Category Archives: Local News

POWERBALL TO ADD THIRD DRAWING DAY LATER THIS MONTH
PA Lottery officials announced that one of the multi-state lottery games that the PA Lottery takes part in will soon have drawings three days a week. Powerball will start holding drawings on Monday be...
Hometown2 Aug 04, 2021

SAVE OUR SALTSBURG SCHOOLS TO UPDATE COMMUNITY ON LAWSUIT STATUS TONIGHT
There will be a town hall meeting tonight in Saltsburg concerning the future of the River Valley School District. The meeting will be held at 7:00 at the River Hall on Salt Street, and the topic will ...
Hometown2 Aug 04, 2021

HOMER CITY BOROUGH COUNCIL PASSES BURN ORDINANCE
On Tuesday, the Homer City Borough Council approved the new burning ordinance. The ordinance would ban burning in the borough outside of campfires or cooking fires. Plastic, rubber, leaves and grass w...
Hometown2 Aug 03, 2021

INDIANA BOROUGH POLICE CHIEF GIVES MID-YEAR REPORT
At Tuesday's Indiana Borough Council planning session, council received their mid-year report from Police Chief Justin Schawl. Schawl did note that in 2020, the number of calls for service did go up d...
Hometown2 Aug 03, 2021

DELAYS EXPECTED IN CUNNINGHAM CULVERTS CONSTRUCTION ZONE
Today and tomorrow, there will be some traffic delays in the area of the Cunningham Culverts project on Route 422. According to PennDOT, there will be brief traffic disruptions on 422 between the Poul...
Hometown2 Aug 03, 2021

SEEDS OF FAITH TO HOLD OPEN HOUSE TONIGHT, TOMORROW AT NEW LOCATION
The Seeds of Faith Christian Academy is holding an open house tonight and tomorrow for students entering grades preschool through 12th grade. After moving its location to the Creekside Washington Elem...
Renda Media Aug 03, 2021

INDIANA COUNTY SCHOOLS RANKED IN "MOST EQUITABLE" STUDY BY WALLETHUB
Wallethub has released its list of equitable school districts in Pennsylvania, and found that three Indiana County school districts are in the top 50. The study looks at where school funding is distri...
Hometown2 Aug 03, 2021

FIRST COMMONWEALTH TO HOLD HIRING EVENT NEXT WEEK
First Commonwealth Bank is holding its first in-person hiring event since the onset of Covid-19. The Indiana-based banking firm will hold a "hiring fest" from 3-7 PM on August 11th at 11 of its locati...
Hometown2 Aug 03, 2021

INDIANA COUNTY JOINS LIST OF "SUBSTANTIAL" COVID TRANSMISSION AREAS
Indiana County is one of 24 newly listed by the Centers for Disease Control yesterday as having "substantial" levels of transmission of covid-19, triggering a call - but not a mandate - that people we...
Hometown1 Aug 03, 2021

SPIRIT AIRLINES CANCELS FLIGHTS
UPDATE: The cancellations continue this morning for Spirit Airlines at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport and Pittsburgh International Airport. Reports say that as of this morning, there were cancelled fl...
Hometown1 Aug 03, 2021












