Blairsville News

A western Pennsylvania man has been killed by a car that fell on him when a jack slipped as he worked on the vehicle in his grandparents' driveway.

Jeff Himler can be reached via e-mail or at 724-459-6100, ext. 13. By Jeff Himler TRIBUNE-REVIEW NEWS SERVICE Sunday, November 22, 2009 By all accounts, Staff Sgt.

A Blairsville man has been killed by a car that fell on him when a jack slipped as he worked on the vehicle in his grandparents' driveway.

Gov. Ed Rendell ordered United States and Pennsylvania flags on state facilities in the Capitol Complex and in Indiana County to be flown at half-staff on Saturday to honor an Indiana County soldier killed in action in Afghanistan.

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A Blairsville man was killed Wednesday night when he was crushed by a car that fell on him in his grandmother's driveway in Jeannette, the Westmoreland County coroner said.

Decades after George McCurdy lost part of his hearing in World War II, he was burned while rescuing a fellow worker in a plant explosion.

Rough winter weather increases your risk of being in a car accident by 36 percent, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

State Sen. Don White has been appointed as the honorary chairman of the Indiana County Complete Count Committee.

Blairsville Borough Council last Friday rejected granting a conditional use to a Greensburg company which wanted to open an outpatient methadone clinic in an area of Rt.

Indiana County voters returned a familiar face to the courthouse Tuesday, electing Randy Degenkolb, a former county commissioner and auditor, to take over the role of prothonotary and clerk of courts.

A judge has rejected the appeal of a former state trooper serving life in prison for the slashing death of his live-in girlfriend's estranged husband in Indiana County.

Blairsville-Saltsburg School Board members Wednesday voted to research a proposal to consolidate the Blairsville and Saltsburg football programs, an idea that has been discussed in the past to save costs and build unity in a district where fan and larger community loyalties often are divided between the two school attendance areas.

Voters in several southern Indiana County communities will have a choice of nominees for their future municipal leaders when they report to Election Day polls on Tuesday.

Billions of your tax dollars have been pumped into the federal stimulus program, but where is that money really going? It's a program designed to stimulate the economy and create jobs.

The Salisbury Volunteer Fire Department responded to an overturned trailer loaded with 8 tons - 480 bales - of hay at 12:30 a.m. Tuesday.

Share + Oct 23, 2009 6:00 pm US/Eastern GREENSBURG Click to enlarge 1 of 1 Officials say 25-year-old David O'Conner, of Greensburg, was last seen Thursday morning around 10 p.m. by a neighbor.

When Bob Hoover addressed the Historical Society of the Blairsville Area at its September meeting, the group's president, Daunise Marshall, was astounded by the depth of the local memorabilia collection he displayed.

A proposal for bringing an outpatient methadone clinic for treatment of drug addiction to a non-residential area of town has passed muster with the borough planning commission but got mixed reactions at Tuesday's borough council meeting and ultimately was tabled by the latter panel.

The Indiana County commissioners have approved bids for work on a project that will expand the Blairsville Municipal Authority sewage treatment plant.