Category Archives: Local News

FLU CASES REMAIN STEADY OVER THE LAST WEEK
The pace of flu cases in Pennsylvania and Indiana County held steady over the last week. A total of 1,431 new flu cases were reported over the last week, bringing the total number of lab-confirmed cas...
Hometown2 Feb 17, 2022

"GRANDPARENT SCAM" PLAGUES THE REGION
Western Pennsylvania has been plagued by scammers over the past several months, and state police at the Indiana barracks have fielded at least a dozen calls in recent days about the oft-reported "gran...
Hometown1 Feb 17, 2022

WOMAN ACCUSED OF STEALING FROM 4TH STREET SHEETZ ON FOUR OCCASIONS
Indiana Borough Police have charged an Indiana woman with multiple incidents of theft by deception and retail theft that happened over a week's time at an Indiana convenience store. Police say that th...
Hometown2 Feb 16, 2022

SNOWFALL REPORT FOR FEB. 16, 2022
The following is the snowfall report from the Pennsylvania American Water Company Two Lick Filter Plant, issued this morning: We've received 24.9 inches of snow so far this winter season, 2.5 inches h...
Renda Media Feb 16, 2022

PENNDOT TO HOST VIRTUAL PLANS DISPLAY FOR ROUTE 954 BRIDGE
PennDOT is getting ready to put plans for a bridge replacement project out for public review. The project in question is the Route 954 bridge that crosses Yellow Creek in Brush Valley, Center and Whit...
Hometown2 Feb 16, 2022

INDIANA COUNTY TO RECEIVE $2 MILLION IN CDBG-CARES ACT GRANTS TO EXPAND BROADBAND
State Senator Joe Pittman and State Representatives Jim Struzzi and Brian Smith announced on Tuesday that Indiana County will receive $2 million in Community Development Block Grant-CARES Act funding ...
Hometown2 Feb 16, 2022

FIVE INDIANA COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENTS TO RECEIVE STATE FUNDING
Five fire departments in northern Indiana County will receive $15,000 each as part of over $270,000 in state funding for fire and ambulance companies across the state. The statewide grant program star...
Hometown2 Feb 16, 2022

MOTIONS HEARINGS SET FOR THREE MAJOR CASES TODAY
Several motions hearings are scheduled for today in Indiana County Court, including one for one of the four charged in the fatal shooting at an apartment complex near IUP in October of 2020. The motio...
Hometown2 Feb 16, 2022

PA BROADBAND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY HOLDS FIRST MEETING
Two months after Governor Tom Wolf created the Pennsylvania Broadband Development authority, the group held its first meeting on Tuesday. The goal of the authority is to expand broadband internet acce...
Hometown2 Feb 16, 2022

POLICE REPORTS: DRUG BUST, PUBLIC INTOXICATION
INDIANA BOROUGH POLICE A woman from Lancaster County was charged by Indiana Borough Police with drug and vehicle-related crimes for an incident late last week. Police say that they conducted a vehicle...
Hometown2 Feb 16, 2022

Konnor Griffin
Konnor Griffin is a Bucco! Are you going to go watch him play?
You bet! He's going to put them in the playoffs!
Sure will, but he's not going to make them much better.
Maybe a few games, but he's going to struggle.
Nope! The Pirates have been too bad for too long.
Voting Ends: Apr 14, 2026 | 12:00 PM











