Category Archives: Local News

POLICE REPORTS: CRASH, THEFT
PSP-INDIANA State police say one person was taken to the hospital after a crash on Wednesday morning on Route 119 in Center Township. Troopers say that Henry Shiner of Indiana was driving South on Rou...
Hometown2 Sep 07, 2019

NORTHERN APPALACHIAN FOLK FESTIVAL CONTINUES TODAY
Last night, the Northern Appalachian Folk Festival kicked off in Downtown Indiana with music and vendors set up in the 500 block of Philadelphia Street, and the festival continues today. The 500 block...
Hometown2 Sep 07, 2019

DOWNTOWN INDIANA NAMES NEW BOARD PRESIDENT
Downtown Indiana, Inc announced in a news release that they elected a new board president at Thursday's board meeting. The board elected Chad E. Martin of S&T Bank as the new president of the Down...
Hometown2 Sep 06, 2019

POLICE SEEK HELP IDENTIFYING THEFT SUSPECTS IN BURRELL TOWNSHIP
State Police have published surveillance photos of a man and woman who are suspects in a theft investigation from July, and they're asking for the public's help in identifying them. On July 25t...
Hometown1 Sep 06, 2019

POLICE INVESTIGATE THREAT AT EAST PIKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
State Police yesterday were summoned to investigate an alleged threat made by a student at East Pike Elementary School in White Township, but found that the student who was accused of making the threa...
Hometown1 Sep 06, 2019

OVERMAN WILL WAIT FOR AUTOPSY, TOXICOLOGY REPORTS BEFORE RULING ON BABY'S DEATH
Indiana County Coroner Jerry Overman Jr. yesterday cautioned against jumping to conclusions as to the cause and manner of death of Nalani Johnson, the Penn Hills toddler whose body was found in the Pi...
Hometown1 Sep 06, 2019

PETITION LAUNCHED TO RENAME PARK FOR NALANI JOHNSON
UPDATE: Forensic pathologists performing the autopsy on two-year-old Nalani Johnson of Penn Hills, whose body was found in the Pine Ridge Park area of Burrell Township on Tuesday afternoon, have ruled...
Hometown1 Sep 05, 2019

WOMAN INJURED IN WHITE TOWNSHIP CRASH
One person was injured in a single-vehicle crash Tuesday evening on Route 119 in White Township. State Police say 66-year-old Karen Handel of Glen Campbell suffered suspected minor injuries when her n...
Hometown1 Sep 05, 2019

STATE POLICE RELEASE STATE-WIDE LABOR DAY STATISTICS
Across the state, state troopers were busy during the four-day Labor Day driving period. State-wide, Troopers investigated 684 crashes over Labor Day weekend, which is 38 fewer crashes than were repor...
Hometown2 Sep 04, 2019

KOHL'S ANNOUNCES OPENING DATES FOR INDIANA MALL LOCATION
The Indiana Mall Kohl's Location will open later this month. According to signs that were recently unfurled at the Indiana Mall, the new Kohl's store will have a soft opening on September 29th, and th...
Hometown2 Sep 04, 2019












