Category Archives: Local News

INDIANA COUNTY SCHOOLS REPORT NEW COVID CASES
While not all Indiana County school districts have continued to post positive covid-19 case numbers, several still do, and the Indiana Area District is reporting another positive case today. The distr...
Hometown1 Apr 14, 2021

STATE POLICE SEEKING INFORMATION ON SUSPECTED BURRELL TOWNSHIP RETAIL THIEVES
The Pennsylvania State Police need the public's help in identifying two females suspected in a retail theft incident at the Walmart in Burrell Township on April 1. According to the report, the inciden...
Renda Media Apr 13, 2021

INDIANA COUNTY DRUG TASK FORCE MAKES LARGEST HEROIN/FENTANYL BUSTS IN COUNTY HISTORY
The Indiana County Drug Task Force and District Attorney Bob Manzi announced an arrest connected to one of the largest heroin and fentanyl busts in Indiana County history. The task force announced the...
Hometown2 Apr 13, 2021

MAN CHARGED IN PITTSBURGH CARJACKING APPREHENDED IN INDIANA COUNTY
A man charged in connection with a carjacking in Pittsburgh last month was picked up in Indiana County on Monday. According to a news release from Allegheny County Sheriffs, 39-year-old Tristan Scott ...
Hometown2 Apr 13, 2021

POLICE REPORTS: SHOPLIFTING, GUN THEFT
PSP-INDIANA State police are continuing to investigate a shoplifting incident at the Burrell Township Walmart on April 1st. Troopers say that the theft happened around 3:14 PM. It is believed that two...
Hometown2 Apr 13, 2021

PA DEPT OF HEALTH OPENS PHASE TWO OF VACCINE PLAN TODAY
The Wolf administration announced on Monday that the state's Covid-19 vaccine distribution program will now move into phase two today instead of next Monday, meaning that all Pennsylvanians over the a...
Hometown2 Apr 13, 2021

INDIANA, UNITED SCHOOL DISTRICTS REPORT NEW COVID-19 CASES
Two school districts are reporting new Covid-19 cases this morning. Indiana Area School District said in a letter that on Thursday, April 8th, they were notified that a Senior High Student had tested ...
Hometown2 Apr 13, 2021

INDIANA SCHOOL BOARD DISCUSSES BUDGET, APPROVES ESSER FUNDING USE
On Monday Night, the Indiana School Board approved the use of some of the ESSER Emergency Funding from the federal government. Most of the money will go to items that will help with educational recove...
Hometown2 Apr 12, 2021

MAN ARRESTED FOR FIRING SHOT AT PASSING VEHICLE IN WEST WHEATFIELD TOWNSHIP
From Pennsylvania State Police An Osceola Mills man was arrested by troopers Saturday after he fired a single round from a 9mm handgun at a passing vehicle late that afternoon. No one was injured in t...
Renda Media Apr 12, 2021

ARNOLD PALMER REGIONAL AIRPORT SEES JUMP IN PASSENGERS
Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Latrobe saw more customers pass through the terminal in March. The Westmoreland County Airport Authority said the airport had 21,620 inbound and outbound passengers l...
Hometown2 Apr 12, 2021












