Category Archives: Local News

SMICKSBURG MAN CHARGED FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT OF MINOR
From the office of District Attorney Robert Manzi District Attorney Bob Manzi announced today that charges have been filed against defendant Michael Stiles, 54 of Smicksburg, for the sexual assault of...
Renda Media Apr 19, 2022

TREE STAND FIRE IN MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP RULED ARSON
State police have ruled a tree-stand fire in Montgomery Township as arson. Troopers say the victim, a 59-year-old man from Gipsy, reported the incident on April 5th, saying his hunting tree stand loca...
Hometown2 Apr 19, 2022

DRIVER KILLED IN ATV ACCIDENT ON SUNDAY IN SHELOCTA
One person was killed in an ATV accident on Sunday in Armstrong Township. State Police say the victim, a 21-year-old Shelocta man, was riding his Yamaha YZF 450 ATV North on Ramer Road around 3:00 PM ...
Hometown2 Apr 19, 2022

TROOPERS INVESTIGATE 15 CRASHES ON MONDAY
State police say that they investigated more vehicle crashes during Monday's ice storm than what was originally reported by Indiana County 911. While the county Emergency Management Agency dispatched ...
Hometown2 Apr 19, 2022

SNOWFALL/RAINFALL REPORT FOR APRIL 19, 2022
The following is the snowfall/rainfall report from the Pennsylvania American Water Company Two Lick Filter Plant, issued this morning: We've received 31.1 inches of snow so far this season, a trace th...
Hometown7 Apr 19, 2022

SEVEN VEHICLE CRASHES REPORTED DURING MONDAY ICE STORM
As an ice storm hit Indiana County on Monday, several vehicle accidents were reported during that storm. Over a three-hour time period, Indiana County first responders were called out for seven vehicl...
Hometown2 Apr 19, 2022

INDIANA MAN CHARGED IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INCIDENT
Indiana Borough Police have charged an Indiana man in connection with a domestic violence in the borough early Monday morning. Police say that officers were dispatched to a home in the 300 block of No...
Hometown2 Apr 19, 2022

ACTING PA HEALTH SECRETARY TO STEP DOWN ON FRIDAY
Governor Tom Wolf announced on Monday that the current acting health department secretary is stepping down from office. Acting Health Secretary Keara Klinepeter will resign her position effective this...
Hometown2 Apr 19, 2022

PSP URGING EXTRA CARE AS TRACTORS, FARM VEHICLES HIT THE ROAD
State police are informing drivers that they will see more activity on rural roads, especially from tractors and other pieces of farm equipment. As farmers plant crops and start moving tractors and fa...
Hometown2 Apr 19, 2022

DRIVER ORDERED TO PRISON FOR 2018 DUI CRASH THAT INJURED MOTORCYCLIST
In Westmoreland County plea Court yesterday, a former Derry Township man pleaded guilty to DUI controlled substance for a crash that injured a Blairsville man in October of 2018. 42-year-old Orrin Wil...
Hometown1 Apr 19, 2022

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