Category Archives: Local News

REPORTED STRUCTURE FIRE, VEHICLE FIRE REPORTED ON MONDAY
Indiana County's first responders were active yesterday with four calls for service. The first call was for an automatic fire alarm activation on West Chestnut Street in Blairsville Borough. Blairsvil...
Hometown2 Sep 16, 2025

IUP RECEIVES $2 MILLION FROM NSF FOR DATA SCIENCE DEGREE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
IUP has received $2 million from the National Science Foundation to help students earn data science degrees. The Experiential Pathways And Networks for Data Science, or EXPANDS Opportunities Scholarsh...
Hometown2 Sep 16, 2025

COURT RULING ALLOWS PA PAROCHIAL STUDENTS TO JOIN PUBLIC SCHOOL SPORTS TEAMS
Religious students in Pennsylvania can now participate in public school athletics. An interim consent order filed in federal court yesterday ruled parochial students are now able to play for their hom...
Hometown2 Sep 16, 2025

BLAIRSVILLE BOROUGH COUNCIL TO CONSIDER PLANS FOR SHEETZ RENOVATIONS
Blairsville Borough Council tonight will look at approving plans for the Sheetz store in the downtown area. The location on East Market Street is on tonight's agenda under the planning and zoning repo...
Hometown2 Sep 16, 2025

WINNING "TREASURE HUNT" TICKET SOLD IN INDIANA COUNTY
A lottery player in Indiana County has hit the jackpot in one of the daily games. The Pennsylvania Lottery announced that a Treasure Hunt ticket sold at Griffith's Tavern in East Wheatfield Township f...
Hometown2 Sep 15, 2025

BLAIRSVILLE POLICE LOOKING FOR SUSPECT IN MOTORCYCLE THEFT
Blairsville police are investigating a motorcycle theft that happened late last night. Officers were notified that a black Kawasaki motorcycle was wheeled out of the Sheetz parking lot just before mid...
Hometown2 Sep 15, 2025

SUSPICION OF DUI, VEHICLE CRASH REPORTED BY STATE POLICE ON FRIDAY
State police took someone into custody on suspicion of DUI after he was found sleeping in a parking lot Friday morning. Troopers were called to the Eat 'N Park on Indian Springs Road for a car found r...
Hometown2 Sep 15, 2025

PA ASSOCIATION OF RURAL AND SMALL SCHOOLS ISSUES LETTER ON CYBER CHARTER SCHOOL FUNDING REFORM
The Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools has signed a letter calling on state legislators to make sure cyber charter school funding reform is a part of the state budget. The group made ...
Hometown2 Sep 15, 2025

MOBILE HOME DESTROYED IN SUNDAY MORNING FIRE
A mobile home was destroyed in a fire Sunday morning in Armstrong Township. (Photo courtesy Indiana Fire Association) Indiana County 911 sent crews from the Indiana, Coal Run, Iselin, Aultman, Elderto...
Hometown2 Sep 15, 2025

HERE'S HOW THE WEEK STARTS OUT
From the US National Weather Service Dry and quiet weather is expected to continue into the early part of this week, with temperatures higher than average. Clouds will build from the southeast tomorro...
Renda Media Sep 14, 2025












