Category Archives: Local News

WOMEN BILK WALMART CASHIER OUT OF $2,100
State police have issued reports on two thefts at the White Township Walmart store, one on January 17th and the other this past Friday afternoon. The January 17th incident involved two women who got a...
Hometown1 Jan 31, 2021

MAN UNHURT IN CRASH IN RAYNE TOWNSHIP
An Indiana man escaped injury last Sunday night in a single-vehicle crash on Route 110 in Rayne Township. State police say 18-year-old Andrew Helman was westbound near Grove Chapel Road when he lost c...
Hometown1 Jan 31, 2021

COVID NEWS: HC REPORTS POSITIVE CASE, MC HEADS BACK TO CLASS
Only one Indiana County school district is reporting a new covid-19 infection. Homer-Center reported on Friday that a high school support staff employee had tested positive. The employee had no close ...
Hometown1 Jan 31, 2021

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY SET FOR THIS WEEKEND
Winter weather is on its way to Indiana County as we're expecting some significant snowfall tonight. The National Weather Service has scheduled a Winter Weather Advisory to go into effect tonight at 1...
Hometown2 Jan 30, 2021

SENTENCING HEARINGS HELD FRIDAY IN INDIANA COUNTY COURT
A Saltsburg woman was sentenced yesterday in Indiana County Court for her guilty pleas to charges related to an incident in 2019. On Monday, 51-year-old Jacqueline Pratt of Saltsburg pleaded guilty to...
Hometown2 Jan 30, 2021

STATE POLICE REPORTS: WIRE FRAUD, CRASHES
PSP-INDIANA State police are continuing an investigation of a wire fraud case that happened at the end of 2020. Police say that a 58-year-old man and a 59-year-old woman, both from Clarksburg, were vi...
Hometown2 Jan 30, 2021

INDIANA BOROUGH POLICE INVESTIGATING THEFT FROM VEHICLE
Indiana Borough Police are investigating a theft from a vehicle that was reported Friday afternoon. Police say at 4:24 PM on the 29th, police were alerted to the incident in the 500 block of South 5th...
Hometown2 Jan 30, 2021

INDIANA COUNTY PROTHONOTARY, CLERK OF COURTS TO OPEN BY APPOINTMENT
The office of the Prothonotary and Clerk of Courts announced Friday that will be "open by appointment," beginning on Monday, February 1. The office had been closed since Nov. 18 due to covid-19 precau...
Renda Media Jan 29, 2021

DERRY TOWNSHIP DISTRICT JUDGE TO RETIRE IN AUGUST
The district judge in Derry Township has announced he will retire in August. District Judge Mark J. Bilik has announced his intention to retire from the district court. He was appointed to the post in...
Hometown2 Jan 29, 2021

ONE PERSON DEAD IN KITTANNING APARTMENT FIRE
One person has died in a fire at an apartment in Kittanning this morning. Reports say the fire was called in around 2:30 AM, and fire crews were dispatched to the 400 block of North Jefferson Street f...
Hometown2 Jan 29, 2021












