Category Archives: Local News

POLICE REPORTS: ASSAULT, HIT-AND-RUN CRASH
PSP-INDIANA An Indiana woman faces charges of assault with a deadly weapon for an incident Friday night in Armstrong Township. Police say that an argument between 46-year-old Deidre Richards and 47-ye...
Hometown2 Feb 22, 2021

PIRATES SIGN VETERAN CORNER INFIELDER FRAZIER
The Pirates signed veteran third baseman/first baseman Todd Frazier to a minor league contract over the weekend, giving them a right-handed power bat to split time with Colin Moran at first, primarily...
Hometown1 Feb 22, 2021

NAACP TO HOST FORUM ON VACCINE DISTRIBUTION, EQUITABILITY
The Indiana County NAACP Executive Committee will be hosting a panel discussion tomorrow to discuss African Americans, covid-19, and the vaccination. The organization says the event will focus on comm...
Hometown1 Feb 22, 2021

COURT SCHEDULE INCLUDES SENTENCINGS, PLEA COURT
In Indiana County Court today, there are a number of sentencing proceedings on the schedule, and one Plea Court appearance. President Judge Thomas Bianco will preside over the sentencing of 20-year-ol...
Hometown1 Feb 22, 2021

INDIANA, MARION CENTER SCHOOL BOARDS TO MEET
The Indiana Area and Marion Center school boards will meet tonight and both of them will be considering the ARIN Intermediate budget. At Indiana Area, the district's share of the $3.4 million ARIN bud...
Hometown1 Feb 22, 2021

FIREFIGHTERS IN ACTION AT TWO STRUCTURE FIRES DURING FRIGID NIGHT
Area firefighters had a busy night battling structure fires. The action included a house fire in Sagamore reported at about 10:30 PM. Rural Valley firefighters report flames were coming from the rear ...
Hometown1 Feb 21, 2021

814 AREA CODE TO UNDERGO CHANGES
There are changes coming this spring to telephone customers using the 814 area code, which covers all or part of 26 counties across western Pennsylvania, including a small portion of Indiana County. T...
Hometown1 Feb 21, 2021

PENNS MANOR REPORTS ANOTHER POSITIVE COVID TEST
The Penns Manor School District issued another covid-19 notification on Friday, making three straight days on which a high school student tested positive. In the latest case, the student had not been ...
Hometown1 Feb 21, 2021

GOVERNOR WOLF SIGNS FOURTH EXTENSION TO COVID-19 EMERGENCY DECLARATION
On Friday, Governor Tom Wolf signed off on a renewal of the state's Covid-19 disaster proclamation. This marks the fourth renewal of Wolf's order first signed last March 6th, and this renewal will las...
Hometown2 Feb 20, 2021

POLICE REPORTS: ID THEFT, CRASH INVOLVING SCHOOL BUS
PSP-INDIANA State Troopers are investigating a case of theft by deception in White Township. On February 19th, 55-year-old Glenn Martell of Indiana stopped at the State Police Barracks in White Townsh...
Hometown2 Feb 20, 2021












