Category Archives: Local News

INDIANA AREA, PURCHASE LINE BOARDS TO CONSIDER '21-'22 BUDGETS
The Indiana Area School Board is poised to approve a tentative budget for the new fiscal year tonight. The $57.6 million plan holds the line on property taxes. The board also will vote on reappointing...
Hometown1 May 10, 2021

MAIL-IN BALLOT DEADLINE APPROACHES
Pennsylvania's Primary Election is May 18th, and the deadline to apply to vote by mail is this coming Tuesday, the 11th. Mail-in or absentee ballots may be applied for at the Indiana County Voting &am...
Hometown1 May 09, 2021

PURCHASE LINE SET TO REOPEN BUILDINGS
The Purchase Line School District is set to reopen its high school and elementary school tomorrow after having to close the buildings Thursday and Friday because of covid-19. The closures also affecte...
Hometown1 May 09, 2021

SENATORS PUSH TO LIFT RESTRICTIONS FOR MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, WOLF SAYS NO
A cohort of 21 state senators has sent a letter to Governor Tom Wolf urging him to move up the date for lifting covid-19 restrictions from Memorial Day to the Friday before Memorial Day, thus giving b...
Hometown1 May 09, 2021

MAN SENTENCED FOR ASSAULT AT IRMC
An Indiana man accused of assaulting an IRMC official entered a guilty plea and was sentenced yesterday during his criminal call hearing. 24-year-old Grant Schrecengost was sentenced to serve two year...
Hometown2 May 08, 2021

POLICE REPORTS: SMUGGLING, THEFTS
PSP-INDIANA A Cherry Tree man is charged with smuggling illegal materials into the Indiana County Jail for inmates while he worked at the facility. State police say that 50-year-old Bradley Wholaver a...
Hometown2 May 08, 2021

UNDERGRADUATE COMMENCEMENT TO BE HELD TODAY AT IUP
Three graduation ceremonies will be held today at the KCAC as 1,317 bachelor's degrees will be handed out by IUP in its first undergraduate commencement since before the pandemic. The first commenceme...
Hometown2 May 08, 2021

BUSY AFTERNOON FOR AREA FIRE CREWS
Emergency crews were busy this afternoon as Indiana County 9-1-1 reports that six area fire departments were dispatched throughout the day. Plumville and Marion Center fire crews responded to a chimne...
Renda Media May 07, 2021

CANDIDATES FOR COURT OF COMMON PLEAS MEET FOR FORUM
The three candidates for Indiana County Court of Common Pleas met at Renda Broadcasting and Digital's Studios this morning to discuss several issues related to their position. One of the topics discus...
Hometown2 May 07, 2021

TAX FORGIVENESS PROGRAM STILL OPEN FOR ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS
With the individual tax deadline approaching, the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue reminds those living in low-income households that assistance is available through the Commonwealth's Tax Forgivene...
Renda Media May 07, 2021












