Category Archives: Local News

IRMC ACQUIRES MAKO SMART ROBOTICS SYSTEM
Indiana Regional Medical Center announced on Wednesday that it is now the first hospital in the tri-county region to offer MAKO smart robotics surgery for joint replacement therapy. According to a new...
Hometown2 Mar 11, 2021

STRUZZI SUPPORTS BILL TO HELP ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESSES
State Representative Jim Struzzi is sponsoring a bill that would help small businesses in the performing arts, spectator sports, amusement, gambling and recreation industries, who were all negatively ...
Hometown2 Mar 11, 2021

DEP PUSHES FORWARD WITH RGGI
The Wolf administration has announced what it calls "a set of guiding equity principles" that outlines its next step in the imposition of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative on Pennsylvania, and ha...
Hometown1 Mar 11, 2021

STATE POLICE WARN PUBLIC OF MEDICAID SCAM
Pennsylvania State Police in Indiana report that a phone scam is making its way around the area. The warning comes after a 75-year-old woman reported that she received a suspicious phone call early We...
Renda Media Mar 10, 2021

WHITE TOWNSHIP SUPERVISORS APPROVE CREATION OF REC ADVISORY BOARD
On Wednesday, the White Township Supervisors met and approved the creation of a new recreation advisory board, along with a set of bylaws. The new five member board will be able to advise the township...
Hometown2 Mar 10, 2021

COMMISSIONERS APPROVE AGREEMENT OF ASSURANCE FOR FEDERAL COVID-19 RENTAL/UTILITY ASSISTANCE FUNDS
At their meeting Wednesday morning, the Indiana County Commissioners approved an agreement of assurance for compliance related to the federal emergency rental and utility assistance program. Indiana C...
Hometown2 Mar 10, 2021

POLICE SEARCHING FOR MISSING SHELOCTA MAN
UPDATE: State police announced on Wednesday that Jose Garza, Sr. was found safe and sound at 9:00 PM Tuesday night. From the Pennsylvania State Police Troopers are searching for Jose Garza, Sr., 68, o...
Renda Media Mar 10, 2021

TROOPERS LOOKING FOR LEADS IN THEFT FROM TRUCK IN WHITE TOWNSHIP
State police are turning to the public to help them identify two suspects in a theft that happened early February 20th in White Township. Troopers say that the two suspects broke into a GMC Sierra pic...
Hometown2 Mar 10, 2021

FIRST RESPONDERS CALLED OUT FOR BRUSH FIRES, VEHICLE FIRE
Indiana County first responders were busy with a wide variety of calls on Tuesday. Clyde and Armagh Fire Departments were called out for a brush fire at 1:27 PM on Gamble Road in West Wheatfield Towns...
Hometown2 Mar 10, 2021

IASD REPORTS SECOND POSITIVE COVID-19 CASE AT BEN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY
The Indiana Area School District has announced that a second positive case of Covid-19 was reported at Ben Franklin Elementary School. District Superintendent Michael Vuckovich announced on the distri...
Hometown2 Mar 10, 2021












