Category Archives: Local News

BUDGET PASSES SENATE, BUT HOUSE DISPUTE CAUSES DELAY
The State Senate yesterday passed the House budget plan, which Governor Tom Wolf said he would sign, but a last-minute roadblock cropped up, and the legislature will have to return to work on the spen...
Hometown1 Jun 28, 2019

INDIANA COUNTY MUNICIPALITIES TO RECEIVE MARCELLUS IMPACT FEES
Municipalities in Indiana County will be receiving $237,731 in 2019 Act 13 impact fees from Marcellus Shale drilling activities within county borders. Representative Jim Struzzi says the funds will be...
Hometown1 Jun 28, 2019

TSA: BLAIRSVILLE WOMAN HAD LOADED GUN AT AIRPORT
Authorities have not publicly identified a Blairsville woman who had a loaded 9-millimeter handgun in her purse on Wednesday as she escorted her son to his flight at the Pittsburgh International Airpo...
Hometown1 Jun 28, 2019

ALLEGHENY COUNTY MAN ARRESTED FOR 2017 RAPE AT IUP
Authorities in Allegheny County have arrested an East Pittsburgh man wanted on charges of raping a woman at IUP in October of 2017. 20-year-old Donte Robinson-Vearnon was taken into custody by ...
Hometown1 Jun 28, 2019

$3 MILLION SCRATCH-OFF LOTTERY TICKET SOLD IN KITTANNING
Someone has bought a $3 million Pennsylvania lottery scratch-off ticket from a Sheetz store in Kittanning, the first $3 million winner in the Diamond Dazzler game, which launched on May 14th. T...
Hometown1 Jun 28, 2019

PEDESTRIAN INJURED AS SHE IS HIT BY CAR IN DOWNTOWN INDIANA
A pedestrian was hurt early this afternoon as she was hit by a car while crossing Eighth Street in Downtown Indiana. Indiana Borough Police Patrolman Randy Almendinger said that the driver of a four-d...
Hometown2 Jun 27, 2019

PAVING TO BEGIN SOON IN INDIANA BOROUGH
Now that the weather has improved, local road crews are beginning to start their paving schedules, and that includes Indiana Borough. Dave Fairman of Indiana Borough's Public Works department says tha...
Hometown2 Jun 27, 2019

WHITE TOWNSHIP DISCUSSES UPCOMING 2020 CENSUS
The White Township Supervisors last night discussed the upcoming 2020 census and how important it is to get a proper count in the census. Local community leaders were approached by those in charge of ...
Hometown2 Jun 27, 2019

COUNTY COMMISSIONERS SIGN OFF ON RE-AUTHORIZATION OF ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND
The Indiana County Commissioners this morning approved a resolution that would reauthorize and extend the collection of fees to the Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation fund. Commissioner Rod Ruddock said ...
Hometown2 Jun 27, 2019

MILITARY BAND TO JOIN BLAIRSVILLE COMMUNITY BAND FOR CONCERT
Toes will be tapping and patriotism will be on display tonight in Blairsville, as the Blairsville Community Band is joined for a free outdoor concert by the U.S. Army 28th Infantry Division Band. The ...
Hometown1 Jun 27, 2019












