Category Archives: Local News
INDIANA SCHOOL BOARD APPROVES CHANGES TO DISTRICT PHONE SYSTEM
On Monday night, the Indiana School Board approved an agreement for a new phone system that will save the district a lot of money. The new system with Full Service Network will replace all district la...
Hometown2 Oct 28, 2024
MARION CENTER SCHOOL BOARD APPROVES THREE PROJECTS AT ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES
The Marion Center School Board approved three contracts from Shadco, LLC. at their meeting Monday night. One of the proposals allows Shadco to bore a tunnel from McCreery Elementary to the flag pole f...
Hometown4 Oct 28, 2024
ONE-DAY CLOSURE ON HUFF ROAD SCHEDULED FOR NEXT WEEK
PennDOT has scheduled a closure for Huff Road in West Wheatfield Township next week so crews can perform railroad crossing work. The closure will run from November 7 at 6 a.m. until 6:30 the following...
Hometown4 Oct 28, 2024
RIVER VALLEY TO RECEIVE $3 MILLION FROM THE 21ST CENTURY COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTERS GRANT
The River Valley School District has announced it will receive $3 million from the 21st Century Community Learning Centers grant program. The grant will give the district $600,000 a year over the next...
Hometown2 Oct 28, 2024
THREE MORE BRUSH FIRES REPORTED SUNDAY
Three more brush fires were reported in Indiana County on Sunday. Indiana County 911 said the first of the three fires was reported at 6:02 PM on Iselin Road in Young Township. Iselin and Coal Run fir...
Hometown2 Oct 28, 2024
TWO DEALS WITH SHADCO ON AGENDA FOR MARION CENTER SCHOOL BOARD
The Marion Center School board is scheduled to hold its voting meeting tonight, and a few projects concerning parking lots and camera lines are on the agenda. The board will look to approve a contract...
Hometown2 Oct 28, 2024
SENTENCING HEARINGS SCHEDULED FOR COURT OF COMMON PLEAS TODAY
Two sentencing hearings are scheduled for Indiana County's Court of Common Pleas today. One of them is for 37-year-old Joshua Michael Burgess of Indiana, who pleaded guilty to two counts of theft by u...
Hometown2 Oct 28, 2024
FORMER SCI-PINE GROVE CORRECTIONS OFFICER DUE IN COURT FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING
A former corrections officer with SCI-Pine Grove is due in Indiana County's District Court for a preliminary hearing where she is charged with sexually assaulting a prisoner. Court documents say 30-ye...
Hometown2 Oct 28, 2024
TWO BRUSH FIRES SATURDAY ADD TO YEAR'S TOTAL
Firefighters were dispatched for two brush fires on Saturday, one in Cherryhill Township and one in Washington Township. Clymer firefighters fought a fire along Allen Bridge Road and Elderton and Cree...
Hometown1 Oct 27, 2024
MAIL-IN DEADLINES APPROACH AS ELECTION NEARS
If you wish to vote by mail in the election on November 5th, time is running out for you to request a ballot. Applications for a mail-in ballot must be received by the county election office by five o...
Hometown1 Oct 27, 2024