Category Archives: Local News

POLICE REPORT: WOMAN CHARGED WITH ASSAULT
Indiana Borough Police have charged a woman with assault for an incident last Saturday at the Regency Square apartment complex. Officers said they were dispatched to the apartments at 11:05 AM on July...
Hometown2 Jul 18, 2023

VEHICLE CRASH REPORTED THIS MORNING IN YOUNG TOWNSHIP
First responders had an early morning as they responded to a vehicle accident on Route 286 West in Young Township. Coal Run and Iselin-West Lebanon firefighters were called out at 12:54 this morning t...
Hometown2 Jul 18, 2023

INDIANA BOROUGH WORK SESSION CANCELLED
Indiana Borough Council has announced the cancellation of this month's work session. According to a post on the borough's website, the next work session will be the regularly scheduled work session fo...
Hometown2 Jul 18, 2023

TRAFFIC EXPECTED TO BE SLOWED AT 9TH AND PHILADELPHIA STREETS AGAIN FOR GAS LINE PROJECT
Road crews and flaggers are expected to remain at the intersection of 9th and Philadelphia Street for the rest of this week as a gas line project continues. The gas line project has been the focus of ...
Hometown2 Jul 18, 2023

COUPLE MAKES $40,000 GIFT TO IUP FOR OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE PROJECT
Two graduates from IUP have made a $40,000 gift to advance the university's school of osteopathic medicine project. 2005 Distinguished Alumni Award recipient Nick Jacobs and Mary Ann Hoysan Jacobs of ...
Hometown2 Jul 18, 2023

REVIEW HEARING SCHEDULED FOR MAN CHARGED WITH ROBBERY IN 2022
A review hearing is scheduled today for a man charged in connection with a robbery in Indiana borough back in 2022. Indiana borough police charged 20-year-old Jamie White, Jr. of Indiana with Robbery,...
Hometown2 Jul 18, 2023

POWERBALL SURGES TO $1 BILLION JACKPOT
If you didn't hit the Powerball jackpot last night, the good news is that no one else did either. The other part of that is that the jackpot has now surpassed the billion dollar mark. As no one matche...
Hometown2 Jul 18, 2023

INDIANA SCHOOL BOARD AUTHORIZES ADMINISTRATION TO SEEK TAX ANTICIPATION LOAN
At Monday night's meeting, the Indiana School Board approved a motion that will authorize the administration to seek out a Tax Anticipation Loan. The administration will work with local banks to secur...
Hometown2 Jul 17, 2023

BOROUGH PAVING, GAS LINE PROJECT, EXPECTED TO AFFECT TRAFFIC TODAY
Indiana Borough's summer paving schedule is underway today, and several borough roads are affected by the schedule. The plan is to start milling these roads and paving operations to take place the fol...
Hometown2 Jul 17, 2023

INVESTIGATION CONTINUES INTO DEATH OF MAN FOUND NEAR INDIANA-CAMBRIA COUNTY LINE
No new information was reported in the investigation into a dead body found on Route 403 early Friday morning. State police identified the body found along Cramer as 44-year-old Daryl Vincent Lee of J...
Hometown2 Jul 17, 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









