Mathis Keita and Marcel Souberbielle were named to the first team, and Devante Chance made the second team. [Read More] |
| Indiana girls win PAHL title |
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| The Indiana Youth Hockey Association’s U14 girls’ team staged a four-goal third-period rally to claim the Pennsylvania Amateur Hockey League championship with a 6-4 victory over Morgantown in Sunday’s title game at S&T Bank Arena. [Read More] |
| HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING: Derry's Phillippi rolls along at PIAA championships |
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| HERSHEY — Micky Phillippi did as expected and easily handled his preliminary-round opponent on Day 1 of the PIAA Class AA Wrestling Championships on Thursday at the Giant Center. [Read More] |
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| Man takes gun, threatens suicide |
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| A 19-year-old Creekside man stole a rifle and ammunition from a Washington Township home on Thursday and pedaled a bicycle to another home a few miles away, where he threatened to take his own life, according to state police in Indiana. [Read More] |
| Farmer suffers burns in barn fire |
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| WAYNE TOWNSHIP — An Armstrong County farmer suffered burns to his hands and arms while freeing livestock from a barn that caught fire late Friday morning. [Read More] |
| Indiana County task force sets DUI patrols |
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| The Indiana County DUI Task Force has advised motorists that it will be conducting sobriety checkpoints and drunken-driving patrols during March. [Read More] |
| POLICE LOG |
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| Blake Anderson Thompson, 25, of Indiana, was cited with public drunkenness early this morning, according to borough police. [Read More] |
| Men sentenced for bogus 9/11 charity |
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| TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) — A judge in New Jersey has sentenced two men for operating a bogus 9/11 charity in which they sold T-shirts with the logos of the New York City police and fire departments out of a custom-painted pickup truck. [Read More] |
| Fort Hood soldier charged in prostitution case |
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| FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — A Fort Hood sergeant who was a coordinator of the post’s sexual assault and harassment prevention program faces multiple charges after he was accused of setting up a prostitution ring involving cash-strapped female soldiers. [Read More] |
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'Crazy' mom to go before judge |
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| ORLANDO, Fla. — A pregnant South Carolina woman pointed to the ocean, locked the doors and rolled up the windows, telling her three children she was “trying to take them to a better place” as she drove her minivan into the surf, authorities said. [Read More] |
| Charges upgraded in deadly shooting |
| 1 day ago - - CHAUNCEY ROSS |
| GREENSBURG — An Indiana County man, jailed since early December on charges that he shot his girlfriend in her home in Derry Township, has now been charged with homicide in her death. [Read More] |
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Dorm fire quickly quelled |
| 1 day ago - - CHAUNCEY ROSS | |
| Police and firefighters quickly snuffed out a smoky fire Thursday evening in an Indiana University of Pennsylvania residence hall, and the cause of the incident remains under investigation, officials said this morning. [Read More] |
| POLICE LOG |
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| Ryan Radovic, 20, of West Mifflin, Allegheny County, was charged Tuesday by Indiana Borough police with a felony count of possession with intent to deliver 1.9 ounces of marijuana ... [Read More] |
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SENIOR OF THE MONTH: Courtney Taylor |
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| Courtney Taylor has been named the Kiwanis Club Outstanding Indiana County Technology Center Senior of the Month for March. [Read More] |
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SENIOR OF THE MONTH: Briana Watt |
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| The Kiwanis Club recently named Briana Watt as the Blairsville High School Senior of the Month for March. [Read More] |
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BOY OF THE MONTH: Jordan Hudzicki |
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| The Indiana Optimist Club has selected Jordan Hudzicki as its March Boy of the Month, the 675th selected since the program began. [Read More] |
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SENIOR OF THE MONTH: Abby Plowcha |
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| The Homer City Kiwanis Club has named Abby Plowcha as the Homer-Center High School Senior of the Month for March. [Read More] |
| Gazette readers' birthdays, March 8 |
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| Be sure to wish these Gazette readers a happy birthday when you see them today: [Read More] |
| HOSPITAL NOTES |
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| Indiana Regional Medical Center, March 7, 2014: [Read More] |
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WEDDING: Paula Polenik and Michael Laverick |
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| Paula Leigh Polenik and Michael Heath Laverick were united in marriage on Saturday, Sept. 7, at 3 p.m. at Graystone Presbyterian Church in Indiana. [Read More] |
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ENGAGEMENT: Rebecca Coulter and Michael Usko |
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| Rebecca Coulter and Michael Usko, both of Blairsville, have announced their engagement. [Read More] |
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60TH ANNIVERSARY: Glen and Jean Mack George |
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| Glen and Jean Mack George celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary Thursday. They were married on March 6, 1954, at the Methodist Church in Armagh by the Rev. Dawson Hopson. [Read More] |
| Gazette readers' birthdays, March 7 |
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| Be sure to wish a happy birthday to these Gazette readers when you see them today ... [Read More] |
