Category Archives: Local News

MARION CENTER TO EXPAND IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION
Starting tomorrow, the Marion Center School District will transition students in grades 7 through 12 back to the school campus on a four-day per week schedule, with in-person instruction Monday throug...
Hometown1 Feb 28, 2021

HOUSE BUDGET HEARINGS NEAR FINAL STAGES
The State House Appropriations Committee will wrap up its budget hearings this week, and the Senate will begin their hearings on Monday, March 8th. The Monday session for the House committee this week...
Hometown1 Feb 28, 2021

PA SCHOOL STANDARDIZED TESTS DELAYED UNTIL FALL
The Pennsylvania Department of Education has announced that federally-required standardized academic achievement and English learner proficiency tests have been delayed until the fall semester. The no...
Hometown2 Feb 27, 2021

SENTENCINGS HELD FOR FREDERICK MORAN ON FRIDAY
A Shelocta man was sentenced in two drug-related cases in Indiana County Court on Friday. 30-year-old Frederick J. Moran was ordered to serve probation for one year for each count of misdemeanor posse...
Hometown2 Feb 27, 2021

U.S. ATTORNEY SCOTT BRADY TO RESIGN
The U.S. Attorney for the Western Pennsylvania Region Scott Brady has announced he will resign his position. Brady's resignation goes into effect on Sunday. Brady was sworn in as the U.S. Attorney for...
Hometown2 Feb 27, 2021

PROTHONOTARY AND CLERK OF COURTS OFFICE TO REOPEN TO PUBLIC ON MONDAY
One of Indiana County's Row Offices will reopen to the public on Monday. The announcement came from Indiana County Prothonotary and Clerk of Courts Randy Degenkolb. Appointments will no longer be requ...
Hometown2 Feb 27, 2021

PENNSYLVANIA NEARING ONE MILLION CASES OF COVID-19
The state Department of Health continues to track COVID-19 cases, deaths and vaccinations. More than 3,300 new cases of COVID-19 in Pennsylvania bring the statewide total since the start of the pandem...
Hometown2 Feb 27, 2021

INDIANA BOROUGH POLICE NOT CHARGING BAR WITH COVID-19 VIOLATIONS
Indiana Borough Police say that after a month-long investigation into possible Covid-19 violations, they are not filing charges against a bar in the 500 block of Philadelphia Street. In a statement, C...
Hometown2 Feb 26, 2021

INDIANA COUNTY REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE VOTES TO CENSURE BOTH SENATORS TOOMEY AND CASEY
Last night, the Indiana County Republican Committee approved a resolution to censure both of Pennsylvania's U.S. Senators over their votes to convict former President Donald Trump in his second impeac...
Hometown2 Feb 26, 2021

GAS PRICES HOLDING STEADY IN INDIANA COUNTY
Gas prices continue to remain high as crude oil prices increase. Triple A reports that Pennsylvania's average gas price is now $2.93 a gallon, a five-cent increase from last week, a 23-cent increase f...
Hometown2 Feb 26, 2021












