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WEISS RETRIAL ON COURT SCHEDULE
The Indiana County Court schedule this week includes a status conference on Tuesday in the Ronald Weiss retrial. The 77-year-old Weiss is charged with criminal homicide for the 1978 murder of 16-year-...
Hometown1 Jul 27, 2025

MARION CENTER BOARD TO MEET ON MONDAY
The Marion Center school board holds a combined planning and voting meeting on Monday night, with a number of personnel items to deal with for the upcoming school year. The board will also vote on coa...
Hometown1 Jul 27, 2025

MORE RAIN LIKELY COMING TODAY
From the US National Weather Service Showers and thunderstorms will move across the area today, beginning this morning. By this afternoon, there is Marginal Risk (or level 1 out of 5) for severe storm...
Renda Media Jul 26, 2025

CAUSE OF VANDERGRIFT FIRE REMAINS UNKNOWN
Over 20 fire companies from Westmoreland, Indiana, and Armstrong Counties were on the scene yesterday for a fire at a home in Vandergrift. The fire was first reported in the 8:00 AM hour on Friday in ...
Hometown2 Jul 26, 2025

PRISONER SENTENCED FOR HARASSMENT, ASSAULT
A man currently serving time in prison was in court yesterday for a sentencing hearing on charges connected with events while behind bars. Indiana County President Judge Thomas Bianco ordered 20-year-...
Hometown2 Jul 26, 2025

INDIANA COUNTY TRANSIT AUTHORITY HOLDS REORGANIZATION MEETING
The Indiana County Transit Authority held its annual reorganization meeting this week and elected its new leadership. (Brenda Hill (L), Executive Director, IndiGO and Carol Hummel (R), Chair, IndiGO B...
Hometown2 Jul 26, 2025

IUP TO OFFER NEW MASTERS PROGRAM IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND MANAGEMENT
IUP has announced a new Master's Degree program in Information Systems and Management. The new Masters of Science degree will be offered starting in January of next year, but applications are being ac...
Hometown2 Jul 26, 2025

$230 MILLION IN FEDERAL EDUCATION GRANTS COMING BACK TO PENNSYLVANIA
Two weeks after Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro announced that he would join a multi-state lawsuit to reclaim federal grants for education that was withheld by the Trump administration, that money ...
Hometown2 Jul 26, 2025

IHS GRADUATE AWARDED RENDA MEDIA'S "SALUTE TO SENIORS 2025" SCHOLARSHIP
Renda Media and Digital yesterday presented an Indiana Senior High graduate with a scholarship to help her future education. (Zaliyah Covey is presented with her scholarship from Renda Media Vice Pres...
Hometown2 Jul 26, 2025

FIRE TRIGGERS AMMUNITION AT HOME IN VANDERGRIFT
Multiple fire crews are on the scene of a fire in Vandergrift this morning. Westmoreland County 911 confirmed over 20 fire companies from Westmoreland, Indiana and Armstrong counties were called at 8:...
Hometown2 Jul 25, 2025












