Category Archives: Local News

COURT ORDERS WEISS TO SHOW CAUSE AGAINST QUASHING OF APPEAL
There may have been a setback for Ronald Weiss in his appeal of Judge Tom Bianco's rejection of a motion to dismiss Weiss's murder case. The State Superior Court has ordered Weiss to show cause...
Hometown1 Nov 21, 2019

POLICE REPORT SCAM ATTEMPT
An old scam is making the rounds again in Indiana County. State police at the Indiana station received a report recently about the familiar, "my grandson is in jail and needs bail money" ruse. A woman...
Hometown1 Nov 21, 2019

POLICE SEARCH FOR SHOPLIFTING SUSPECT
State police are seeking the public's help in identifying a theft suspect who's accused of stealing $386 worth of items from the White Township Walmart store last Sunday afternoon. The suspect ...
Hometown1 Nov 21, 2019

INDIANA BOROUGH COUNCIL DISCUSSES PROBLEMS WITH PAVING REPAIR ORDINANCE
Indiana Borough council met last night and discussed a problem with an ordinance that they had worked on a few years ago. The ordinance concerns street repairs to be made by entities like utility comp...
Hometown2 Nov 20, 2019

BLAIRSVILLE BOROUGH COUNCIL APPROVES TENTATIVE 2020 BUDGET
Last night, the Blairsville Borough Council approved a tentative 2020 budget that will hold the line on taxes for residents. Blairsville Borough manager Tim Evans said the $2.337 million budget will s...
Hometown2 Nov 20, 2019

CHERRYHILL TOWNSHIP HOME SAVED AFTER ELECTRICAL FIRE
An outside extension cord was the cause of the fire that initially brought out several fire companies this morning. Indiana County 911 reported at 6:40 this morning, Clymer and Cherryhill Township fir...
Hometown2 Nov 20, 2019

BOWEN ASKS FOR SPEEDY TRIAL IN DEATH OF SCI PINE GROVE CELLMATE
His case having been transferred to Common Pleas Court just last week, 43-year-old Dwight Darnell Bowen has asked for a speedy trial on a single charge of criminal homicide in the death of his cellmat...
Hometown1 Nov 20, 2019

CONTRACT TALKS CONTINUE BETWEEN STATE SYSTEM, COACHES
There is still no contract agreement after another day of negotiations Monday between the State System of Higher Education and APSCUF, the faculty union that also represents coaches at the state-owned...
Hometown1 Nov 20, 2019

LAWMAKERS INTRODUCE BILLS TO STOP STATE FROM JOINING RGGI
Indiana County lawmakers are taking the lead in pushing legislation to stop Governor Tom Wolf from forcing Pennsylvania to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), the controversial nine-me...
Hometown1 Nov 20, 2019

FIRE CREWS FROM INDIANA, WESTMORELAND COUNTIES FIGHTING A HOUSE FIRE IN ROBINSON
Few details are known at this time about a fire in West Wheatfield Township. Indiana County 911 reported that Clyde Fire Department in Indiana County was called out to help Bolivar and New Florence Fi...
Hometown2 Nov 19, 2019










