Category Archives: Local News

NEW CHARGES AGAINST MAN ACCUSED OF OPERATING METH LAB
Indiana Borough Police have charged a Homer City man with possessing heroin and drug paraphernalia. 42-year-old Ted Rohrabaugh had the materials in the 400 block of North 4th Street on June 28t...
Hometown1 Jul 31, 2019

IUP STUDENT KILLED IN JET SKI ACCIDENT
Photo: Facebook A 20-year-old IUP student from Pittsburgh has died in the collision of two jet skis yesterday afternoon in South Carolina. Ciara Eiriz was pronounced dead at Hilton Head ...
Hometown1 Jul 31, 2019

ONE INJURED IN MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT IN NORTHERN INDIANA COUNTY
One person was life-flighted to the hospital after a motorcycle crash this morning in South Mahoning Township. Indiana County 911 reported that Plumville Fire Department, along with State Police and C...
Hometown2 Jul 30, 2019

ACCIDENT REPORTED AT HOMER CITY GENERATING STATION ON MONDAY
One person was injured in an accident at the Homer City Generating Station on Monday. According to David Knox, media representative for the plant's parent company NRG energy, the victim injured their ...
Hometown2 Jul 30, 2019

CO-FOUNDER OF MIRACLE LEAGUE FIELD PASSES AWAY
A longtime member of the Indiana Community and one of the people responsible for bringing the Miracle League Program to Indiana County has passed away. Jerry Gillette passed away on Saturday at the ag...
Hometown2 Jul 30, 2019

INDIANA COUNTY UNEMPLOYMENT RATE GOES DOWN
After going up in the month of May, Indiana County's unemployment rate went down in June. The state department of Labor and Industry has reported that Indiana County's unemployment rate in June went d...
Hometown2 Jul 30, 2019

FIRE ALARM AT IRMC AT CHESTNUT RIDGE NOTHING MORE THAN SMOKE IN BUILDING
Multiple fire companies were called out to IRMC at Chestnut Ridge Complex in Burrell Township after fire alarms went off, but it turned out to be nothing more than smoke from an air conditioning unit....
Hometown2 Jul 30, 2019

POLICE REPORTS: THEFT, PUBLIC DRUNKENNESS, HOTEL ROOM VANDALISM
INDIANA BOROUGH POLICE Indiana borough police have charged an Indiana man for a theft that happened back in May. Police say that they began investigating the theft complaint on May 24th in the 300 blo...
Hometown2 Jul 30, 2019

COOK MOTIONS HEARING TODAY
A motions hearing is scheduled this morning in the courtroom of Indiana County President Judge William Martin, who will take up a revised motion for dismissal of the charges against 65-year-old Charle...
JOHN SMATHERS Jul 30, 2019

NUMEROUS DEFENDANTS SENTENCED IN COUNTY COURT
Indiana County's judges handed down sentences on a number of defendants yesterday. Judge Michael Clark sentenced 27-year-old Allan Mahan of Anita, Jefferson County to three to twelve months in the Ind...
JOHN SMATHERS Jul 30, 2019










