Category Archives: Local News

INDIANA COUNTY SEEING START OF FALL LEAF COLORS
One good thing about the drought that has come through the area is the early spotting of vibrant fall leaf colors. According to the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources' weekly fall foliag...
Hometown2 Sep 27, 2025

DEPT. OF REVENUE WARNING OF PHISHING SCAM
The Pennsylvania Department of Revenue is warning people about a phishing scam going on using their name. The scammers are using text messages to impersonate department officials to try to trick victi...
Hometown2 Sep 27, 2025

MISSING SALTSBURG AREA WOMAN FOUND
A Westmoreland County woman diagnosed with dementia is recovering from a dramatic ordeal. Eighty-three-year-old Clara Waters was reported missing from her Loyalhanna Township home on Wednesday. She wa...
Renda Media Sep 26, 2025

PGC LOOKING FOR THOSE WHO DUMPED TRASH IN ST. CLAIR TOWNSHIP STATE GAME LANDS
The Pennsylvania Game Commission is looking for people who dumped trash on state game lands in St. Clair Township. The Commission's Operation Game Thief reported that the dumping happened at Game Land...
Hometown2 Sep 26, 2025

MAN WHO USED AIRPOD TO STALK EX-GIRLFRIEND TO BE SENTENCED TODAY
Indiana County's Court will be busy today with several plea and sentencing hearings. One case is for a man who used an Apple Airtag to track his ex-girlfriend without her knowledge. Court documents sh...
Hometown2 Sep 26, 2025

2025 ATHENA AWARD FINALISTS ANNOUNCED
The 2025 Indiana County Athena finalists were revealed Friday night as part of a special Chamber Mixer held at S&T Bank on Oakland Avenue in Indiana. (Photo by Mark Bertig) The nine finalists incl...
Hometown2 Sep 26, 2025

8TH STREET INITIATIVE CHARETTE TO HEAD OUTSIDE TONIGHT
Today is the second day of the 8th Street Initiative Charette and the workshops will end with a look at how the corridor that connects IUP to Downtown Indiana might look. After sessions that are aimed...
Hometown2 Sep 26, 2025

ONE HURT IN ONE-VEHICLE CRASH WEDNESDAY IN WHITE TOWNSHIP
State police say the driver in a one-vehicle crash on Wednesday in White Township suffered minor injuries. Troopers and other first responders were sent to Route 119 at the Route 422 Eastbound On-Ramp...
Hometown2 Sep 26, 2025

RAIN IS ALL BUT OVER ... HOW MUCH DID WE GET?
From the US National Weather Areawide rainfall has ended with only scattered showers remaining. Large swaths of the region saw at least 2 inches of needed rainfall from this event and there were even ...
Renda Media Sep 25, 2025

CLYMER POLICE CHIEF FACES SUMMARY CRIMINAL MISCHIEF CHARGE
The chief of Clymer Borough Police is facing a summary charge of criminal mischief for an incident on September 10th. State police said the incident happened at 12:22 PM that day at a home in the 300 ...
Hometown2 Sep 25, 2025












