Category Archives: Local News

POWERBALL, MEGA MILLIONS JACKPOTS SKYROCKETING
If you bought a ticket for last night's Powerball drawing, you didn't win. But no one else did either. Both Powerball and the Mega Millions multi-state lottery games have gone without someone hitting ...
Hometown2 Sep 21, 2021

NEW COVID-19 CASES AT INDIANA COUNTY SCHOOLS
Three Indiana County school districts report new covid-19 cases today. Indiana Area reports a new case in a student at East Pike Elementary School. Eleven other students are in quarantine as a result....
Hometown1 Sep 21, 2021

BRIDGE DECK REPAIR, PAVING TO GO ON THIS WEEK IN CENTER TOWNSHIP
Drivers in Center Township will be seeing some detours and disruptions in traffic as some road work projects get underway this week. According to Township Supervisors Chairman Dave Smyers, Long Road t...
Hometown2 Sep 20, 2021

SENTENCINGS, JURY SELECTIONS SET FOR INDIANA COUNTY COURT TODAY
Several sentencing hearings are set for Indiana County Court today, including four for an Indiana man charged with multiple drug- and theft-related crimes. 36-year-old Justin David Jones of Indiana is...
Hometown2 Sep 20, 2021

GAS PRICE AVERAGES CONTINUE TO INCREASE
Gas prices across the nation and the state continue to go up, on average. The current national average is $3.19 a gallon, which represents a two-cent increase over last week at this time. The increase...
Hometown2 Sep 20, 2021

MARION CENTER BOARD TO DISCUSS SUBSTITUTE TEACHER ISSUES
Finding people to work is an increasingly troublesome task for employers, and school districts across the region continue to struggle to find substitute teachers. The Marion Center School Board will t...
Hometown1 Sep 20, 2021

DAYTON AREA WOMAN DIES IN HOUSE FIRE
An Armstrong County woman died yesterday morning in a house fire. Coroner Brian Myers says the body of 69-year-old Beverly Jo Rummel of Dayton was found inside a side door of her home along Rabbit Hol...
Hometown1 Sep 20, 2021

POLICE SEARCH FOR STOLEN ATV
Police in both Armstrong and Indiana counties are looking for an ATV that was stolen between Wednesday and Thursday of last week in the Apollo area. Kiski Township police say the lime green "Wildcat" ...
Hometown1 Sep 19, 2021

911 REPORTS: ACCIDENTS, SMOKE
Indiana County 911 dispatched firefighters for two accidents on Saturday night. At 11:14 PM, Marion Center firefighters were sent to an accident on Potts Road in East Mahoning Township. The fire depar...
Hometown1 Sep 19, 2021

FIREFIGHTERS TO RAISE FUNDS THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY
Another sign of the times in which we are living today from the Marion Center Fire Department, which says that because of the high volume of scammers victimizing people in the area, its annual fundrai...
Hometown1 Sep 19, 2021












