Category Archives: Local News

PA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS CHANGES VISITATION POLICY
The PA Dept. of Corrections has once again altered its visitation policy at state prisons due to the recent increase in coronavirus cases in Pennsylvania. Effective this Monday, in-person visitations ...
Hometown2 Aug 07, 2021

STEELERS WR JAMES WASHINGTON ASKS FOR TRADE
The Steelers are headed back to training camp today at Heinz Field after their win over the Dallas Cowboys on Thursday during the Hall of Fame game. But on top of practice today, fans will be looking ...
Hometown2 Aug 07, 2021

CONOR LAMB ANNOUNCES RUN FOR PA SENATE
Conor Lamb announced earlier today that he will run for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate seat currently occupied by republican Pat Toomey. Lamb, a Democratic member of the U.S. House, is ...
Hometown2 Aug 06, 2021

POLICE SEEK SUSPECT IN QUICK-CHANGE THEFT IN JUNE
State police are looking for someone who pulled off a quick-change scam at a gas station in Center Township back in June. Troopers say that between 6:19 and 6:29 PM on June 18th , the suspect went the...
Hometown2 Aug 06, 2021

PA HOUSE, SENATE REPUBLICANS SAY GOVERNORS OPIOID EMERGENCY DECLARATION NOT NEEDED
On the heels of Governor Wolf signing another emergency declaration extension concerning the opioid epidemic, Republican members of the State House and Senate said they are also renewing their commitm...
Hometown2 Aug 06, 2021

POLICE REPORTS: TERRORISTIC THREATS, SCAM REPORT
State police have charged a Shelocta man with threatening someone with a firearm in an incident on Wednesday. Troopers were dispatched at 7:22 PM on August 4th to a home in the 300 block of North Ridg...
Hometown2 Aug 06, 2021

FIRST RESPONDERS BUSY ON THURSDAY WITH MULTIPLE CALLS
UPDATE: Two people were hurt in a vehicle crash on Route 403 on Thursday. Pine Township Fire Captain Amy Muir said that one vehicle drifted into the opposite lane and sideswiped the other, resulting i...
Hometown2 Aug 06, 2021

ROBINSON MAN CHARGED WITH SEXUAL ASSAULT OF GIRL
An Indiana County man has been charged with sexually assaulting a young New Florence girl. State police in Greensburg on Monday filed nine felony offenses against 19-year-old Michael Troy Matson of Ro...
Hometown1 Aug 06, 2021

FIRST COMMONWEALTH BANK, KCAC UNVEIL NEW BOX OFFICE
First Commonwealth Bank and the Kovalchick Convention Athletic Complex have teamed up ahead of the busy fall events schedule, telling customers it's their time to be first... in line. On Thursday, Fir...
Renda Media Aug 05, 2021

BLAIRSVILLE MAN FACING DRUG-RELATED CHARGES SENTENCED TO SERVE PROBATION
A Blairsville man facing drug-related charges will avoid jail time following his sentencing hearing today in Indiana County's Court of Common Pleas. Court documents show that 31-year-old Tyler Balleng...
Renda Media Aug 05, 2021












