Category Archives: Local News

CITIZENS SAY "NO" TO ADDICTION TREATMENT FACILITY IN CENTER TOWNSHIP
Several citizens at a special town hall meeting in Coral last night voiced their opposition to a detox facility going in the former home of the Grapevine Restaurant. St. Michael's Sanctuary, LLC is pr...
Hometown2 Sep 09, 2021

GAS PRICES GO UP IN INDIANA COUNTY AND ACROSS THE STATE
While the average cost of a gallon of gas has held steady across the nation, the state and local averages have gone up. Triple-A reports that the national average cost for gas is now $3.18 a gallon. T...
Hometown2 Sep 09, 2021

INDIGO ANNOUNCES RE-DESIGNED AND NEW ROUTES
The Indiana County Transit Authority has announced three new routes that will begin next Monday, September 13th. Routes 2 and 3 are re-designed routes that will run Monday through Friday. The new Rout...
Hometown2 Sep 09, 2021

PENNS MANOR SCHOOL BOARD TO DISCUSS TAX ABATEMENT APPLICATION, DISTRICT POLICIES TONIGHT
The Penns Manor School Board will meet tonight and will have several items on the agenda. On the agenda for tonight's meeting is a vote to approve a tax abatement application for Danielle Vasbinder of...
Hometown2 Sep 09, 2021

COVID-19 NEWS FROM INDIANA, RIVER VALLEY, PURCHASE LINE
Covid-19 continues to vex area school districts, which are striving to maintain in-person instruction. Indiana Area reported a positive case in an employee at the Central Administration offices yester...
Hometown1 Sep 09, 2021

WHITE TOWNSHIP APPROVES USING ARP FUNDS TO PURCHASE PIPE FOR STORMWATER PROJECTS
On Wednesday afternoon, the White Township Supervisors approved using some of the township's American Rescue Plan funding to help out with some on-going storm water projects. The projects in question ...
Hometown2 Sep 08, 2021

EMA DIRECTOR SAYS COVID NUMBERS CONTINUE TO GET WORSE
During the Indiana County Commissioners meeting this morning, Indiana County's Emergency Management director said that Covid-19 numbers continue to get worse. Director Tom Stutzman reported that based...
Hometown2 Sep 08, 2021

STATE POLICE RELEASE RESULTS OF LABOR DAY DETAIL
State Police have released the statistics for the Labor Day driving period and it was a busy one for troopers in Troop A, which covers most of Indiana County. Over the four-day driving period, trooper...
Hometown2 Sep 08, 2021

FIRE DEPARTMENTS ASSISTING IN SEARCH OF SUSQUEHANNA RIVER
Fire departments from Indiana County helped with a search yesterday for a missing boater from Indiana County that has not been seen since Saturday. Rescue teams from Clymer, Commodore and Cherry Tree ...
Hometown2 Sep 08, 2021

MORE COVID-19 CASES REPORTED IN DISTRICT SCHOOLS
Indiana Area School District has reported two more cases of Covid-19 at their high school and another group of students that need to be quarantined. In a letter on the district website posted Tuesday,...
Hometown2 Sep 08, 2021












