Category Archives: Local News

IUP TO HOLD 9/11 CEREMONIES FRIDAY MORNING
Today marks the 19th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001, when planes crashed into the World Trade Center in New York, the Pentagon building in Washington, D.C. and a field in...
Hometown2 Sep 11, 2020

SENTENCES, PLEA COURT, MOTIONS HEARING IN INDIANA COUNTY COURT TODAY
In Indiana County Court today, 27-year-old Matraca Vrana of Northern Cambria will be sentenced for her guilty plea to possession of drug paraphernalia, with agreement for non-prosecution for possessio...
Hometown1 Sep 11, 2020

STREAMING VIDEO POLICY APPROVED DURING PENNS MANOR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING
The Penns Manor School Board discussed topics related to streaming videos at their meeting Thursday night. The board approved a memorandum of understanding with the Penns Manor Educators Association, ...
Hometown2 Sep 10, 2020

IUP PRESIDENT DISCUSSES COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING PROCESS AND NEW STRATEGIC PLAN
At Thursday's IUP Council of Trustees meeting, university President Dr. Michael Driscoll discussed efforts to make the university more student-centered. Driscoll that those efforts are going to be par...
Hometown2 Sep 10, 2020

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS BILL PASSES STATE SENATE
A state house bill that would give school districts the power to decide whether or not to hold sporting and other extracurricular events, and how to hold those events during the 2020-2021 school year ...
Hometown2 Sep 10, 2020

STRUZZI NAMED TO PENNVEST BOARD
Indiana County now has a second voice on the state's PENNVEST board, with the appointment by House Speaker of Representative Jim Struzzi yesterday to replace representative Donna Oberlander, who vacat...
Hometown1 Sep 10, 2020

SENATE PASSES RGGI BILL, SENDING IT TO GOVERNOR WOLF
The State Senate yesterday passed Representative Jim Struzzi's bill that would give the legislature oversight on Governor Tom Wolf's effort to join the ten-state Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, kn...
Hometown1 Sep 10, 2020

PRESIDENT JUDGE WILLIAM MARTIN TO RETIRE
When Indiana County President Judge William Martin leaves the bench at the beginning of next year, it will be Governor Tom Wolf's decision on who replaces him. That appointee will finish Martin's term...
Hometown1 Sep 10, 2020

FRIENDS OF WHITE'S WOODS REPLY TO QUESTION ASKED BY WHITE TOWNSHIP SUPERVISORS AT LAST MEETING
At Wednesday afternoon's meeting of the White Township Supervisors, Friends of White's Woods representatives were on hand to answer a question that was asked by the supervisors. At the last Supervisor...
Hometown2 Sep 09, 2020

COMMISSIONERS APPROVE FUNDING REQUEST FOR "COVID WAREHOUSE" AT PUBLIC SAFETY ACADEMY
At Wednesday's meeting, the Indiana County Commissioners approved a request of funding for the construction of a new warehouse at the county's public safety academy. The warehouse will be added on to ...
Hometown2 Sep 09, 2020










