Category Archives: Local News

LOCAL LEGISLATORS REACT TO EASING OF SOME COVID-19 RELATED RESTRICTIONS
Local legislators are reacting to Governor Wolf's announcement on Monday easing some of the gathering size restrictions and lifting travel restrictions related to Coronavirus. The changes announced ye...
Hometown2 Mar 02, 2021

INDIANA AREA REPORTS A NEW COVID-19 CASE
The Indiana Area School District reports a new case of covid-19 in a student at the high school. The student was last in the school on February 23rd. Superintendent Michael Vuckovich says the student ...
Hometown1 Mar 02, 2021

HEARING TODAY FOR CHARLES COOK'S ATTEMPT TO MODIFY SENTENCE
Senior Judge William Martin will preside over a hearing today on a post-sentence motion by Charles Cook, the 65-year-old drifter acquitted last October of the 1991 shooting death of Myrtle McGill of I...
Hometown1 Mar 02, 2021

INDIANA COUNTY MUNICIPALITIES TO RECEIVE $5.1 MILLION FOR ROADS
There will be fewer dollars coming for road maintenance for local boroughs and township across the commonwealth this year. PennDOT has announced the 2021 Liquid Fuels Tax allocations for every municip...
Hometown1 Mar 02, 2021

CENTER TOWNSHIP GETTING READY FOR WATER LINE PROJECT ON NEAL ROAD
Center Township Supervisors announced Monday night during their meeting that an upcoming project in the Neal Road area will result in some closures. Township Supervisors Chairman Dave "Butch" Smyers t...
Hometown2 Mar 01, 2021

GOVERNOR WOLF LIFTS COVID-RELATED TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS, REVISES CROWD LIMITS
Governor Tom Wolf announced this morning some changes to the state's Covid-19 restrictions, including those involving travel and gathering sizes. Those changes include: Eliminating out-of-state travel...
Hometown2 Mar 01, 2021

EMERGENCY CREWS BUSY ON SUNDAY, EARLY THIS MORNING
On top of the fire in East Mahoning Township, emergency crews had to deal with seven calls from early Sunday to this morning. The calls started at 12:04 AM, with the Armagh Fire Department dispatched ...
Hometown2 Mar 01, 2021

POLICE REPORTS: HARASSMENT, THEFT FROM CAR, SCAMS
PSP-INDIANA State police have charged an Indiana man with harassment with physical contact for an incident in mid-February. Troopers say on February 17th, the suspect, who was not named, was involved ...
Hometown2 Mar 01, 2021

WOLF ANNOUNCES PLAN FOR CHARTER SCHOOL REFORM
Many school districts in Indiana County have signed resolutions urging Pennsylvania government to enact some reforms concerning charter schools doing business in the state. That reform could happen in...
Hometown2 Mar 01, 2021

MOBILE HOME SAVED AFTER FIRE BREAKS OUT IN KITCHEN
Quick work by firefighters saved a mobile home last night in East Mahoning Township. Marion Center, Plumville, and Clymer firefighters were dispatched along with the Rapid Intervention Team just after...
Hometown1 Mar 01, 2021












