Category Archives: Local News

ANOTHER COVID-19 CASE REPORTED AT INDIANA JUNIOR HIGH
Indiana Area School District Superintendent Michael Vuckovich announced that another probable case of Covid-19 has been reported at the Junior High School, but the school will not close at this time. ...
Hometown2 Oct 28, 2020

COUNTY COMMISSIONERS APPROVE ROOM RATE INCREASE AT INDIAN HAVEN
At their meeting Wednesday morning, the Indiana County Commissioners approved an increase in the rate for a room at Indian Haven, the county-owned nursing facility. Under the proposal, rates would inc...
Hometown2 Oct 28, 2020

STRUZZI, SEMSICK MEET FOR DEBATE BEFORE GENERAL ELECTION
Several different topics were discussed this morning as the candidates for the 62nd district state house seat met for a debate. Republican incumbent Jim Struzzi is running against Democratic challenge...
Hometown2 Oct 28, 2020

IUP FACULTY UNION TO RALLY TODAY AND TOMORROW IN OAK GROVE
IUP's faculty union plans two "rallies against retrenchment" today and tomorrow in the Oak Grove, with the deadline for official notification coming on Friday. On Indiana In the Morning on WCCS yester...
Hometown1 Oct 28, 2020

JONES, LOWMASTER TRIALS TO BEGIN
Two trials are scheduled to begin in Indiana County Court today. Juries were chosen last week for the trials of 47-year-old Dakar Allen Jones of Monroeville, Allegheny County, and 37-year-old Adam Way...
Hometown1 Oct 28, 2020

REPUBLICAN EDGE IN INDIANA COUNTY HAS GROWN SINCE 2016
A record number of Pennsylvanians have registered to vote in the presidential election, and when you dig into the numbers both locally and statewide, since 2016, the number of registered Democrats has...
Hometown1 Oct 28, 2020

BLAIRSVILLE-SALTSBURG SCHOOL BOARD APPROVES NEW FIVE-YEAR TEACHERS CONTRACT
On Tuesday night, the Blairsville-Saltsburg School Board unanimously approved a new five-year contract with the Blairsville-Saltsburg Education Association. The new contract is retroactive to August 2...
Hometown2 Oct 27, 2020

SBA VISITS TWO BUSINESSES IN BLAIRSVILLE TO LEARN HOW BUSINESSES HAVE HANDLED THE PANDEMIC
On Tuesday, officials with the federal Small Business Administration visited two businesses in Blairsville in an effort to meet with rural business owners. SBA Office of Rural Affairs Director Daniel ...
Hometown2 Oct 27, 2020

MARION CENTER BOARD VOTES TO STAY WITH CURRENT EDUCATIONAL MODEL
On Monday night, the Marion Center School Board approved continuing with the educational model that has been in use since the start of the school year. That model has half of the student body attendin...
Hometown2 Oct 27, 2020

INDIANA COUNTY UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DROPS IN SEPTEMBER
Indiana County's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped in the month of September. The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry announced today that Indiana County's unemployment rate fell...
Hometown2 Oct 27, 2020










