Category Archives: Local News

WHITE TOWNSHIP ROAD CLOSED FOR STORM WATER PROJECT
A storm water drainage construction project will prompt the closure of a road in White Township today. White Township officials say that Heritage Run Road will be closed to through traffic between Con...
Hometown2 Jun 26, 2023

WASTE MANAGEMENT TO SHUT DOWN OPERATIONS IN INDIANA COUNTY
The Waste Management landfill in Indiana County will end operations next year. The company announced that the Evergreen Landfill will close in the first half of 2024. With the closure, Waste Managemen...
Hometown2 Jun 26, 2023

NEW YORK WOMAN DUE IN COURT TODAY FOR PLEA HEARING
A woman from New York State is due in Indiana County Court today to enter pleas in connection with a case that happened last month. 31-year-old Justine Ida Lavair of Mastic Beach, New York is charged ...
Hometown2 Jun 26, 2023

INDIANA BOROUGH POLICE LOOKING FOR INFO ON CRIMINAL MISCHIEF CASE
Police are investigating a case of criminal mischief that happened over the weekend in Indiana Borough. Police say that officers received a report of the incident on Sunday at a home in the 400 block ...
Hometown2 Jun 26, 2023

INDIANA SCHOOL BOARD TO CONSIDER BUDGET TONIGHT
The Indiana School Board will meet tonight, and final passage of the 2023-24 budget will be on the draft agenda. According to the draft agenda for tonight's meeting, taxpayers may see an increase in p...
Hometown2 Jun 26, 2023

MARION CENTER SCHOOL BOARD TO MEET TONIGHT
The Marion Center School Board is also scheduled meet tonight and they will discuss the 2023-24 budget. The district's proposed budget cones to $30.532,041 and will require taxes to go up 2.5% to 12.4...
Hometown2 Jun 26, 2023

JUNE 30 DEADLINE APPROACHES FOR STATE BUDGET
We are entering the final week of June and there is still no state budget in place. Very few expect that there will be one ready to go when the new fiscal year begins on July 1st, as the debate over s...
Hometown1 Jun 25, 2023

BOWEN PCCR HEARING SET FOR AUGUST
Indiana County Judge Michael Clark last week continued a post conviction collateral relief hearing for Dwight Bowen, the 46-year-old Philadelphia man who killed his cellmate at SCI Pine Grove on Janua...
Hometown1 Jun 25, 2023

ANOTHER NEW TRIAL DATE FOR SHETLER
Westmoreland County Judge Meagan Bilik-DeFazio has set another new trial date for 38-year-old Ray Shetler Jr. It will be the ninth attempt at a trial for the man accused of brawling with county detect...
Hometown1 Jun 25, 2023

ROUTE 210 EARNS LONGEVITY AWARD FOR PENNDOT DISTRICT 10
When Route 210 past Keystone Lake in Armstrong County was originally built in 1971, the construction crews did such an outstanding job, the road has only required resurfacing twice in more than 51 yea...
Hometown1 Jun 25, 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









