Category Archives: Local News

FOUR CRASH VICTIMS AIRLIFTED FROM SCENE OUTSIDE OF INDIANA BOROUGH
Four people were airlifted to the hospital after a three-vehicle crash Friday afternoon just outside Indiana Borough. Indiana Firefighters were called out for the crash at 3:57 PM on Bryan Hill on Old...
JOHN SMATHERS Oct 18, 2019

FEW DETAILS AVAILABLE ON DEATH INVESTIGATION IN INDIANA BOROUGH
Few details are available right now about a death investigation that started last night in Indiana Borough. Borough police say that they were called out to a home in the 800 block of Wayne Avenue at 5...
Hometown2 Oct 18, 2019

PENNSYLVANIA UNEMPLOYMENT GOES UPWARD SLIGHTLY
The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry has announced that Pennsylvania's unemployment rate went up slightly. The unemployment rate for the state went up one-tenth of a percentage point in t...
Hometown2 Oct 18, 2019

HOMER-CENTER HIRES NEW SUPERINTENDENT
The Homer-Center School board last night hired a new superintendent to replace outgoing Superintendent Dr. Charles Koren. The board last night hired Curtis A. Whitesel as the new superintendent effect...
Hometown2 Oct 18, 2019

GREENSBURG DIOCESE RELEASES REPORT ON SURVIVORS COMPENSATION FUND
The Diocese of Greensburg has announced how much they have paid out from their Survivors' Compensation Fund. $4,350,020 was distributed to 57 people who suffered child sexual abuse from members of the...
Hometown2 Oct 18, 2019

STATE SYSTEM BUDGET REQUEST, EXTRA FUNDING APPROVED
The Board of Governors of the State System of Higher Education yesterday agreed to ask the state for $100 million over the next five fiscal years to help implement its "System Redesign", in addition t...
Hometown1 Oct 18, 2019

SCHOOL SAFETY GRANTS AWARDED TO PENNS MANOR, UNITED
The State Education Department yesterday announced $7.2 million in grants for school safety, with some of that money coming to Indiana County. There are four types of competitive grants: equipment gra...
Hometown1 Oct 18, 2019

POLICE NAB METH SUSPECTS IN CLYMER
State police conducted a traffic stop last night at 4th and Sherman streets in Clymer, and ended up with two drug suspects, one of them an underage girl. Police say 43-year-old Michael Shirley ...
Hometown1 Oct 18, 2019

DUI TASK FORCE IS ACTIVE IN OCTOBER
The Indiana County DUI Task Force is conducting enforcement efforts this month, with DUI checkpoints, DUI roving patrols, and DUI mobile awareness. District Attorney Pat Dougherty says focused ...
Hometown1 Oct 18, 2019

POLICE REPORTS: THEFT, DRUG POSSESSION
State police are investigating a case of theft by deception involving a 25-year-old woman from Indiana in late September. Troopers say that someone was able to get the woman's personal information, an...
Hometown2 Oct 17, 2019










