Category Archives: Local News

TWO PLEA COURT HEARINGS SET FOR TODAY IN INDIANA COUNTY COURT
A man accused of trying to shoplift from the Walmart stores in Indiana County will go before Indiana County Senior Judge William Martin to enter pleas today. 41-year-old Thomas Earl Kearney is charged...
Hometown2 Oct 07, 2021

PENNS MANOR SCHOOL BOARD TO ELECT NEW MEMBER TONIGHT
The Penns Manor School Board will hold a special voting meeting tonight and will look to select a new board member to take over for a member who resigned last month. The special meeting will be held p...
Hometown2 Oct 07, 2021

INDIANA BOROUGH POLICE RELEASE IMAGES OF SUSPECTS IN ARMED ROBBERY
Indiana Borough Police have released five surveillance video images of the suspects believed to have been involved in the armed robbery of a vehicle Sunday night at 220 West Avenue, and they are askin...
Hometown1 Oct 07, 2021

HILTON GARDEN INN NAMES NEW GENERAL MANAGER
The Hilton Garden Inn Indiana at IUP has some new management. Hospitality Asset Management Company, the company that manages the Hilton Garden Inn along with several other properties in Pennsylvania, ...
Hometown2 Oct 06, 2021

THREE SCHOOLS REPORT NEW CASES OF COVID-19
More cases of Covid-19 were reported at three area school districts. Indiana School District reported Tuesday three new cases. One of them was at East Pike Elementary and the other two were at the Sen...
Hometown2 Oct 06, 2021

POLICE REPORTS: ASSAULT, BURNING T-SHIRT
PSP-INDIANA State police arrested one person on assault charges for an incident late Monday night in White Township. Troopers say they were dispatched to a home along Route 110 for a domestic incident...
Hometown2 Oct 06, 2021

PRELIMINARY HEARING TODAY FOR MAN ACCUSED OF FLEEING BLAIRSVILLE POLICE
A man who lead Blairsville police on a chase in Blairsville in late August is due in court today for a preliminary hearing. 32-year-old Paul Eckenrode IV of Blairsville will go before District Judge R...
Hometown2 Oct 06, 2021

FOUR BRIDGES REDEDICATED IN HONOR OF INDIANA COUNTY HEROES
At a ceremony yesterday at Yellow Creek State Park, four bridges were renamed in honor of Indiana County residents who died in the service of their country. The former Buena Vista Bridge on Route 56 n...
Hometown1 Oct 06, 2021

ADDICTION RECOVERY PROGRAM NETS $700,000 GRANT
A non-profit substance abuse service which has a presence in Indiana County will share in more than $12 million in federal grants being administered by the state Department of Drug and Alcohol Program...
Hometown1 Oct 06, 2021

HOMER CITY COUNCIL TO APPLY FOR GRANT FOR BLIGHTED PROPERTY
On Tuesday night, the Homer City Borough Council approved starting the application process for some grants to help with blighted property reclamation. Borough Council President Ken Cecconi said that t...
Hometown2 Oct 05, 2021












