Category Archives: Local News

HOMER-CENTER EDUCATION COMMITTEE DISCUSSES GRADING FOR SCHOOL YEAR
In advance of Wednesday's Homer-Center School Board meeting, the academic committee discussed continuing education during the Covid-19 pandemic. Board president Michael Bertig said the committee's con...
Hometown2 Apr 14, 2020

CLYMER BOROUGH COUNCIL DISCUSSES BUDGET DURING FIRST PHONE CONFERENCE MEETING
Clymer Borough Council met Tuesday night for the first time via teleconference and discussed the budget for this year and how the Covid-19 pandemic may affect it. Borough Manager Rob Barto said that t...
Hometown2 Apr 14, 2020

CORONER CONFIRMS FIRST INDIANA COUNTY DEATH FROM COVID-19 AT IRMC
While the number of Coronavirus cases remains steady in Indiana County, there is a report that the county has its first Coronavirus-related death. Indiana County Coroner Jerry Overman, Jr. confirmed t...
Hometown2 Apr 14, 2020

CDC REPORTS NO NEW CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19 IN INDIANA COUNTY
The CDC is reporting, as of noon today, that the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Indiana County remains at 43, with no deaths associated with the virus in the county reported on the CDC Web site...
Renda Media Apr 14, 2020

INDIANA BOROUGH POLICE INVESTIGATING THEFTS, ASSAULT, ACCIDENT
Indiana borough police are investigating a reported theft that happened on April 11th at a restaurant in the 500 block of Philadelphia Street. Police say they received the report from a Bob's Subs emp...
Hometown2 Apr 14, 2020

MARIO LUTHER CHARITY GOLF CLASSIC CANCELLED, BUT FUNDRAISING FOR WOMEN'S IMAGING CENTER CONTINUES
Even though the Luther Ford Charity Golf Classic has been cancelled, Mario Luther is still looking to raise money for the Women's Imaging Center at IRMC. Mario Luther of Luther Ford said that with the...
Hometown2 Apr 14, 2020

BILL TO GRANT WAIVER FOR CAR DEALERSHIPS HEADS TO STATE HOUSE
A bill concerning a waiver for car dealerships to open has passed the House State Government Committee. The bill would require the Department of Community and Economic Development to issue the waiver ...
Hometown2 Apr 14, 2020

NO INJURIES IN GARAGE FIRE IN BURRELL TOWNSHIP
No one was hurt in a garage fire on Monday in Burrell Township. Indiana county 911 reports that Blairsville, Black Lick, Homer City and Coral-Graceton fire departments were called in, along with the H...
Hometown2 Apr 14, 2020

FINAL DEFENDANT IN PLEA COURT TODAY FOR HOODLEBUG TRAIL ASSAULT
In Indiana County Court today, the final defendant in the assault of a mentally disabled man last summer on the Hoodlebug Trail is scheduled for Plea Court. 19-year-old Jordan Michael Kinney of Indian...
Hometown1 Apr 14, 2020

ACCIDENT REPORTS INCLUDE CHAIN REACTION COLLISION, DUI CRASH
SALEM TOWNSHIP, WESTMORELAND COUNTY State police have issued a report on a three-vehicle pileup which left all three drivers injured last Thursday morning at a traffic light on Route 22 in Salem Towns...
Hometown1 Apr 14, 2020












