Category Archives: Local News

TWO TAKEN TO HOSPITAL AFTER CHERRYHILL TOWNSHIP CRASH
Two people were taken to the hospital after a vehicle crash this morning in Cherryhill Township. Indiana County 911 reported that state police, Citizens' Ambulance and the Cherryhill Township fire dep...
Hometown2 Oct 27, 2021

PITTMAN: SCHOOL INTEGRATIONS MAY BE "DEFERRING DIFFICULT DECISIONS"
Chancellor Dan Greenstein appeared before a joint Senate Appropriation and Education committee hearing yesterday for a quarterly review of the State System of Higher Education Redesign, and said "Thin...
Hometown1 Oct 27, 2021

RIVER VALLEY SCHOOL BOARD MEETING ENDS AMID ARGUMENT BETWEEN CITIZENS AND BOARD MEMBERS
Tuesday night's River Valley School Board Meeting came to an end suddenly after the citizens in attendance started an argument with some of the board members in attendance. The issues at the center of...
Hometown2 Oct 26, 2021

THREE INDIANA GOVERNMENT ENTITIES AWARDED WALKWORKS GRANTS
The Wolf administration has announced the awarding of ten Walkworks grants to projects in six counties, with three of those projects in Indiana County. In a news release, it was announced that a $20,0...
Hometown2 Oct 26, 2021

BLAIRSVILLE POLICE ARREST FUGITIVE FROM WESTMORELAND COUNTY
Blairsville Borough Police have arrested a man wanted for charges in Westmoreland County on Monday. Police say that they were dispatched to the Sheetz on East Market Street for a report of a possible ...
Hometown2 Oct 26, 2021

TODAY IS LAST DAY FOR MAIL-IN BALLOT APPLICATION
Today is the last day to get your application in if you want a mail-in ballot for the upcoming general election. The deadline to register for a mail-in ballot is 5:00 today. Voters have two options to...
Hometown2 Oct 26, 2021

RIVER VALLEY MEETING TO DEAL WITH PRE-K COUNTS AGREEMENT
The River Valley School Board is set to meet tonight, and the board will look to approve a pre-K counts partnership agreement with ARIN Intermediate Unit 28. As part of the agreement, River Valley wil...
Hometown2 Oct 26, 2021

COVID-19 CONTINUES TO POP UP IN LOCAL SCHOOLS
Schools are continuing to deal with new cases of Covid-19 being discovered in students and staff. Indiana Area School District reported today one new case of Covid-19 in a student at the Senior High, ...
Hometown2 Oct 26, 2021

PRIEST WHO PLEADED NO CONTEST TO ABUSE ONCE SERVED IN INDIANA COUNTY
The priest who pleaded no contest yesterday to sexually assaulting an altar boy in Fayette County once served in Indiana County, and his abuse occurred just after he served in this area. 66-year-old A...
Hometown1 Oct 26, 2021

INDIANA SCHOOL BOARD APPROVES MEMO OF UNDERSTANDING FOR DUAL ENROLLMENT PROGRAM
On Monday night, the Indiana Area School Board voted to approve a memorandum of understanding between the district and the Indiana Area Education Association concerning dual enrollment. Director of Ed...
Hometown2 Oct 25, 2021












