Category Archives: Local News

IUP, PENNWEST CLARION GRADS ESTABLISH SCHOLARSHIPS
Graduates from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and PennWest Clarion have teamed up to establish a social studies scholarship at IUP. Thomas and Virginia Schott have given IUP $25,000 to establish t...
Hometown2 Sep 03, 2024

SPIRIT AIRLINES ADDS FLIGHT TO MYRTLE BEACH FROM ARNOLD PALMER AIRPORT
Spirit Airlines will run another flight to Myrtle Beach out of the Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Westmoreland County. This marks the first time that Spirit has run two flights from the airport nea...
Hometown2 Sep 03, 2024

OX HILL FAIR UNDERWAY
The Ox Hill Fair is now underway and earlier this week, officials named the 2024 fair queen and alternates. This year's Ox Hill Fair Queen is Katrina Hoffman from Marion Center, while runner up was Ma...
Hometown2 Sep 03, 2024

CLOSURES IN EFFECT FOR LABOR DAY
Today is Labor Day, a day that was set aside by the federal government to celebrate the working people and the union movement in America. As today is a national holiday, there are some closures in eff...
Hometown2 Sep 02, 2024

PAVING PROJECT STARTS TODAY IN LUCERNEMINES
While Labor Day is traditionally a day off, there will be some road crews at work today in Center Township as a paving project gets underway today. The paving project will include 12 streets in Lucern...
Hometown2 Sep 02, 2024

CAR AND STRUCTURE FIRES REPORTED ON SUNDAY BY INDIANA COUNTY 911
First responders were busy on Sunday with seven calls for service, according to Indiana County 911. It started at 12:26 AM when Commodore Fire Crews were called out for utility lines down along Rice R...
Hometown2 Sep 02, 2024

UPDATE: RUNAWAY TEEN FOUND
A runaway teen has been found safe. Troopers were searching this weekend for 16-year-old Dyllan Ryan of Burrell Township, who was seen leaving his home August 29th around 11:00 AM. Police believed at ...
Hometown2 Sep 02, 2024

COURT WEIGHS IN ON BATTLE FOR INCLUSION ON STATE'S PRESIDENTIAL BALLOT
A Commonwealth Court judge on Friday ruled that independent candidate Cornel West must be excluded from Pennsylvania's presidential ballot. Judge Renee Cohn Jubelier sided with the Pennsylvania Secret...
Hometown1 Sep 02, 2024

UPDATE: POLICE IDENTIFY MAN AND WOMAN WHO LED THEM ON HIGH-SPEED CHASE
State police have identified the Allegheny County man and woman who stole a vehicle at the White Township Walmart store late Friday afternoon and led them on a pursuit into Armstrong County, where the...
Hometown1 Sep 01, 2024

PITTMAN SAYS STATE IS WORKING TO HELP CLYMER FLOOD VICTIMS
At last week's meeting of the Indiana County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, State Senator Joe Pittman said that he and his colleagues are in contact with officials in Clymer Borough to help w...
Hometown1 Sep 01, 2024

America 250
The America250 celebration is coming up. Are you doing anything special?
Yes! Can't wait for the Friday night parade and Saturday's YMCA Star Spangled Celebration at Mack Park!
We'll do our typical picnic and sparklers thing!
We're traveling to some great U.S. historical sites, such as Philadelphia or Washington, D.C.
Nothing special. Just a typical weekend at our house.
Voting Ends: Jun 16, 2026 | 12:00 PM











