Category Archives: Local News

UNITED TO LOOK INTO VERIZON HOT SPOTS AS CONTINGENCY PLAN FOR DISTANCE LEARNING
On Tuesday Night, the United School Board discussed a possible agreement with Verizon to help students if the district would need to go to a distance learning format. The agreement with Verizon would ...
Hometown2 Oct 13, 2020

WHITE TOWNSHIP PLANNING COMMISSION DISCUSSES 2020 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
On Tuesday night, the White Township Planning Commission got a look at the 2020 Comprehensive plan. The plan is an update of the 2008 plan, with revised township priorities and details on new projects...
Hometown2 Oct 13, 2020

DRUG INVESTIGATION BRINGS DOWN METH OPERATION IN INDIANA BOROUGH
Indiana County District Attorney Bob Manzi's office today announced an investigation that led to a methamphetamine operation getting shut down in Indiana Borough. Local and state law enforcement agent...
Renda Media Oct 13, 2020

WHITE HOUSE DRUG CZAR VISITS INDIANA COUNTY CYS ON LISTENING TOUR
The director of the White House's Office of National Drug Control Policy visited Indiana County's Children and Youth Services office today. (L to R: Indiana Couty CYS Director Sarah Ross talks with St...
Hometown2 Oct 13, 2020

MISSING ROBINSON JUVENILE RETURNED HOME AND FOUND TO BE SAFE
State police are reporting today that a teenage boy from Robinson was found to be safe late last week. Police say that 16-year-old Ethan Spaid was found safe on October 9th after he returned to his ho...
Hometown2 Oct 13, 2020

MORE THAN 500 PEOPLE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF FREE COVID-19 TESTING CLINIC IN FIVE DAY SPAN
Monday was the busiest day for those providing free Covid-19 tests at a pop-up drive-through testing clinic in the former Bon Ton parking lot. One hundred eighty five people went through the pop-up te...
Hometown2 Oct 13, 2020

UNITED BOARD TO CONSIDER POLICIES, REOPENING PLAN, INTERNET AGREEMENT
The United School Board will meet tonight with a wide-ranging agenda of normal business items, including the second reading and potential adoption of a list of 23 board policies, and the first reading...
Hometown1 Oct 13, 2020

CLEARFIELD COUNTY MAN DIES AFTER GREEN TOWNSHIP CRASH
UPDATE: Indiana County Coroner Jerry Overman Jr. reports that Mr. Ortman was pronounced dead at IRMC by Dr. Donna Balewick at 4:55 PM. The cause of death is pending and the manner of death is pending ...
Hometown1 Oct 13, 2020

NO INJURIES IN BURRELL TOWNSHIP COLLISION
No one was injured Sunday morning in a two-vehicle crash on Corporate Campus Drive, just off Route 22 in Burrell Township. State police say a 17-year-old boy from Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, ...
Hometown1 Oct 13, 2020

INDIANA SCHOOL BOARD APPROVES EXTENDING CURRENT EDUCATIONAL MODEL INTO SECOND QUARTER
At Monday night's meeting, the Indiana School Board unanimously approved keeping the current educational model in place for the district for the second grading quarter. The current model allows kinder...
Hometown2 Oct 12, 2020












