Category Archives: Local News

FUNDS RAISED FOR NEW FREEZER AT ICCAP
The people of Indiana County have come through again, raising the money to meet a challenge from the Indiana Kiwanis Club, which pledged $15,000 to the Indiana County Community Action Program and aske...
Hometown1 Jan 03, 2021

POLICE REPORT CRASHES IN BUFFINGTON, WHITE TOWNSHIPS
A Homer City woman and her passenger were both injured Friday afternoon in a single-vehicle crash on Route 403 in Buffington Township. State police say the accident happened north of Cameron's Road ju...
Hometown1 Jan 03, 2021

INDIANA BOROUGH POLICE REPORT DRUNKENNESS, CRIMINAL INCIDENTS
Indiana Borough Police report several incidents on New Year's Eve and early New Year's Day. They include citations for public drunkenness to 21-year-old Jonah Noel of Altoona and 22-year-old Jeremy Vo...
Hometown1 Jan 03, 2021

STATE REPRESENTATIVE MIKE REESE PASSES AWAY
Governor Tom Wolf has ordered the flags on all commonwealth facilities to fly at half-staff to honor State Representative Mike Reese, who passed away yesterday at age 42 after suffering an apparent br...
Hometown1 Jan 03, 2021

CROUSE'S CAFE CITED FOR NOT FOLLOWING GOVERNOR WOLF'S TEMPORARY MANDATE
Indiana Borough Police announced today that they have cited an Indiana Borough restaurant for violating Governor Wolf's temporary order limiting restaurants to take-out or delivery. Crouse's Cafe on P...
Hometown2 Jan 02, 2021

DAY ONE OF 2021 A BUSY DAY FOR FIRST RESPONDERS
The first day of the New Year turned out to be a busy one as first responders were called out for several calls on Friday. Three of the calls were power-line related as lines were reported down in som...
Hometown2 Jan 02, 2021

TURNPIKE TOLLS TO INCREASE SUNDAY
Drivers using the PA Turnpike will soon see an increase in tolls that was approved over the summer, and drivers who do not use the E-Z Pass program will see the highest toll increases. Over the summer...
Hometown2 Jan 02, 2021

MEGA MILLIONS JACKPOT ROLLS OVER TO $432 MILLION
Once again, no one has hit the jackpot in the Mega Millions multi-state lottery game. No one picked all the numbers for the jackpot of just over $400 million. Those winning numbers were 8-24-53-68-69 ...
Hometown2 Jan 02, 2021

PITTMAN, STRUZZI OPTIMISTIC FOR NEW YEAR
As 2021 gets underway, many people remain optimistic that this year will be better than 2020. Two of those people are Senator Joe Pittman and State Representative Jim Struzzi. Both were re-elected to ...
Hometown2 Jan 01, 2021

CLOSURES IN EFFECT FOR NEW YEAR'S DAY
Today is New Year's Day, and that means several closures are in effect for today. Like most holidays, all federal, state and local government offices will be closed, along with PennDOT license and pho...
Hometown2 Jan 01, 2021










