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INDIANA, MARION CENTER SCHOOL BOARDS SET TO MEET TONIGHT
The Indiana School Board will meet tonight and once again, the district's health and safety plan is on the agenda. The proposed agenda does not go into detail as to the changes, if any, are set to be ...
Hometown2 Sep 28, 2020

HOMER-CENTER HIGH SCHOOL STARTS WEEK OF VIRTUAL LEARNING TODAY
Today, students that attend the Homer-Center High School will log on instead of catch the bus as the district orders an all-online format for the high school for this week. The announcement came as th...
Hometown2 Sep 28, 2020

NO INJURIES IN SATURDAY CRASH
No one was injured Saturday morning in a two-vehicle collision in Banks Township, in northern Indiana County. State police say 78-year-old Beverly Gaston of Rossiter pulled out from a stop sign at the...
Hometown1 Sep 28, 2020

POLICE REPORTS: LAWN VANDALISM, STOLEN VEHICLE
State police say there are no real solvability factors in a criminal mischief incident along North 5th Avenue in White Township last week. Between Thursday night and Friday morning, someone spray-pain...
Hometown1 Sep 28, 2020

POLICE RELEASE REPORT ON THURSDAY CRASH INVOLVING SCHOOL BUS
State police have issued the report on last Thursday morning crash involving a school bus on Route 422 in Armstrong Township. Police say an Indiana couple suffered serious injuries in the collision. T...
Hometown1 Sep 28, 2020

TOOMEY, CASEY ON OPPOSITE SIDES REGARDING SUPREME COURT NOMINEE
Not surprisingly, Pennsylvania's two U.S. Senators have differing opinions on President Trump's nomination yesterday of Judge Amy Coney Barrett for the Supreme Court. Republican Senator Pat Toomey pra...
Hometown1 Sep 27, 2020

STAGE IS SET FOR COOK HOMICIDE TRIAL
Following a series of legal moves late last week, the trial of Charles Cook for the 1991 murder of Myrtle McGill is scheduled to begin. Jury jury selection is slated for tomorrow, although his crimina...
Hometown1 Sep 27, 2020

HOMER-CENTER/MARION CENTER GAME POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19 CONCERNS
After the Homer-Center School District announces a shift to virtual classes for high school students next week due to Coronavirus concerns, the Marion Center school district announced the postponement...
Hometown2 Sep 26, 2020

MAN ACCUSED OF THROWING HAMMER AT CAR IN DOMESTIC DISPUTE SENTENCED
While there were many DUI sentencings in Indiana County Court on Friday, there was one case that did not involve driving under the influence charges, and in that case, the suspect was sentenced on a c...
Hometown2 Sep 26, 2020

MEETING TO BE HELD TO DISCUSS FATE OF MURPHY LOT IN BLAIRSVILLE
The former site of the Murphy Building in Blairsville will be the focus of an upcoming online visioning meeting next week. The Blairsville Community Development Authority is teaming up with the Indian...
Hometown2 Sep 26, 2020












