Category Archives: Local News

STRUZZI CRAFTING SPORTS BROADCASTING BILL
State representative Jim Struzzi is crafting a bill that would give visiting high school teams and their local broadcasters the same rights to broadcast or stream play-by-play coverage as the home tea...
Hometown2 Sep 04, 2021

MARION CENTER SCHOOL BOARD DISCUSSES MASK MADATE DURING PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING
On Friday night, the Marion Center School Board held an informational meeting concerning the recent masking mandates made by the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Many parents during the meeting spok...
Hometown2 Sep 03, 2021

STATE POLICE CONTINUE SEARCH FOR WANTED ERNEST MAN
From Pennsylvania State Police Troopers are continuing to search for an Ernest man wanted for drug delivery resulting in death. Andrew Kirk Rankin, 33, was charged September 1 with felony counts of dr...
Renda Media Sep 03, 2021

TWO CRASHES REPORTED THIS MORNING IN SOUTHERN INDIANA COUNTY
No injuries were reported in a crash near the Jonnet Flea Market building this morning. Reports say that two coal trucks and a third vehicle were involved in the crash on Route 22 in the Blairsville a...
Hometown2 Sep 03, 2021

STATE POLICE TO BE OUT IN FULL FORCE FOR LABOR DAY HOLIDAY
State police are going to be out in full force for the Labor Day weekend. Even though the Coronavirus pandemic is continuing across the nation, many are going to travel out for the unofficial end of s...
Hometown2 Sep 03, 2021

GAS PRICES GO UP AHEAD OF LABOR DAY HOLIDAY
As we go into Labor Day weekend, the average cost of a gallon of gas continues to go up across the country, across the state and in Indiana County as well. Triple-A reports that the average cost of a ...
Hometown2 Sep 03, 2021

TWO ARRESTED AS PART OF FOLLOW UP TO DRUG BUST IN LATE AUGUST
Two Indiana County residents were arrested as a follow up to a drug investigation in late August at a home in Washington Township. State police say that on August 21st, they served a search warrant on...
Hometown2 Sep 03, 2021

INDIANA FIRE DEPARTMENTS ON SCENE TO HELP WITH FIRE AT BAR IN AVONMORE
Fire departments from Indiana and Westmoreland Counties are on the scene of a fire at a bar in Avonmore. The fire was first reported at 2:05 this morning, according to Westmoreland County 911, as crew...
Hometown2 Sep 03, 2021

COUNTY'S SCHOOLS WILL FOLLOW MASK MANDATE DESPITE CONFUSING LANGUAGE
Indiana County's school districts will follow the indoor mask mandate starting on Tuesday, some reluctantly, but school district solicitors across the commonwealth are signaling that confusing languag...
Hometown1 Sep 03, 2021

WEST SHAMOKIN JR/SR HIGH TO GO VIRTUAL FOR REST OF THIS WEEK DUE TO COVID-19 CASES
One area school district has gone to virtual learning for today and tomorrow. West Shamokin School District in Rural Valley announced that it will use two virtual learning days to round out its week o...
Hometown2 Sep 02, 2021