All World News
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Russian troops flood Crimea |
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| SEVASTOPOL, Ukraine — Russia today was reported to be reinforcing its military presence in Crimea as Moscow’s foreign minister ruled out any dialogue with Ukraine’s new authorities, whom he dismissed as puppets. [Read More] |
| Pizza 'scandal' isn't one in small town |
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| BOBTOWN — Critics are raging after an energy giant offered pizza coupons to a community near a natural gas well that exploded last month, killing a worker. [Read More] |
| Penn State applications to threaten record |
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| HERSHEY (AP) — Penn State University is on pace to receive a record number of applications. [Read More] |
| State jobless rate falls again, hiring flat in January |
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| HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate dropped in January to its lowest rate since 2008, although hiring remained flat, according to new figures released Friday. [Read More] |
| FBI investigates prison company |
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| BOISE, Idaho — The FBI has launched an investigation of the Corrections Corporation of America over the company’s running of an Idaho prison with a reputation so violent that inmates dubbed it “Gladiator School.” [Read More] |
| Men sentenced for bogus 9/11 charity |
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| TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) — A judge in New Jersey has sentenced two men for operating a bogus 9/11 charity in which they sold T-shirts with the logos of the New York City police and fire departments out of a custom-painted pickup truck. [Read More] |
| Officer says general assaulted her |
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| FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — Defense lawyers for an Amy general facing sexual assault charges say his accuser’s testimony gave them plenty to challenge as they prepare to cross-examine her. [Read More] |
| El Nino expected to affect weather across the nation |
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| WASHINGTON — Relief may be on the way for a weather-weary United States with the predicted warming of the central Pacific Ocean brewing this year that will likely change weather worldwide. But it won’t be for the better everywhere. [Read More] |
| Kansas court: Spend more on schools |
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| TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas must spend more money on its public schools, the state Supreme Court ruled Friday in a decision that could jeopardize Republican Gov. Sam Brownback’s desire to make his state a tax-cutting template for the nation. [Read More] |
| Fort Hood soldier charged in prostitution case |
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| FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — A Fort Hood sergeant who was a coordinator of the post’s sexual assault and harassment prevention program faces multiple charges after he was accused of setting up a prostitution ring involving cash-strapped female soldiers. [Read More] |
All Reader Letters and Gazette Editorials
| Letter to the Editor: Don't tax businesses for being successful |
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| In response to Tom Smith’s letter (“Don’t taxpayers already pay enough,” Feb. 12) and Josephine Cunningham’s reply (“Don’t misread lessons from history,” Feb. 21), I am one of those who has had quite enough of taxes. [Read More] |
| Letter to the Editor: Just vote no to divided government |
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| It’s not too early to think about the 2014 midterm election and the 2016 presidential election. The divided government we have now is not working for us because one party decided in 2008 that they would not participate in governing. [Read More] |
| Letter to the Editor: Dues deduction issue has been distorted |
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| There are currently two bills in the state Legislature that if passed would prohibit state employees from having their union dues deducted from their paychecks. [Read More] |
| Letter to the Editor: Indiana board AWOL in use of resources |
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| “This board has been absent without leave for the last several years.” This was said by a steel industry analyst about the accountability of the U.S. Steel Corp. board of directors, but it can also be said of the Indiana Area school board. [Read More] |
| Letter to the Editor: Gas drilled here, but not all can get it |
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| A paragraph in Robert Colgan’s Jan. 29 letter (“Leadership lacking on energy issues”) reignited a consideration I’ve had for some time. [Read More] |
| Letter to the Editor: United Way campaign chair offers thanks |
| 2 weeks ago - |
| I am absolutely overwhelmed with gratitude to this community for the support that you have shown to the United Way of Indiana County. It was wonderful to celebrate exceeding the 2013 goal for the campaign with donations of more than $737,170. [Read More] |
| Letter to the Editor: Don't misread lessons from history |
| 2 weeks ago - |
| Having recently read several letters to this editorial page, I was slightly amused by the lack of historical and factual insight within some of the missives. [Read More] |
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AS I SEE IT: A budget that speaks to our future |
| 3 weeks ago - | |
| The main message in the state budget I have presented is that Pennsylvania has turned a corner in its journey to prosperity and is now ready to hit full economic stride. [Read More] |
| Letter to the Editor: Key role of health/phys ed undervalued |
| 3 weeks ago - |
| I read with great interest Tuesday’s article concerning staffing levels in the Indiana Area School District. I was particularly interested in the case Patrick Snyder was making to the board for the prevention of staff reductions in health and physical education. [Read More] |
| Letter to the Editor: Ring of steel - the new reality |
| 3 weeks ago - |
| Did you catch this on the news? The new term for security at the Olympics in Russia is the ring of steel. [Read More] |
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