Category Archives: Local News

TWO COUNTY DISTRICTS REPORT NEW COVID CASES
There was a little more covid-19 activity yesterday for Indiana County's school districts. Indiana Area reported three more cases, all of which occurred over the holiday break and none of which apply ...
Hometown1 Jan 07, 2021

BLAIRSVILLE-SALTSBURG TO BRING BACK STUDENTS NEXT WEEK IN TWO FORMATS
At a special meeting on Wednesday, the Blairsville-Saltsburg School Board approved returning students to campus starting next Monday in two different formats. Elementary students will attend four days...
Hometown2 Jan 06, 2021

POLICE LOOKING FOR SUSPECT IN TOOL THEFT FROM LOWE'S IN DECEMBER
State police are looking to the public to help them find a person suspected of stealing tools from a hardware store in December. Police say the thefts happened on December 6th and 8th at the Lowe's on...
Hometown2 Jan 06, 2021

PA SENATE SWEARING-IN CEREMONIES DISRUPTED OVER DISPUTED ELECTION RESULTS FOR 45TH DISTRICT SEAT
Swearing-in ceremonies were held yesterday in the PA Senate, but those ceremonies were disrupted over the seating of a senator in the 45th district. Republican Senators yesterday refused to seat Democ...
Hometown2 Jan 06, 2021

TWO BUSINESSES IN INDIANA ANNOUNCE THEIR CLOSURES
Two businesses in Indiana Borough will be closing their doors soon. In a statement on their Facebook page, local computer repair business Re-Connected announced their last day of business will be Satu...
Hometown2 Jan 06, 2021

IUP RECEIVES $30,000 "IT'S ON US PA" GRANT
On Monday, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf announced 37 colleges and universities across the state will receive grant money from the "It's On Us PA" program, and that includes IUP. The program is meant...
Hometown2 Jan 06, 2021

INDIANA AREA REPORTS POSITIVE COVID CASES, BUT NO CHANGES IN SCHOOL PLANS
Indiana Area School Superintendent Mike Vuckovich says the district has been notified of eleven positive, presumed positive, and/or symptomatic coronavirus cases. However, all of them took place over ...
Hometown1 Jan 06, 2021

MAYOR HOOD ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT DURING INDIANA BOROUGH COUNCIL MEETING
During Tuesday night's Indiana Borough Council Agenda Prep Session, George Hood announced he is stepping down as Mayor of Indiana Borough. Hood said that he had been dealing with several medical probl...
Hometown2 Jan 05, 2021

IUP ANNOUNCES SPRING SEMESTER START UPDATE
IUP issued a spring semester update, announcing to students that classes for the spring semester will begin on Tuesday, January 19, via remote instruction. In-person instruction for classes scheduled ...
Renda Media Jan 05, 2021

STATE POLICE LOOKING FOR SUSHI THIEF
State police are asking the public to identify a thief with an appetite that stole food from an Indiana grocery store last month. Police say on December 19th, an unknown suspect went into the Indiana ...
Hometown2 Jan 05, 2021












