Category Archives: Local News

DISOBEDIENT SPIRITS EXPECTS LARGE DEMAND FOR ITS HAND SANITIZER
Many area groups and businesses are trying to help those on the front lines of the Covid-19 pandemic. That includes a Homer City distiller, which is anticipating some high demand for hand sanitizer th...
Hometown2 Apr 08, 2020

POLICE INVESTIGATE STOLEN PICKUP TRUCK
State police are investigating the theft of a pickup truck in northern Indiana County overnight Saturday into Sunday morning. The truck's owner, 58-year-old Mark Deyarmin of Mahaffey, reported last se...
Hometown1 Apr 08, 2020

SURPRISE! TROUT FISHING SEASON BEGAN YESTERDAY
The opening day of trout season is traditionally a great social event, with anglers crowding streamside across Pennsylvania. Unless you are really in the know, you missed it this year...it was yesterd...
Hometown1 Apr 08, 2020

CASEY WILL CONDUCT COVID-19 "TELE-TOWN HALL" TONIGHT
Senator Bob Casey will conduct a "tele-town hall" for western and southwestern Pennsylvania this evening to discuss the Covid-19 pandemic. It's the first of a series of events Casey has planned across...
Hometown1 Apr 08, 2020

NUMBER OF CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19 CONTINUES SLOW RISE IN INDIANA COUNTY
The CDC is reporting, as of noon today, that the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases has increased to 21, while fortunately, there are still no deaths. The number is up four from 17 confirmed cases rep...
Renda Media Apr 07, 2020

TROUT SEASON OPENS EARLY
The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission announced that trout season is open today. Trout season officially opened at 8:00 this morning, and according to the Fish and Boat Commission, this will allow...
Hometown2 Apr 07, 2020

U.S. ATTORNEY, PA ATTORNEY GENERAL ISSUE WARNING TO HACKERS LOOKING TO DISRUPT ONLINE MEETINGS
Many businesses have turned to internet-based video chat services like Zoom in an effort to work from home or attend classes online during the Covid-19 pandemic, but that has brought about a new hacki...
Hometown2 Apr 07, 2020

NO EFFECTS FROM COVID-19 SHUTDOWN SEEN IN FEBRUARY UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR INDIANA COUNTY
Pennsylvania's Department of Labor and Industry released the Indiana County unemployment statistics, but said it will be another month before we see the effects from the Covid-19 shutdown. Indiana Cou...
Hometown2 Apr 07, 2020

INDIANA BOROUGH POLICE CHIEF TALKS ABOUT COVERAGE DURING COVID-19 CRISIS
Indiana Borough's police department is continuing to operate amid the Coronavirus outbreak. Normally when IUP goes on Spring Break, there's usually a rash of thefts from the empty off-campus apartment...
Hometown2 Apr 07, 2020

FIRST RESPONDERS ASSIST WITH FIRE IN CLEARFIELD COUNTY, FIGHT BRUSH FIRE ON MONDAY
Indiana County emergency responders were busy again yesterday with a few incidents, including another brush fire that was reported in the county. Cherry Tree and Glen Campbell Fire Departments along w...
Hometown2 Apr 07, 2020










