Category Archives: Local News
EMA OFFICIALS ASK RESIDENTS TO EASE UP ON OUTDOOR BURNING
With the lack of rain over the last few weeks, officials with the Indiana County Emergency Management Agency are requesting that residents refrain from outdoor burning for a while. This is not a burn ...
Hometown4 Oct 22, 2024
PSP REPORTS: THEFT
State police are investigating an incident where someone made fraudulent purchases on an Apollo woman's debit card on Monday. Troopers say someone accessed the card of Kristin Curci and made several o...
Hometown4 Oct 22, 2024
DETAILS RELEASED REGARDING SATURDAY CRASH IN WEST WHEATFIELD TOWNSHIP
Charges are pending in connection with a crash that happened Saturday afternoon in West Wheatfield Township. State police say they responded to a hit-and-run crash along the westbound lane at the inte...
Hometown4 Oct 22, 2024
CDC SAYS YOUTH TOBACCO USE REACHES RECORD LOW
The Center for Disease Control reports that tobacco use in middle and high school students across the U.S. is down to its lowest recorded level in 25 years. According to new data from the 2024 Nationa...
Hometown4 Oct 22, 2024
46TH BRUSH FIRE OF THE YEAR REPORTED IN INDIANA COUNTY
Indiana County firefighters were dispatched for the 46th brush fire call of the year on Monday afternoon. The fire was reported on Ray Street in Conemaugh Township at 4:17 PM. Tunnelton, Saltsburg and...
Hometown2 Oct 22, 2024
REMINDER: CARTER AVENUE IN INDIANA CLOSED THROUGH THURSDAY
PennDOT reminds drivers that Carter Avenue in Indiana Borough and White Township will be closed to traffic today through Thursday for drainage work. Please remember, there is no left turn onto Hospita...
Hometown2 Oct 22, 2024
PA AUDITOR GENERAL RELEASES AUDIT RESULTS FOR THREE AREA FIREFIGHTER RELIEF ORGANIZATIONS
Pennsylvania's Auditor General Timothy Defoor has released the results of audits of Volunteer Firefighters Relief Associations across the state, including three such groups in Indiana County. The depa...
Hometown2 Oct 22, 2024
IUP RECEIVES DONATION OF CHEMISTRY EQUIPMENT
IUP has received a donation from a Johnstown company to help out the school's Madia Department of Chemistry. (From left, faculty in the IUP Madia Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Physics Dr....
Hometown2 Oct 22, 2024
POLICE INVESTIGATING INCIDENT AT INDIANA SCHOOL DISTRICT BUS STOP
Indiana Borough Police are investigating an incident that happened at a bus stop Monday morning in the area of Chestnut and North 7th Street. Shortly before 9 a.m., a student reported that a stranger ...
Hometown4 Oct 21, 2024
RIVER VALLEY CREATES NEW AI TASK FORCE
River Valley School District recently launched a new initiative geared towards using artificial intelligence in improving teaching, learning, and district operations. Superintendent Philip Martell sai...
Hometown4 Oct 21, 2024