Category Archives: Local News

JUDGE SETS DATE FOR COMPETENCY HEARING IN WEISS RETRIAL
Indiana County President Judge Thomas Bianco has granted a motion to delay an evidentiary hearing in the Ronald Weiss murder case retrial. Weiss, whose 1997 conviction in the slaying of 16-year-old Ba...
Hometown1 Oct 26, 2025

INDIANA, MARION CENTER BOARDS TO MEET MONDAY, RIVER VALLEY TUESDAY
The Indiana Area school board will hold a special meeting Monday night with a variety of items on the agenda, among them the further exploration of a potential solar energy project that could involve ...
Hometown1 Oct 26, 2025

SEASONAL TRANSITION: STATE FLU REPORT IS NOW ACTIVE
Pennsylvania's weekly flu report is active again - technically, it's the "Respiratory Virus Dashboard" - and it's been going since before the start of the month. The dashboard monitors three specific ...
Hometown1 Oct 26, 2025

MUNICIPAL REMINDERS: ROADWORK, LEAF COLLECTIONS
A traffic reminder today, that South Sixth Street in Indiana between School Street and Carter Avenue will be closed on Monday for some roadway maintenance. Quaker Sales Corporation workers will be doi...
Hometown1 Oct 26, 2025

FREEZE WARNING TONIGHT
From the US National Weather Service Freeze Warnings and Frost Advisories are in effect tonight for portions of eastern OH, northern WV, and southwestern PA where confidence is highest on temperature ...
Renda Media Oct 25, 2025

INDIANA MAN CHARGED WITH STABBING ON MONDAY IN WHITE TOWNSHIP
State police have filed charges against an Indiana man for a stabbing that happened Monday in White Township. The incident was reported in the evening hours of October 20th in the 2000 block of Byron ...
Hometown2 Oct 25, 2025

TWO ALLEGHENY COUNTY MEN CHARGED WITH INCIDENT FRIDAY MORNING IN INDIANA BOROUGH
Two people from Allegheny County are facing charges of criminal trespassing for an incident in Indiana Borough early Friday morning. Indiana Borough Police said at 2:05 in the morning, officers were s...
Hometown2 Oct 25, 2025

SOME COMMUNITIES HOSTING TRICK-OR-TREATING THIS WEEKEND
Expect a lot of ghosts and goblins over the next two weekends as some communities celebrate Halloween. Today, trick or treating will be held in the Downtown Indiana Business District from 10 AM to Noo...
Hometown2 Oct 25, 2025

INDIANA BOROUGH POLICE ADOPTING ZERO-TOLERANCE POLICY FOR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY
Indiana Borough Police are warning people to take safety very seriously during the upcoming trick-or-treating season in the wake of the crash on Monday that killed two people. In a post on the Departm...
Hometown2 Oct 25, 2025

TODAY IS NATIONAL DRUG TAKEBACK DAY
Today is national drug takeback day and there are opportunities for people to safely dispose of prescription and over the counter drugs that are expired or no longer needed. Efforts sponsored by the U...
Hometown2 Oct 25, 2025












