Category Archives: Local News

POWER OUTAGES REPORTED THROUGHOUT INDIANA COUNTY THIS MORNING
Many Indiana County residents are waking up in the middle of a power outage this morning. Penelec and REA energy are reporting multiple outages through Indiana County this morning. Those outages are a...
Hometown2 Feb 18, 2022

MISSING CHILD FOUND IN INDIANA COUNTY
On top of all the calls for utility lines down, fire crews were also out yesterday to help find a missing child. State police were alerted to a missing child situation around 5:45 PM. That's when Indi...
Hometown2 Feb 18, 2022

STATE POLICE CHARGE MAN IN ROAD RAGE INCIDENT IN KITTANNING
State police from the Kittanning Barracks have charged a man with disorderly conduct for a road-rage incident yesterday in Kittanning Borough. Troopers say they were dispatched at 4:46 PM on Thursday ...
Hometown2 Feb 18, 2022

FORMER INDIANA, NEW FLORENCE MAN SENTENCED FOR DRUG OFFENSES
A former New Florence man who was arrested on drug charges in 2020 was sentenced in federal court on Wednesday to five years in prison followed by four years of supervised release for possession with ...
Hometown1 Feb 18, 2022

HOMER-CENTER SCHOOL BOARD APPROVES 2022-2023 DISTRICT CALENDAR
At Thursday night's meeting, the Homer-Center School Board approved the district's 2022-2023 calendar. Unlike in past years, the district did not issue a survey to get the public's opinion on the dist...
Hometown2 Feb 17, 2022

UNITED WAY SURPASSES GOAL IN 90TH ANNUAL FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN
The United Way of Indiana County wrapped up their 90th annual fundraising campaign and once again it was a rousing success. Earlier today, co-chairs Amanda Augustine and Annie Rizzo announced that the...
Hometown2 Feb 17, 2022

SIX FIRE COMPANIES DISPATCHED WEDNESDAY FOR BRUSH FIRE
Six fire companies were called out to deal with only the second brush fire of the year yesterday. The call first went out at 10:39 AM, according to Indiana County 911, with Black Lick and Blairsville ...
Hometown2 Feb 17, 2022

PRELIMINARY HEARING SCHEDULED FOR BLAIRSVILLE MAN CHARGED WITH SIMPLE ASSAULT, HARASSMENT
Preliminary hearings are scheduled for today in Indiana County's district courts. One of those hearings will be for a Blairsville man charged with simple assault and harassment. Court Documents say th...
Hometown2 Feb 17, 2022

FLU CASES REMAIN STEADY OVER THE LAST WEEK
The pace of flu cases in Pennsylvania and Indiana County held steady over the last week. A total of 1,431 new flu cases were reported over the last week, bringing the total number of lab-confirmed cas...
Hometown2 Feb 17, 2022

"GRANDPARENT SCAM" PLAGUES THE REGION
Western Pennsylvania has been plagued by scammers over the past several months, and state police at the Indiana barracks have fielded at least a dozen calls in recent days about the oft-reported "gran...
Hometown1 Feb 17, 2022

Konnor Griffin
Konnor Griffin is a Bucco! Are you going to go watch him play?
You bet! He's going to put them in the playoffs!
Sure will, but he's not going to make them much better.
Maybe a few games, but he's going to struggle.
Nope! The Pirates have been too bad for too long.
Voting Ends: Apr 14, 2026 | 12:00 PM











