Category Archives: Local News

POLICE INVESTIGATING THEFT BY DECEPTION CASE
State police are investigating a case of theft by deception that happened to someone in White Township. Police say that on October 6th, a 25-year-old Indiana woman was scammed into sending $1000 via p...
Hometown2 Oct 09, 2020

PURCHASE LINE SEEKS INPUT ON EDUCATION MODEL
With Indiana County's schools now settled into their academic years, and several having dealt with some issues with Covid-19, the end of the first nine-week grading period is approaching. The Purchase...
Hometown1 Oct 09, 2020

MOTIONS HEARINGS TODAY FOR GRABASKAS, ROBINSON
The Indiana County Court schedule today includes a motions hearing for 57-year-old Peter Paul Grabaskas, the former Chief Operating Officer of Phoenix Rehabilitation Health Services, who is charged wi...
Hometown1 Oct 09, 2020

PENNS MANOR TO AWARD POSTHUMOUS DIPLOMA TO WORLD WAR 2 VETERAN
At their meeting Thursday night, the Penns Manor School Board unanimously approved awarding a high school diploma to a man who fought in World War II. The board unanimously approved a diploma for the ...
Hometown2 Oct 08, 2020

SALTSBURG 'MOST WANTED' MAN CAPTURED IN FLORIDA
The Pennsylvania State Police scratched a name off their five most wanted list today. Monty Gene Smith, 36, of Saltsburg, PA, was captured today by the Pinellas County (FL) Sheriff's Office and was ja...
Renda Media Oct 08, 2020

MINOR INJURIES REPORTED IN THREE-VEHICLE CRASH ON 119 IN CENTER TOWNSHIP THURSDAY MORNING
UPDATE: All lanes of 119 are now open, according to PA 511. Three vehicles are involved in a car crash this morning on Route 119 in Center Township. Indiana County 911 said that Homer City fire depart...
Hometown2 Oct 08, 2020

DEP AWARDS GRANTS FOR WATERSHED PROJECTS, INCLUDING AN INDIANA COUNTY
The PA Department of Environmental Protection has announced they have awarded $4.9 million in grants to help restore impaired watersheds, and one of the projects is in Indiana County. The Section 319 ...
Hometown2 Oct 08, 2020

CHARLES COOK FOUND NOT GUILTY IN DEATH OF MYRTLE MCGILL
A jury on Thursday found Charles Cook not guilty on charges related to the death of Myrtle McGill in 1991. Cook was charged with Criminal Homicide and Robbery in connection with the death investigatio...
Hometown2 Oct 08, 2020

POLICE REPORTS: SHOPLIFTING, DUI, THEFT
PSP-INDIANA State police say they have a suspect in a recent theft at the White Township Walmart. Police have charged 25-year-old Dylan Bolen with shoplifting after an incident at the Walmart on Oakla...
Hometown2 Oct 08, 2020

IUP ANNOUNCES CHANGE TO SPRING 2021 CALENDAR, NO CHANGES TO FALL 2020 CALENDAR
IUP has announced that classes will continue as scheduled for the rest of the fall semester and a change for the upcoming spring semester. In an announcement on the IUP website, the university said th...
Hometown2 Oct 08, 2020










