Category Archives: Local News

CONTINUED GOOD WEATHER LEADING TO DRY CONDITIONS IN INDIANA COUNTY
While the weather has been seasonally pleasant, it has not done any favors for groundwater levels in Indiana County. The National Integrated Drought Information System shows that most of Indiana Count...
Hometown2 Sep 10, 2025

REPORTED STRUCTURE FIRE, VEHICLE FIRE REPORTED TUESDAY
Along with helping out at the fire in Kittanning on Tuesday, first responders were called out for other incidents in Indiana County. Members of the Indiana Fire Association were called out three times...
Hometown2 Sep 10, 2025

IUP ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR CONSTITUTION DAY CELEBRATION
IUP has announced plans for its annual celebration of Constitution Day. Festivities will be held on September 15th starting at Noon in front of Stapleton Library facing the Oak Grove with the reading ...
Hometown2 Sep 10, 2025

PENNDOT ANNOUNCES ANNUAL HIGH SCHOOL "INNOVATIONS CHALLENGE" CONTEST
PennDOT is putting out the call to high school students to take part in the agency's Innovations Challenge. The contest is open to 9th to 12th graders in Pennsylvania, regardless of their school's lea...
Hometown2 Sep 10, 2025

WHITE TOWNSHIP PLANNING COMMISSION GRANTS TENTATIVE APPROVAL OF NEW PLANS FOR BEN FRANKLIN ROAD SHEETZ
On Tuesday, the White Township Planning Commission tentatively approved reconstruction plans for the Sheetz on Ben Franklin Road. The project will move the gas pumps and canopy to one side of the prop...
Hometown2 Sep 09, 2025

LARGE FIRE REPORTED IN KITTANNING BOROUGH
First responders from Indiana and Armstrong Counties are trying to put out a reported four-alarm fire in Kittanning this morning. The fire broke out just before 7:00 AM in the upper floors of the buil...
Hometown2 Sep 09, 2025

POLICE LOOKING TO IDENTIFY THEFT SUSPECT
Police in Indiana Borough are looking for an individual behind multiple incidents of theft and loitering between September 2nd and 7th. According to a report on the department's Facebook page, the inc...
Hometown2 Sep 09, 2025

TWO MEN CHARGED WITH BEATING IN LATE AUGUST IN INDIANA BOROUGH
Police have identified two men involved in the beating of a third in late August in Indiana Borough. Borough Police Chief Justin Schawl said in a statement that 22-year-old Artis Murphy-Butler of Phil...
Hometown2 Sep 09, 2025

VEHICLE FIRE, UTILITY LINES AMONG CALLS FOR FIRST RESPONDERS ON MONDAY
Indiana County First Responders were called out three times on Monday. The first call of the day was a vehicle fire reported on Stable Road in Cherryhill Township. Clymer, Cherryhill and Commodore fir...
Hometown2 Sep 09, 2025

SHAPIRO SAYS HIS OFFICE WILL BE READY IF PRESIDENT TRUMP DEPLOYS NATIONAL GUARD IN PA
Governor Josh Shapiro says his office will be "prepared" if President Donald Trump deploys National Guard troops to the Commonwealth. Shapiro made the comment during an event in Philadelphia yesterday...
Hometown2 Sep 09, 2025












