Category Archives: Local News

STATE POLICE INVESTIGATING METH LAB IN SMICKSBURG
State police are investigating a Smicksburg man suspected of manufacturing methamphetamine. Police say they were dispatched at 2:00 PM on Wednesday to 49 Hardship Drive in Smicksburg after receiving a...
Hometown2 May 20, 2021

POLICE RELEASE PHOTOS OF SUSPECTS IN THEFT AT SHEETZ ON ROUTE 22
Pennsylvania State Police are looking for someone who stole some liquor from a Sheetz in Burrell Township last March. Police say at 10:12 PM on March 3rd, two men went into the Sheetz on Route 22 in B...
Hometown2 May 20, 2021

POLICE LOOKING FOR VEHICLE INVOLVED IN TWO-COUNTY CHASE
Pennsylvania State Police were involved in a multi-county chase last night that ended just outside of Blairsville. Troopers from the Kiski Barracks say they received a "Be on the lookout" notice from ...
Hometown2 May 20, 2021

PA CRIMESTOPPERS OFFERING REWARD FOR INFO IN RECENT STRING OF THEFTS
PA Crimestoppers is offering a reward for information leading to the arrest of those involved in a series of thefts that includes the recent thefts from motor vehicles in White Township last Saturday....
Hometown2 May 20, 2021

JIMMY STEWART MUSEUM TO CELEBRATE NAMESAKE'S BIRTHDAY
Today marks the 113th birthday of Jimmy Stewart, the Indiana native who went on to have a legendary movie career, and the museum that bears his name will have a small celebration today. Traditionally,...
Hometown2 May 20, 2021

IRMC TO OFFER COVID VACCINE TONIGHT IN DOWNTOWN INDIANA
The Indiana Regional Medical Center makes another foray into an alternative venue for distributing the covid-19 vaccine tonight. After visiting the Chevy Chase Community Center last week, IRMC will se...
Hometown1 May 20, 2021

HOMER-CENTER BOARD TO CONSIDER 2021-22 BUDGET
The Homer-Center School Board meets tonight with an agenda loaded with agreements and contracts for services in the 2021-22 school year. Two of the more significant items on the agenda are the approva...
Hometown1 May 20, 2021

BLAIRSVILLE-SALTSBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT TO BECOME RIVER VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT
During a special meeting Wednesday night, the Blairsville-Saltsburg School Board approved a new name for the district and a new name for the district's teams. The board authorized the administration t...
Hometown2 May 19, 2021

STRUZZI, PITTMAN TAKE PART IN ANTI-RGGI RALLY IN PITTSBURGH
Earlier today, several union leaders and members of state government met for a rally in Pittsburgh to protest Governor Wolf's actions to force Pennsylvania to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiati...
Hometown2 May 19, 2021

PORTION OF PHILADELPHIA STREET TO BE PAVED NEXT WEEK
PennDOT has announced that there will be some roadwork on a portion of Philadelphia Street starting next week. Beginning at 7:00 AM on May 24th and going through May 27th, PennDOT road crews will resu...
Hometown2 May 19, 2021












