Category Archives: Local News

PA GOP COMMITTEE TO VOTE ON CENSURING SENATOR TOOMEY
Tonight, members of the Pennsylvania Republican Party Committee will meet to decide whether or not to censure U.S. Senator Pat Toomey over his vote during the second impeachment trial of President Don...
Hometown2 Feb 24, 2021

INDIANA AREA REPORTS TWO POSITIVE COVID CASES
The Indiana Area School District says it has been notified of positive covid-19 tests for a student-teacher at the high school, and for a student-athlete on the boys' basketball team. Superintendent M...
Hometown1 Feb 24, 2021

BLAIRSVILLE-SALTSBURG SCHOOL BOARD HEARS MORE CONCERNS ON POSSIBLE RECONFIGURATION
On Tuesday Night, the Blairsville-Saltsburg School Board continued to hear concerns on the proposed reconfiguration and the proposed Southern Indiana STEAM Academy. Concerns ranged from the cost of re...
Hometown2 Feb 23, 2021

MARION CENTER TO RESUME FOUR-DAY, IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION ON MONDAY
The Marion Center School District is gearing up to have high school students return to in-person classes four days a week. Currently, the elementary students have been attending four days a week, with...
Renda Media Feb 23, 2021

NEWSPAPER GROUP CRITICAL OF DEP'S RGGI HEARING PRACTICES
In a publicly-released letter to Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Patrick McDonnell today, the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association criticizes the DEP for failing to answer questions reg...
Hometown1 Feb 23, 2021

POLICE REPORTS: DOMESTIC ASSAULT, UNAUTHORIZED CAR ENTRY
PSP-INDIANA A Marion Center teenager is charged in connection with a domestic assault that happened Friday afternoon at a location on Pearce Hollow Road in Rayne Township. State police say that the 16...
Hometown2 Feb 23, 2021

BLAIRSVILLE-SALTSBURG BOARD AGENDA COVERS MULTIPLE TOPICS
The Blairsville-Saltsburg School Board meets tonight, with an extensive agenda covering a number of topics. One of the items is the ARIN Intermediate Unit's $3.4 million budget. Blairsville-Saltsburg'...
Hometown1 Feb 23, 2021

MAN CHARGED WITH ROBBING BLAIRSVILLE WOMAN CLAIMS MISIDENTIFICATION
The attorney for a robbery defendant on trial in Westmoreland County yesterday claimed that the only reason the victim identified the man was because he is black. However, prosecutors have his confess...
Hometown1 Feb 23, 2021

INDIANA SCHOOL BOARD TAKES NO ACTION ON MOTION FOR TAX COLLECTORS COMMISSION
On Monday Night, the Indiana Area School Board took no action on a motion concerning the compensation of real estate tax collectors. The tax collectors would be paid on a per tax bill basis, but board...
Hometown2 Feb 22, 2021

OFFICIAL SNOWFALL FOR INDIANA AREA TOPS 40 INCHES FOR THIS WINTER
The Pennsylvania American Water Company Two Lick Filter Plant issues a daily official snowfall report, and the report tells us that the snow total in Indiana has exceeded 40 inches for this winter wit...
Renda Media Feb 22, 2021












