Category Archives: Local News

POLICE REPORTS: DRUG-RELATED ARREST, TWO DUI ARRESTS
State police have charged a Pine Grove woman with drug-related crimes for an incident on Friday morning. Troopers say they stopped a 58-year-old woman and found she was in possession of crack cocaine ...
Hometown2 Jul 24, 2021

MORE THAN $1 MILLION IN PENNVEST FUNDS AWARDED TO GLEN CAMPBELL FOR WATER TREATMENT PROJECTS
Two local communities were awarded nearly $2.8 million in grant and loan money by the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority (PENNVEST) earlier today. One of those communities is located in ...
Renda Media Jul 23, 2021

IUP LIFTS INDOOR MASK MANDATES FOR FULLY VACCINATED INDIVIDUALS, ANNOUNCE UPDATED MITIGATION EFFORTS
IUP announced this afternoon that, effective today, the university is removing indoor mask mandates for vaccinated individuals. In a statement, IUP said that the decision is based off conditions in In...
Renda Media Jul 23, 2021

SHOOTING SUSPECTS SENTENCED DURING BUSY FRIDAY IN INDIANA COUNTY COURT
It was a busy morning in the Indiana County Court of Common Pleas this morning with multiple plea and sentencing hearings on the docket. One of the hearings was for 32-year-old Michael Wisor of Blairs...
Renda Media Jul 23, 2021

FOUR DISPLACED BY FIRE IN INDIANA BOROUGH FRIDAY MORNING
It was a quick knockdown for fire crews at a fire in a residential section of Indiana Borough this morning. Indiana County 911 reported the fire at 6:58 this morning on 234 South 11th Street. Indiana ...
Hometown2 Jul 23, 2021

FIRST COMMONWEALTH BANK DONATES $1,000 TO TEDDY BEAR FUND DRIVE THROUGH PENGUINS PARTNERSHIP
The Teddy Bear Fund Drive has been one of Indiana County's most leading charitable drives for more than 40 years, and one local business is already kicking this year's drive off to a hot start. First ...
Renda Media Jul 23, 2021

RIBBON CUTTING HELD FOR NEW CONSERVATION DISTRICT OFFICES
On Thursday, Indiana County officials cut the ribbon on the new home for the Indiana County Conservation District. (The new office for the Indiana County Conservation District. Photo by Anthony Frazie...
Hometown2 Jul 23, 2021

SHOOTING SUSPECTS TO HAVE PLEA & SENTENCING HEARINGS
Several plea and sentencing hearings are set for today in Indiana County Court, including one for a man charged with a shooting last November in Burrell Township. 32-year-old Christopher Michael Wisor...
Hometown2 Jul 23, 2021

PLEA REVOCATION HEARING SCHEDULED FOR BLACK LICK MAN
While many of the hearings on the docket are for entering pleas, issuing sentences or both, one man will go before the court today to withdraw his guilty pleas in three cases. Court documents say 41-y...
Hometown2 Jul 23, 2021

GAS PRICES UP SLIGHTLY IN PENNSYLVANIA
Pennsylvania's gas price average went up slightly over the last week. Triple-A reports that the average cost of a gallon of gas in Pennsylvania is now at $3.25 a gallon, a penny more than last week an...
Hometown2 Jul 23, 2021












