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FORMER AUDITOR GENERAL NOW HEAD OF PA DEMOCRATIC PARTY
A former state official is now the head of the Pennsylvania Democratic Party. Pennsylvania Dems elected Eugene DePasquale as party chair this past weekend. DePasquale served two terms as State Auditor...
Hometown2 Sep 08, 2025

PSP RELEASES STATE-WIDE LABOR DAY ENFORCEMENT STATISTICS
State police have released statewide statistics for the Labor Day weekend enforcement initiative. Over the four-day weekend, troopers across the state investigated 747 crashes. Six people were killed ...
Hometown2 Sep 08, 2025

NO RAIN POSSIBILITY IN NEAR FUTURE
From the US National Weather Service With Indiana County now already categorized as "abnormally dry" and a small portion of the northeast corner of the county listed as in "moderate drought," conditio...
Renda Media Sep 07, 2025

INDIANA, PURCHASE LINE BOARDS TO MEET ON MONDAY
School board meetings this week include the Indiana Area school board getting together tomorrow night, preceded by a work session of the Academic & Extracurricular Committee. The full board's agen...
Hometown1 Sep 07, 2025

PORTION OF INDIANA COUNTY DECLARED UNDER "MODERATE DROUGHT"
The newest drought map released on Thursday by the National Integrated Drought Information System shows all of Indiana County is now categorized as "abnormally dry," and a small portion of the northea...
Hometown1 Sep 07, 2025

BRINK HOMICIDE BY VEHICLE CASE ON MONDAY COURT SCHEDULE
The Indiana County Court schedule tomorrow includes a pretrial conference for Joshua Brink, the Smicksburg-area man accused of homicide by vehicle in the 2021 death of 52-year-old Douglas Dalessio. He...
Hometown1 Sep 07, 2025

ANOTHER WEEK OF FUN AS THE COOKPORT FAIR BEGINS TONIGHT!
With the conclusion Saturday night of the Ox Hill Fair, the final fair of the season in Indiana County gets underway tonight. The 108th Green Township Community Fair, also known as the Cookport Fair, ...
Hometown1 Sep 07, 2025

COUNTY CORONER RELEASES NAMES OF VICTIMS IN TWO FATAL ACCIDENTS
Indiana County Coroner Jerry Overman Jr. has released the names of the two victims involved in separate fatal accidents in the county this weekend, and state police have filed the report on one of the...
Renda Media Sep 06, 2025

FATAL CRASHES REPORTED FRIDAY AFTERNOON, EARLY SATURDAY
UPDATE Two fatal vehicle crashes were reported in Indiana County over the last 24 hours. Indiana County 911 reported the first collision on Route 22 West in Burrell Township near the Blairsville Walma...
Hometown2 Sep 06, 2025

THIRD CRASH, VEHICLE FIRE REPORTED ON FRIDAY
On top of the two fatal crashes, Indiana County's first responders were busy with a third crash and other reports. Two of those calls required a response from Commodore Fire Department. The first was ...
Hometown2 Sep 06, 2025












