Category Archives: Local News

POLICE ISSUE ACCIDENT REPORTS
State police have issued releases on three accidents. An Indiana woman was taken by ambulance to the Indiana Regional Medical Center for treatment after a two-vehicle crash on Thursday at about 5 PM a...
Hometown1 Jan 29, 2023

PURCHASE LINE COMMUNITY MEETING TO AID IN SEARCH FOR SUPERTINTENDENT
The consultant leading the search for a new superintendent at the Purchase Line School District plans to hold focus group discussions with various groups in the district and has scheduled a meeting to...
Hometown1 Jan 29, 2023

MARGARET ROAD INTERSECTION TO CLOSE TOMORROW
A portion of Margaret Road in Plumcreek Township, Armstrong County will close tomorrow for the relocation of overhead utility lines, which are being moved underground as part of the Margaret Road Inte...
Hometown1 Jan 29, 2023

CORNER RELEASES MORE INFORMATION FATAL CRASH IN CENTER TOWNSHIP
Indiana County Coroner Jerry Overman, Jr. has identified the man who died in a fatal crash Thursday night in Center Township. According to the coroner's report, 30-year-old Alex Andrew Booher of Jeane...
Hometown2 Jan 28, 2023

TWO FIRES, TWO CRASHES REPORTED BY INDIANA COUNTY 911
Two fires were reported Friday evening by Indiana County 911. The first fire was a flue fire at a home on Forest Ridge Road in White Township at 5:10 PM. Indiana Fire Companies 2 and 3 responded to th...
Hometown2 Jan 28, 2023

G.E.T. SOLAR: INDIANA EXTENDED FOR ANOTHER MONTH
Indiana Borough has announced that the G.E.T. Solar: Indiana program has been extended for another month. G.E.T. Solar is a program designed to educate individuals about the benefits and savings of us...
Hometown2 Jan 28, 2023

SENTENCING HEARINGS HELD FRIDAY IN INDIANA COUNTY COURT
Sentencing hearings were held yesterday in Indiana County Court. One of them was for a Blairsville man who pleaded guilty to a charge of simple assault for an incident last March. Court documents show...
Hometown2 Jan 28, 2023

INDIANA POLICE CHIEF SAYS FORMER CHIEF DETECTIVE HAS BLACKMAILED HIM
Indiana Borough Police Chief Justin Schawl has come under fire from a former member of the police department, who says that "over (his) dead body" would Schawl remain the chief in 2023. Retired Boroug...
Hometown2 Jan 28, 2023

ONE PERSON KILLED IN CRASH THURSDAY NIGHT IN CENTER TOWNSHIP
One person was killed Thursday night in a two-vehicle crash on Route 119 in Center Township. Indiana County 911 reported that State Police, Citizens' Ambulance and the Homer City Volunteer Fire Depart...
Hometown2 Jan 27, 2023

PA AG DEPARTMENT, EMA WARNING POULTRY OWNERS OF BIRD FLU
The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture and the state Emergency Management Agency are warning poultry owners in the state to take immediate steps to prevent the spread of bird flu. The US Agricultu...
Hometown2 Jan 27, 2023












