Category Archives: Local News

BLAIRSVILLE-SALTSBURG SCHOOL BOARD PRAISES LUNCH DELIVERY PROGRAM STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS
The Blairsville-Saltsburg School Board met last night and had high praise for those working to deliver meals to students. The district has been delivering meals by utilizing Smith Bus Company to deliv...
Hometown2 Mar 25, 2020

AVERAGE GAS PRICE DROPS DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS
The average price of a gallon of gas has gone down dramatically in the wake of coronavirus. Triple-A reports that the average cost of a gallon of gas in Pennsylvania is now at $2.31 a gallon, a drop o...
Hometown2 Mar 25, 2020

PACE OF NEW FLU CASES SLOWS DOWN IN INDIANA COUNTY AND SURROUNDING AREAS
While Coronavirus has spread quickly in Pennsylvania, the pace of Influenza in Indiana County and the surrounding areas has slowed down. The Pennsylvania Department of Health reported that there were ...
Hometown2 Mar 25, 2020

GENERAL ASSEMBLY WORKING FROM HOME
The State Senate will convene today at 11 AM for consideration of several bills regarding the Covid-19 crisis, and for the first time, the senators will be meeting online instead of traveling to Harri...
Hometown1 Mar 25, 2020

PEOPLES GAS RATES TO DECREASE
With overall energy prices falling worldwide, Peoples Natural Gas Company has filed a 2.5 percent rate decrease request with the state Public Utility Commission. The new natural gas rates would take e...
Hometown1 Mar 25, 2020

CLEARFIELD COUNTY PATIENT TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID-19
With the confirmation of one Covid-19 case in Clearfield County yesterday, all of Indiana County's contiguous counties except one now have at least one infected patient. Only Indiana County and neighb...
Hometown1 Mar 25, 2020

FIRST CASE OF CORONAVIRUS REPORTED IN ARMSTRONG COUNTY
Armstrong County Memorial Hosptial has reported the county's first case of coronavirus. In a post on their Facebook page, ACMH reported that as of Tuesday, the hospital has its first Covid-19 case in-...
Hometown2 Mar 24, 2020

BLAIRSVILLE-SALTSBURG SCHOOL BOARD TO HOLD MEETING ON VIDEO CHAT TONIGHT
The Blairsville-Saltsburg School Board will hold their monthly regular meeting tonight, but they will hold it over video chat. Due to coronavirus concerns, the district will use Zoom Video Chat to hol...
Hometown2 Mar 24, 2020

SHEETZ STOPS SALES OF SELF-SERVE COFFEE, DRINKS AND PASTRIES AMID CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS
Sheetz announced some changes at its stores due to coronavirus concerns. On Monday, the convenience store chain announced that it would stop all self-serve coffee and drink service and the availabilit...
Hometown2 Mar 24, 2020

COVID-19 NOW CONFIRMED IN CAMBRIA COUNTY
Another of Indiana County's neighboring counties has a person with the Covid-19 virus. Cambria County now has one case, a patient currently being treated in quarantine at Conemaugh Memorial Medical Ce...
Hometown1 Mar 24, 2020










