Category Archives: Local News

BROKEN STEAM PIPE SETS OFF FIRE ALARM AT IUP
No fire was reported, but the Indiana County HAZMAT team joined first responders as they responded to an incident at a building on IUP's campus. The call went out last night at 6:49 PM at a location o...
Hometown2 Jan 17, 2022

ACCUWEATHER SAYS SNOW NOT THE ONLY WORRY TODAY
The heavy snow yesterday into last night is causing roads to be slick this morning. The National Weather Service Winter Storm Warning remains in effect for Indiana County and surrounding areas until 1...
Hometown2 Jan 17, 2022

CLOSURES IN EFFECT FOR MLK JR. DAY
Today marks Martin Luther King Junior Day, a day to celebrate the life and work of the civil rights leader who championed equality for all regardless of race, color or creed, and was also a champion o...
Hometown2 Jan 17, 2022

INDIANA AREA COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS ELEMENTARY RECONFIGURATION
The Indiana Area School District Buildings, Grounds, & Transportation Committee will hold a virtual meeting tonight. The agenda includes deliberation on the elementary reconfiguration led b...
Hometown1 Jan 17, 2022

NO CHANGE IN FORECAST AS WINTER STORM NEARS THE AREA
If you were to place probabilities on the total accumulation AccuWeather predicts for the snowstorm coming later today, your best bet would be 6 to 10 inches. The weather service places that as a 58 p...
Hometown1 Jan 16, 2022

DEP SECRETARY DOES NOT INTEND TO ATTEND RGGI HEARING
The State Senate returns to Harrisburg this week and one of the items on the agenda is a meeting Tuesday of the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee to address what Chairman Senator Gen...
Hometown1 Jan 16, 2022

BUILDING DESTROYED, OTHERS DAMAGED IN KITTANNING FIRE
Fire crews were on the scene of a fire that destroyed a building in Kittaning early this morning. Reports say that the call went out at 1:00 for a building in the 1100 block of Orr Avenue. Witnesses s...
Hometown2 Jan 15, 2022

INDIANA BOROUGH POLICE WARNING OF PHONE AND TEXT SCAMS
Indiana Borough Police are warning people about a text-based scam that is making its way through the community. Police say on Friday, a resident of Indiana Borough received an official-looking text me...
Hometown2 Jan 15, 2022

EVENTS POSTPONED, CANCELLED IN ADVANCE OF SNOWSTORM
The following events have been either cancelled or rescheduled in advance of this Sunday's snowstorm: CANCELLED Indiana County Humane Society Bingo this Sunday at The Elks Lodge is canceled. Weather p...
Hometown2 Jan 15, 2022

FIRE COMPANIES BUSY WITH MULTIPLE CALLS
Fire companies were busy on Friday afternoon and evening for fires reported in both northern and southern Indiana County. The first fire was reported at 4:23 PM along Wynkopp Road in Rayne Township. I...
Hometown2 Jan 15, 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











