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INDIANA SCHOOL BOARD HEARS UPDATE ON COVID-19 STUDENT CASE
On Monday, the Indiana School Board heard an update on the positive case of Covid-19 discovered at Ben Franklin Elementary School. The case was discovered in a student at Ben Franklin, and the distric...
Hometown2 Sep 14, 2020

HOMER-CENTER REPORTS SECOND TEACHER CASE OF COVID-19
As Indiana Area School District reports their first case of Covid-19 among students, Homer-Center School District has reported its second case among their teachers. As of this morning, Homer-Center ha...
Hometown2 Sep 14, 2020

JUDGE RULES AGAINST WOLF ON COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS
A federal judge in Pittsburgh today ruled that Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf's closing of non-life-sustaining businesses and restrictions on gatherings during the COVID-19 pandemic were unconstitutional....
Renda Media Sep 14, 2020

INDIANA BOROUGH POLICE LOOKING FOR MAN STEALING TWO PORCH CHAIRS
Indiana Borough Police have released security video of a theft from a front porch that happened early Saturday morning. Police say that at 3:14 AM on Saturday, someone stole two chairs off a front por...
Hometown2 Sep 14, 2020

SEWARD MAN WHO ESCAPED CUSTODY APPREHENDED IN CAMBRIA COUNTY
State police say a Seward man who escaped police custody in late August was apprehended by police in Cambria County yesterday. 44-year-old Michael Paul Boring of Seward had escaped police custody on A...
Hometown2 Sep 14, 2020

TRIAL SET FOR TODAY FOR MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING INMATE AT SCI PINE GROVE
A jury trial is set for today for a former SCI Pine Grove inmate charged with criminal homicide in the death of his cellmate. 43-year-old Dwight Darnell Bowen of Houtzdale was charged with the death o...
Hometown2 Sep 14, 2020

INDIANA, PURCHASE LINE TO HOLD SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS TONIGHT
The Indiana School Board will meet tonight and on the agenda are several extra-duty jobs to be filled. The extra duty-extra pay jobs range from advisor for the senior class to the directors of junior ...
Hometown2 Sep 14, 2020

GAS PRICE AVERAGE IN PA ON THE DECLINE
The Pennsylvania gas price average went down over the last week. Triple-A reports the current average cost of a gallon of gas in Pennsylvania is $2.50, which is a penny less than where that average wa...
Hometown2 Sep 14, 2020

FIREFIGHTERS BATTLE THREE WEEKEND STRUCTURE FIRES
Indiana County firefighters had an extremely busy weekend, battling structure fires in Clymer, Young Township, and in Bolivar. The most extensive damage was to a home on Market Street in Bolivar, betw...
Hometown1 Sep 14, 2020

INDIANA AREA ELEMENTARY STUDENT TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID-19
In a posting to the school district website, the Indiana Area School District says that a student from Ben Franklin Elementary School has tested positive for Covid-19. The district says the state Heal...
Hometown1 Sep 14, 2020










