Category Archives: Local News

RECENT COVID-19 UPDATE SHOWS NINE CASE INCREASE FOR INDIANA COUNTY
In its latest update, the Department of Health says the amount of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Indiana County increased slightly by nine. This brings the county total to 387 total confirmed cases as of...
Renda Media Aug 28, 2020

GREENSTEIN COMMENTS ON THE START OF STATE SYSTEM'S ACADEMIC YEAR
At the start of his third year at the helm of the State System of Higher Education, Chancellor Dan Greenstein is encouraging the fourteen university communities to move forward in the new academic yea...
Hometown1 Aug 28, 2020

STORMS STRIKE INDIANA COUNTY FOR SECOND STRAIGHT NIGHT
Last night's thunderstorms struck all over Indiana County, but for the second night in a row, the southern portion of the county was particularly hard-hit. Starting at 8:21 PM, Indiana County 9...
Hometown1 Aug 28, 2020

STATE POLICE LOOKING TO IDENTIFY SUSPECTS IN LOWE'S THEFT
State police are seeking information on a couple who are accused of shoplifting more than $700 worth of items from the White Township Lowe's store, fleeing the scene in a minivan with a Michigan licen...
Renda Media Aug 27, 2020

BLAIRSVILLE-SALTSBURG TOWN HALL MEETING ADDRESSES OPENING OF SCHOOL
Indiana County's school districts, like districts across the commonwealth, are moving into a school year with a lot of uncertainty created by the pandemic. Each of the districts has designed an openin...
Hometown1 Aug 27, 2020

DHS OFFERS FLEXIBLE OPTIONS FOR FAMILIES WITH SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN
The PA Department of Human Services announced the creation of flexibilities in child care options yesterday. These flexibilities come as temporary suspensions on some regulatory policies on school-age...
Renda Media Aug 27, 2020

POLICE REPORTS: THEFT, FLEEING POLICE, ASSAULT
State police in Indiana also report three additional crimes relating to theft, attempting to flee state troopers and simple assault. Reports say that around 3:45 a.m. Saturday morning, state troopers ...
Renda Media Aug 27, 2020

CLUNE WOMAN ARRESTED AFTER INCIDENT AT INDIANA WALMART
One woman was arrested after reports of harassment on Tuesday. Reports say that at 12:45 p.m., Pennsylvania State Police - Indiana responded to a call at the Walmart shopping center along Oakland Aven...
Renda Media Aug 27, 2020

CAUSE OF MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP FIRE RULED UNDETERMINED
A state police fire marshal has ruled the cause and origin of Saturday night's house fire in Montgomery Township will not be able to be determined. Five fire companies were dispatched to the ho...
Hometown1 Aug 27, 2020

PITTMAN, STRUZZI SPEAK AT RGGI RALLY
For the third straight day, the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative was the center of attention for our area lawmakers, with Senator Joe Pittman and Representative Jim Struzzi among the speakers at a "...
Hometown1 Aug 27, 2020












