Category Archives: Local News

BLAIRSVILLE, INDIANA PULL OFF SOFTBALL UPSETS
WPIAL The Indiana girls shocked #2 seed Latrobe yesterday, 7-6 in the Class 5A playoffs as freshman Olivia Zimmerman cracked a two-run homer in the top of the 6th inning. Her sister, senior Sara Zimme...
Hometown1 May 19, 2021

BLAIRSVILLE-SALTSBURG SCHOOL BOARD TO MEET TONIGHT TO DISCUSS DISTRICT NAME, MASCOT
The Blairsville-Saltsburg School Board will hold a special virtual meeting tonight to discuss the future name of the district, the mascot and the new colors. On the proposed agenda published on the di...
Hometown2 May 19, 2021

MOTIONS HEARINGS TODAY FOR TWO SUSPECTS IN CARRIAGE HOUSE SHOOTING
A motions hearing is scheduled for today for two of the suspects in the fatal shooting at the Carriage House Apartments last October. 20-year-old Isaiah Moore of Philadelphia and 22-year-old Delmar Ch...
Hometown2 May 19, 2021

NEW COVID CASES AT PENNS MANOR, PURCHASE LINE
Covid-19 continues to be a problem for Indiana County's schools, with two districts reporting new cases yesterday. Penns Manor reported its third case in two days, this time involving an elementary sc...
Hometown1 May 19, 2021

INDIANA AREA TROUBLED AGAIN BY DECEPTIVE ELECTIONEERING
Even as yesterday's Primary election was in progress, the Indiana Area School District was compelled to issue another statement on seemingly deceptive practices by a slate of candidates for school boa...
Hometown1 May 19, 2021

FORCE, DOUGHERTY EARN NOMINATIONS FOR COMMON PLEAS COURT JUDGE
About 37 percent of Indiana County's voters turned in a ballot either by mail or at the polls on Tuesday for the 2021 primary election. One of the hotly contested local races was the race for the Coun...
Hometown2 May 18, 2021

POLICE CONTINUING EFFORTS TO IDENTIFY SUSPECTS, CAR USED IN RECENT STRING OF THEFTS
State police are continuing their efforts to identify three suspects and a vehicle involved in a series of thefts from unlocked vehicles that happened on May 15th in White Township. Police were dispat...
Hometown2 May 18, 2021

INDIANA BOROUGH COUNCIL GETTING READY TO RETURN TO IN-PERSON MEETINGS
Indiana Borough Council on Tuesday night discussed their much-anticipated return to in-person meetings at the borough building on 8th Street. As part of that return to in-person meetings, upgrades are...
Hometown2 May 18, 2021

WOMAN TO SERVE IN INDIANA COUNTY JAIL FOLLOWING REVOCATION HEARING
An Indiana woman was sentenced to serve in Indiana County Jail following a bond revocation hearing earlier today. President Judge Thomas Bianco sentenced 44-year-old Mary Elizabeth Sanders to serve 89...
Renda Media May 18, 2021

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, MUNICIPAL RACES, REFERENDUM QUESTIONS ON BALLOT FOR TODAY'S PRIMARY
Today is Election Day and there are several judicial, municipal and school board races on the ballot. One of the races is the Indiana School Board race which has 10 candidates that have cross-filed on...
Hometown2 May 18, 2021












