Category Archives: Local News

FIRE DESTROYS TRUCK NEAR SHELOCTA
A truck was completely destroyed by a fire earlier this morning in Armstrong Township. Indiana County 911 reports that Creekside and Elderton Volunteer Fire Departments and the State Police were dispa...
Hometown2 Jul 22, 2022

STATEWIDE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FALLS SLIGHTLY
Pennsylvania's unemployment rate went down slightly in the month of June. According to the Department of Labor and Industry, the rate went down a tenth of a percentage point over the month of June to ...
Hometown2 Jul 22, 2022

PLEA AND SENTENCING HEARINGS SCHEDULED FOR TODAY
Today is expected to be another busy day at the Indiana County Court of Common Pleas with many plea and sentencing hearings on the docket. One of those sentencing hearings is for a man who pleaded gui...
Hometown2 Jul 22, 2022

PASSHE GETTING READY TO ENTER PHASE THREE OF REDESIGN
The State System of Higher Education on Thursday issued a news release saying that the system is getting ready to go into phase three of the system redesign. The system redesign was originally launche...
Hometown2 Jul 22, 2022

VARIETY OF CALLS REPORTED BY INDIANA COUNTY 911
Indiana County first responders dealt with a wide variety of incidents on Thursday and early this morning. The first incident of Thursday was reported at 1:30 in the afternoon as a vehicle accident wa...
Hometown2 Jul 22, 2022

2022 TASTE AND TOUR A SUCCESS
On Thursday night, Downtown Indiana held the 2022 edition of the annual Taste and Tour event. This year, 17 restaurants, bars and breweries took over three blocks of Philadelphia Street to present sam...
Hometown2 Jul 21, 2022

MAN INVOLVED IN PHILLY TO INDIANA DRUG RING SENTENCED TO 8 YEARS IN PRISON
A former Indiana man was sentenced to serve time in federal prison and probation after that for drug and money laundering related crimes. On Wednesday, Senior U.S. Judge Kim Gibson ordered Ahmed "Med"...
Hometown2 Jul 21, 2022

DCNR, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH HOLDING COVID-19 CLINIC FRIDAY AT YELLOW CREEK
The Wolf Administration has been holding some Covid-19 vaccine clinics at state parks over the past few years, and one of those clinics will be in Indiana County tomorrow. The state Department of Cons...
Hometown2 Jul 21, 2022

DETAILS ON TWO ACCIDENTS RELEASED BY STATE POLICE
State police have released information on a few accidents in Armstrong County. One of those accidents involved an Indiana County person. Troopers say the crash happened on July 12th at the intersectio...
Hometown2 Jul 21, 2022

A LIGHT ACTIVITY DAY FOR INDIANA COUNTY FIRST RESPONDERS
First responders had a light day of duty on Wednesday. Indiana fire fighters were summoned to St. Andrews Village on Indian Springs Road at 11:21 yesterday for an automatic fire alarm activation that ...
Hometown2 Jul 21, 2022

E-bike Regulations
Contrary to common belief, Pennsylvania does regulate e-bikes, with age (16 and older), speed and power limitations. But are they regulated enough?
No! E-bikes are too powerful, and too fast!
No! Helmets should be required.
The laws are fine. Enforcing them is the problem. People are too reckless.
State law can only do so much. Local laws need to be tougher.
Let 'em alone! E-bikes aren't a problem.
Voting Ends: Jul 28, 2026 | 12:00 PM









