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MAN CHARGED WITH SHOPLIFTING FROM INDIANA WALMART
State Police in Indiana have charged an Indiana man with shoplifting at the White Township Walmart on Sunday. Troopers were dispatched at 12:38 in the morning on Sunday when a member of Walmart's loss...
Hometown2 Jul 31, 2023

WOMAN CHARGED WITH DUI SCHEDULED FOR SENTENCING HEARING TODAY
A sentencing hearing is scheduled for today for a woman facing drug-related charges. Charges filed against Tiffany Blattenberger go back to September 14th of 2020, when state police came across her in...
Hometown2 Jul 31, 2023

CHAMBER: REGISTRATION REQUIRED FOR RESCHENTHALER OPEN FORUM
Congressman Guy Reschenthaler will be holding an open forum at IUP's Eberly College of Business on Thursday and the Indiana County Chamber of Commerce says that because of the large early response, pr...
Hometown1 Jul 30, 2023

BRIDGE WORK TO CONTINUE IN EAST WHEATFIELD TOWNSHIP
The eastbound lanes of Route 22 in East Wheatfield Township will have nighttime closures this week around the Route 403 Cramer Pike bridge as repair work continues on that bridge, which was damaged wh...
Hometown1 Jul 30, 2023

STEVENSON APPEAL OF DOUBLE HOMICIDE CONVICTION MOVES FORWARD
While the double homicide trial of Nathanael Price is scheduled for November, his co-defendant in the October 2016 murders of Timothy Gardner and Jacqueline Brink continues to pursue an appeal of his ...
Hometown1 Jul 30, 2023

NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE FOR PASSHE, APSCUF
Negotiations continued between the State System of Higher Education and the union that represents its teachers. No agreement was reached on a new collective bargaining agreement between PASSHE and APS...
Hometown2 Jul 29, 2023

CRASH, CAR FIRE AMONG REPORTS FOR INDIANA COUNTY 911 ON FRIDAY
Indiana County First responders were called out for a handful of incidents on Friday. The first call of the day was at 3:27 PM as a van rear-ended a tractor-trailer truck on Route 22 West in Burrell T...
Hometown2 Jul 29, 2023

FORMER INDIANA BOROUGH COUNCIL MEMBER, AUTHOR PASSES AWAY
A former member of Indiana Borough Council has passed away. Catherine Hood, better known to many as Kitty, died on Thursday. She served two terms as a member of Indiana Borough Council. The Borough of...
Hometown2 Jul 29, 2023

REAL ID DEADLINE FOR PA RESIDENTS EXTENDED TO 2025
The deadline for Pennsylvanians to apply for and get a REAL ID has been extended into the spring of 2025. PennDOT announced earlier this week that in response to the national COVID-19 declaration, the...
Hometown2 Jul 29, 2023

IUP PROFESSOR CREDITED WITH CREATION OF BUSINESS DOCTORATE PROGRAM PASSES
Funeral arrangements have been announced for an IUP professor who died in a tragic accident this week. Dr. P. Michael Kosicek was killed in a tractor accident on Tuesday at his home in Kiskiminetas To...
Hometown2 Jul 28, 2023

RT 22 BIKE-PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE
The long-awaited bike-pedestrian bridge across Route 22 is now open! What do you think?
I love it! It will help bring more economic activity to Indiana County!
I love it! It's much needed for the safety of folks to link the trails and access both sides of that busy highway.
I love it for both of the reasons listed above (as long as they maintain it.)
It's not going to be the economic boon they're saying it will be.
Not enough people will use it to have an effect on safety.
It will not be maintained and will fall into disuse rather quickly.
Voting Ends: Jul 21, 2026 | 12:00 PM









