Category Archives: Local News

MAN FACES CHARGES CONNECTED WITH THREAT INVOLVING IRMC
State police on Monday investigated a threat that involved the Indiana Regional Medical Center earlier this week. Troopers say yesterday, they investigated a report of a man from Armstrong Township th...
Hometown2 Oct 03, 2023

MAN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH ROAD RAGE INCIDENT
Police in Indiana Borough have arrested a Baltimore man after a road rage incident reported Monday. Officers say 24-year-old Miles Mateo Eggleston-Baxter and an identified victim were involved in a ne...
Hometown2 Oct 03, 2023

LEWIS SENTENCED IN FIVE CASES ON MONDAY
An Indiana man was sentenced in five different cases on Monday. 39-year-old Dennis Lewis, Jr. was ordered to serve up to a day less than two years in the Indiana County Jail along with probation time ...
Hometown2 Oct 03, 2023

FIRST RESPONDERS BUSY YESTERDAY, EARLY THIS MORNING
First responders were busy on Monday and early this morning. A vehicle accident was reported by Indiana County 911 at 2:19 PM. Rossiter fire department, state police and Punxsutawney EMS were dispatch...
Hometown2 Oct 03, 2023

IUP, I-ACT GETTING READY FOR HOMECOMING
Indiana University of Pennsylvania is getting ready for Homecoming Weekend. Tomorrow, members of the Indiana Area Collaborative Team, also known as I-ACT, will meet at 1:00 PM. The meeting is meant to...
Hometown2 Oct 03, 2023

CENTER TOWNSHIP SUPERVISORS APPROVE GRANT APPLICATION FOR PROJECT IN LUCERNEMINES
On Monday, the Center Township Supervisors approved a resolution to apply for some state funds for a project in Lucernemines. Township Supervisors President Matt Housholder said that the $630,000 in M...
Hometown2 Oct 02, 2023

BLAIRSVILLE POLICE ARREST MAN ON DRUG CHARGES
Police in Blairsville Borough have arrested an individual on drug-related crimes. Officers took 38-year-old Richard Shaffer of Blairsville into custody on Friday, September 29th on multiple arrest war...
Hometown2 Oct 02, 2023

RED CROSS SEEKING MORE DONORS AS BLOOD SUPPLY LEVELS DROP
The American Red Cross is looking for more blood donors as supplies are at alarmingly low levels. The Red Cross' national blood supply has fallen to critically low levels since early August, and that ...
Hometown2 Oct 02, 2023

INDIANA WOMAN SENTENCED FOR WESTMORELAND COUNTY METH LAB CASE
An Indiana County woman was sentenced on Friday in a meth lab case in Westmoreland County. 55-year-old Jennifer Lynn Williams, formerly of Loyalhanna Township, entered guilty pleas on Friday to charge...
Hometown2 Oct 02, 2023

PSP REPORTS: HARASSMENT, DUI
PSP-INDIANA State Police have filed harassment charges against an Indiana man in connection with an incident on September 20th. Troopers say that 34-year-old Joseph Fleckenstein of Indiana was trying ...
Hometown2 Oct 02, 2023












