Category Archives: Local News

CONFIRMED COVID-19 CASES JUMP IN INDIANA COUNTY
The CDC is reporting, as of noon today, that the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Indiana County raised by 14 in one day from 26 to 40, with no deaths associated with the virus in the county. Arm...
Renda Media Apr 11, 2020

PENNVEST HOSPITAL LOANS BEING MADE AVAILABLE
Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority loans are being made available to help financially distressed hospitals working on the front lines of the covid-19 outbreak. The PENNVEST Hospital Emer...
Hometown2 Apr 11, 2020

EXTRA UNEMPLOYMENT COMING AS PART OF CARES PACKAGE
Pennsylvanians who are unemployed will receive $600 in extra unemployment benefits starting next week. Governor Wolf on Friday announced that the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry is imple...
Hometown2 Apr 11, 2020

CALM DAY FOR FIRST RESPONDERS
Indiana County 911 reported a somewhat calm day for first responders. Cherry Tree Fire Department was called at 1:30 PM for a call for a tree down on a power line on Patchin Highway in Clearfield Coun...
Hometown2 Apr 11, 2020

AVERAGE GAS COST CONTINUES TO DROP
The average cost of a gallon of gas in Pennsylvania continues to go down. As of this morning, the state wide average for a gallon of regular unleaded gas is $2.12. That's a five cent decrease from las...
Hometown2 Apr 11, 2020

CONFIRMED COVID-19 CASES IN INDIANA COUNTY INCREASES
The CDC is reporting, as of noon today, that the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Indiana County has increased to 26, with no deaths associated with the virus in the county. The total increased f...
Renda Media Apr 10, 2020

GOV. WOLF ORDERS RELEASE OF SOME STATE PRISONERS OVER COVID-19 CONCERNS
Governor Tom Wolf has issued an executive order to authorize the early release of up to 1800 inmates from state prisons over concerns of Covid-19. The executive order states that those released will g...
Hometown2 Apr 10, 2020

STATE SYSTEM'S GREENSTEIN: "WE'LL GET THROUGH THIS"
With faculty, staff, and many others cloistered in their homes during the Covid-19 pandemic, the State System of Higher Education schools are inching closer to the end of the academic year, and Chance...
Hometown1 Apr 10, 2020

STATE TO RELAX GRIP ON COVID-19 INFORMATION
Until now, the state Health Department has closely guarded information on the spread of the coronavirus pandemic across Pennsylvania, only releasing data by county. Starting today, each county's emerg...
Hometown1 Apr 10, 2020

COOK HOMICIDE CASE TO BE PROSECUTED BY STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL
Now that State Superior Court has remanded the Charles Cook homicide case back to Indiana County Court, the state Attorney General's office will take over the prosecution because of current District A...
Hometown1 Apr 10, 2020










