Category Archives: Local News

SCHOOL BELLS RING FOR ALL OF INDIANA COUNTY'S DISTRICTS
Indiana Area and River Valley welcome students to school today, becoming the final two Indiana County districts to open their academic year. Like the other five county-based districts, they will have ...
Hometown1 Aug 30, 2021

STRUZZI: BIG WEEK AHEAD IN HARRISBURG
State Representative Jim Struzzi says this will be "as key week in Harrisburg", with several important items on the agenda. On Wednesday, the Independent Regulatory Review Commission will hold a publi...
Hometown1 Aug 29, 2021

STORMS CAUSE TROUBLE IN INDIANA COUNTY
Heavy afternoon thunderstorms made for an active Saturday for Indiana County firefighters. The afternoon downpours produced flooding in Washington and Rayne townships. Indiana County 911 dispatched fi...
Hometown1 Aug 29, 2021

FINAL TWO SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO OPEN CLASSES ON MONDAY
With the start of the school year scheduled tomorrow in the remaining two Indiana County school districts not already in class, one of them - Indiana Area - has posted a lengthy document outlining cov...
Hometown1 Aug 29, 2021

MAN INVOLVED IN CHEVY CHASE ROBBERY, DRIVE-BY SHOOTING SENTENCED
On Friday, an Indiana man was ordered to serve seven year in state prison for multiple cases, including a drive-by shooting and a robbery in Chevy Chase. 21-year-old Thomas Lindsay III was sentenced t...
Hometown2 Aug 28, 2021

ONE INJURED IN CRASH IN WEST MAHONING TOWNSHIP
At least one person was hurt in a crash reported Friday evening in West Mahoning Township. Indiana County 911 says State Police, Citizens' Ambulance and the Dayton fire department was dispatched to Ba...
Hometown2 Aug 28, 2021

POLICE REPORTS: THEFT, DUI, UC SCAM
PSP-INDIANA Authorities are investigating a theft that happened in West Wheatfield Township on Friday. State police say that they were dispatched at 12:24 PM to a home on Mulligan Hill Road near New F...
Hometown2 Aug 28, 2021

STEELERS LOSE FINAL PRE-SEASON GAME AGAINST CAROLINA
The Steelers lost to the Carolina Panthers in the final pre-season game by a score of 34-9. Coach Mike Tomlin made the decision to rest many of his starters, and they went up against many of the start...
Hometown2 Aug 28, 2021

INDIANA COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT RECEIVES WATER DONATION FROM ANHEUSER-BUSCH
An Indiana County fire company was the recipient of some canned water from a national beer company. The Coal Run/McIntyre Fire Department announced on their Facebook page that they recently were honor...
Hometown2 Aug 27, 2021

INDIANA MAN DIES FROM INJURIES IN CRASH IN WHITE TOWNSHIP
An Indiana County man was pronounced dead from injuries he suffered in a crash with a tow truck on Wednesday. Reports say 82-year-old Ronald Shearer of Indiana was driving his pickup truck South on Ol...
Hometown2 Aug 27, 2021












