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MARION CENTER SCHOOL BOARD TO CONSIDER BUDGET, POSSIBLE TAX INCREASE
The Marion Center School Board will also look to approve a preliminary budget tonight. Their preliminary budget comes to $30,532,041 will be up for approval tonight. The board is considering two optio...
Hometown2 May 22, 2023

JURY SELECTION SCHEDULED FOR FOUR CASES TODAY
Jury selection is scheduled today for Indiana County's Court of Common Pleas for four cases. One case involves Reginald Callaway of Baltimore, Maryland. He is facing charges of DUI-Controlled substanc...
Hometown2 May 22, 2023

JD VARNER: UNTIL THEN
On Sunday's This Sunday Morning program on WDAD, Greg Varner shared the news that his father, Christian Witness found JD Varner, had passed away at age 87. Our tribute, by Todd Marino.
Hometown1 May 22, 2023

MORE WORK SCHEDULED ON OAKLAND AVENUE
The Oakland Avenue construction project moves on this week with more nighttime work starting tomorrow. Crews will be milling and paving at the intersection of Indian Springs Road and Oakland Avenue be...
Hometown1 May 21, 2023

STRUZZI BILL WOULD BOOST NUMBER OF STATE POLICE TROOPERS
State Representative Jim Struzzi has introduced legislation that he says "addresses the expanded role played by the Pennsylvania State Police in the 21st century." Struzzi's bill, he says, lifts an "a...
Hometown1 May 21, 2023

FIRST RESPONDERS DISPATCHED TO TWO VEHICLE CRASHES SATURDAY
Indiana County 911 was relatively quiet on Saturday. Firefighters were dispatched for two vehicle accidents. The first of them was on Rossmoyne Road in South Mahoning Township at 1:47 PM. Plumville fi...
Hometown1 May 21, 2023

SURVEY SEEKS ANSWERS ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
There are only ten days left for the public to take a survey being conducted by the Southwest Pennsylvania Commission, the ten-county transportation planning authority for our region. The survey on pu...
Hometown1 May 21, 2023

JIMMY STEWART MUSEUM WELCOMES NEW EXHIBIT FOCUSING ON JIMMY'S ARTISTIC SISTER
On Saturday, the Jimmy Stewart Museum unveiled a new exhibit that focuses on Jimmy's Sister, Mary. (Samples of the Another Wonderful Life exhibit at the Jimmy Stewart Museum. Photos by Josh Widdowson)...
Hometown2 May 20, 2023

NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE BETWEEN APSCUF, PASSHE ON FACULTY CONTRACT
Negotiations continued on Friday between the State System of Higher Education and the union representing its faculty. According to a joint news release, both sides met yesterday and discussed continui...
Hometown2 May 20, 2023

SENTENCING HEARINGS HELD FRIDAY IN INDIANA COUNTY COURT
Several sentencing hearings were held Friday in Indiana County Court, and while many of them focused on charges related to driving under the influence, there was one person who was sentenced on theft-...
Hometown2 May 20, 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









