Category Archives: Local News

FIVE FIRES REPORTED ON SUNDAY IN INDIANA COUNTY
UPDATE: Commodore fire officials confirmed on Sunday that one person was injured and flown by medical helicopter from the scene. One dog perished in the fire. No word yet on the cause of the fire, but...
Hometown2 Apr 05, 2021

SENTENCING HEARINGS SET FOR INDIANA COUNTY COURT TODAY
Several sentencing hearings are scheduled today in Indiana County Court, including one for a man charged in a stabbing incident in August of last year. Colt Snyder of Dayton, 20, will go before Presid...
Hometown2 Apr 05, 2021

FEDERAL RELIEF ACT SCHOOL FUNDING ALLOCATIONS DETAILED
The state Department of Education has released the school allocations from the federal government's $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan package. Pennsylvania's schools will receive almost $5 billion in...
Hometown1 Apr 05, 2021

RUNAWAY GIRL LOCATED
Concern turned to relief yesterday in northern Indiana County as a runaway girl was located and returned to her father. The man had driven to the state of Indiana Saturday to get his daughter and retu...
Hometown1 Apr 05, 2021

NO ONE INJURED IN TWO ACCIDENTS
State police have issued two accident reports. The first of them occurred Thursday night at 10:44 and involved a single vehicle on Newport Road near Rockway Lane in Black Lick Township. No one was inj...
Hometown1 Apr 04, 2021

POLICE INVESTIGATE ALLEGED SEXUAL ASSAULT
State police are investigating an indecent assault reported yesterday in White Township. A 22-year-old man said he was awakened by a sexual assault being perpetrated by a male friend at 12:32 AM. The ...
Hometown1 Apr 04, 2021

COUNTY FIREFIGHTER DISPATCHES INCLUDE BRUSH FIRES, LINES DOWN
Indiana County firefighters were dispatched to two brush fires yesterday. Commodore was sent to a fire along Cookport road in Green Township at 1:23 PM, and Iselin/West Lebanon was summoned for a fire...
Hometown1 Apr 04, 2021

GAME COMMISSION RELEASES DEER HARVEST REPORT
The state Game Commission has released its estimated deer harvest report for the 2020-21 season, and it shows an increase of about 12 percent more than last year's total. Pennsylvania's hunters took a...
Hometown1 Apr 04, 2021

PSP ARREST INDIANA MAN ON SUSPICION OF DUI
An Indiana man faces DUI charges for an incident on Route 119 in North Mahoning Township on March 30th. State police from Punxsutawney say that a 25-year-old Indiana man was pulled over on Route 119 N...
Hometown2 Apr 03, 2021

SOME COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS TO BE EASED TOMORROW
Some of the restrictions put in place to prevent the spread of Covid-19 will be eased starting tomorrow morning. Starting tomorrow, restaurants that self-certified with the state during the pandemic t...
Hometown2 Apr 03, 2021












