Category Archives: Local News

COUNTY COMMISSIONERS DISCUSS VACCINATIONS DURING MEETING ON WEDNESDAY
The Indiana County Commissioners addressed the subject of vaccinations during their meeting Wednesday morning. During his Covid-19 update, Emergency Management Director Tom Stutzman said that coronavi...
Hometown2 Apr 28, 2021

PASSHE BOARD OF GOVERNORS APPROVES CONSOLIDATION PLAN
By a 17-2 margin, the board of Governors of the State System of Higher Education this morning voted to approve integration plans to bring six universities together into two groups. The approval this m...
Hometown2 Apr 28, 2021

POLICE REPORTS: TRESPASSING, CRASH
INDIANA BOROUGH POLICE Indiana Borough Police have charged an Indiana man with trespass, resisting arrest and other crimes for an incident on Monday night. Police say they were dispatched at 8:29 PM o...
Hometown2 Apr 28, 2021

STRUZZI INTRODUCES LEGISLATION CONCERNING STORM WATER MANAGEMENT
State Representative Jim Struzzi has introduced legislation that would change the way municipalities handle storm water management. House bills 1287 and 1288 would amend the Third Class Cities Code, B...
Hometown2 Apr 28, 2021

PITTMAN'S RGGI LEGISLATION PASSES HOUSE COMMITTEE VOTE
In Harrisburg yesterday, the Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Committee approved Senator Joe Pittman's bill that would require legislative approval of Governor Tom Wolf's proposal to have P...
Hometown1 Apr 28, 2021

SALTSBURG MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL CLOSURE DISCUSSION CONTINUES AT BLAIRSVILLE-SALTSBURG MEETING
At Tuesday night's Blairsville-Saltsburg School Board meeting, discussion continued on the closure of the Saltsburg Middle-High school, including what the next steps are going to be in the process, an...
Hometown2 Apr 27, 2021

INDIANA RADIO DJ, SPORTS BROADCASTER, TO RETIRE AFTER 49 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE
After 49 years on the air, a longtime voice of Indiana's radio airwaves will call it a career on Friday. Renda Broadcasting and Digital's Chuck Clark will retire on Friday after a career that has span...
Hometown2 Apr 27, 2021

INDIANA COUNTY DRUG TAKEBACK DAY MOST SUCCESSFUL IN LOCAL PROGRAM'S HISTORY
Indiana County saw a record collection on Saturday as part of National Drug Takeback Day. (From Left to Right: (L-R) Brenda L Kromer-Catanzaro (Pharmacy Manager), Haley Crownover (Drug & Alcohol C...
Hometown2 Apr 27, 2021

INDIANA COUNTY UNEMPLOYMENT RATE WENT DOWN SLIGHTLY IN MARCH
Indiana County's seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate went down slightly in March. The PA Department of Labor and Industry said that March's unemployment rate was 7.3 percent, down a tenth of a perce...
Hometown2 Apr 27, 2021

LONGTIME INDIANA COUNTY AUCTIONEER PASSES AWAY
A Brush Valley man known for being one of the top auctioneers in Pennsylvania passed away yesterday. Ralph Miller Stewart, best known to people as "Pete," was born in 1920 and went on to serve in the ...
Hometown2 Apr 27, 2021












