Category Archives: Local News

TERRION GATES PRELIMINARY HEARING SCHEDULED FOR TODAY
UPDATE: Terrion Gates' preliminary hearing was delayed this morning. Indiana County District Attorney Robert Manzi said that Gates' attorney, court-appointed public defender Christopher Martini of St....
Hometown2 Jun 11, 2021

UPDATE: WESSEH SENTENCED TO SERVE PROBATION FOR SIMPLE ASSAULT
UPDATE: 24-year-old Eugene Wesseh of Philadelphia was sentenced in plea court this morning to serve two years of probation for charges stemming from an incident on November 8, 2016. Wesseh pleaded gui...
Hometown2 Jun 11, 2021

SENATE VOTES TO END GOVERNOR WOLF'S DISASTER DECLARATION
On Thursday, the PA Senate voted to end Governor Tom Wolf's emergency declaration orders connected to the outbreak of Covid-19. The Senate approved House Resolution 106 by a 30-20 vote yesterday, a fe...
Hometown2 Jun 11, 2021

JUDGE REJECTS RONALD WEISS APPEAL FOR DISMISSAL OF MURDER CONVICTION
Indiana County President Judge Thomas Bianco yesterday denied Ronald Weiss's motion to dismiss his murder conviction and set him free. Weiss, who is now 72 years old, based his motion on a clai...
Hometown1 Jun 11, 2021

ANTI-REDESIGN OUTRAGE CONTINUES AT STATE SYSTEM PUBLIC HEARING
State Senator Jim Brewster has written a letter to State System of Higher Education Chancellor Dan Greenstein and Board of Governors Chair Cynthia Shapira, urging them to put the brakes on the State S...
Hometown1 Jun 11, 2021

LAWMAKERS APPROVE RESOLUTION TO END DISASTER DECLARATION
The PA Senate and House of Representatives unanimously passed legislature to end Gov. Tom Wolf's emergency disaster declaration on Thursday. The resolution not only looks to end the near 16-month emer...
Renda Media Jun 10, 2021

NEW UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION SYSTEM LAUNCHES SUCCESSFULLY
Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry Acting Secretary Jennifer Berrier gave an update on the state's new unemployment compensation system, which went online yesterday. Statistics show that mo...
Renda Media Jun 10, 2021

STATE POLICE SAY STATEWIDE DUI ARRESTS WENT DOWN IN 2020
Pennsylvania State Police have released their DUI statistics for 2020 and it shows a dramatic reduction in the number of DUI arrests. Troopers across Pennsylvania made 18,412 DUI arrests in 2020, whic...
Hometown2 Jun 10, 2021

POLICE REPORTS: THEFT OF LAWN FURNITURE, IDENTITY THEFT
PSP-INDIANA Pennsylvania State Police are investigating a theft from a store in Clymer that happened late last week. Troopers say that lawn furniture was stolen from the Antique and Gift Emporium on F...
Hometown2 Jun 10, 2021

SPEAKERS AT PUBLIC HEARING OVERWHELMINGLY AGAINST STATE SYSTEM REDESIGN
The first day of the two-day, four-session public hearings on the State System Redesign was dominated by speakers who were against the plan to consolidate six universities into two, and one can expect...
Hometown1 Jun 10, 2021










