Category Archives: Local News

RAIN EXPECTED TO RETURN WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY WITH FLOODING POTENTIAL
From the US National Weather Service A weakened boundary will sag south for Tuesday giving a break for the northern portions of the forecast area. A trough will push through as the warm front lifts no...
Renda Media Jul 15, 2025

PA HOUSE PASSES $50 BILLION BUDGET OUTLINE
Two weeks into the new fiscal year, the PA House passed a $50 billion budget outline as closed-door negotiations continue. House bill 1330 is a budget framework that needs to be filled with other bill...
Hometown2 Jul 15, 2025

FIRST RESPONDERS DEALT WITH ACCIDENT, VEHICLE FIRE, OTHER CALLS ON MONDAY
Indiana County first responders were busy on Monday with nine calls for service, among them was a vehicle fire, two basement pumping tasks, and a vehicle crash. A vehicle fire was reported on Airport ...
Hometown2 Jul 15, 2025

PRESIDENT TRUMP TO BE IN PITTSBURGH FOR ENERGY AND INNOVATION SUMMIT
President Trump is traveling Pittsburgh Tuesday to take part in the first Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit. The event at Carnegie Mellon University is billed as a gathering of top leaders in ...
Hometown2 Jul 15, 2025

PA SENATOR TO PROPOSE BILL TO REQUIRE LICENSE PLATES ON FRONT OF VEHICLES
A state senator wishes to introduce legislation that would require PA license plates on the front of the vehicle as well as the back. Democrat Senator Katie Muth has posted a memo saying that she will...
Hometown2 Jul 15, 2025

INDIANA SCHOOL BOARD NAMES NEW MEMBER, APPROVES LAWSUIT AGAINST CYBER-CHARTER SCHOOLS
Monday night, the Indiana School Board approved filling a vacancy on the board with Joshua Muscatello. He was one of three candidates who submitted an application to fill the vacancy left by the resig...
Hometown2 Jul 14, 2025

RAIN HEADED INTO THE AREA FOR YOUR MONDAY AFTERNOON
From the US National Weather Service The radar update shows an area of rain with embedded thunderstorms moving east-northeast. The heaviest rainfall rates of 2-5"/hour will move into Lawrence County, ...
Renda Media Jul 14, 2025

WOMAN CHARGED WITH CHECK CASHING FRAUD WHILE USING HOMER CITY WOMAN'S IDENTITY
Police in Westmoreland County have charged a woman with fraudulently trying to cash a check using a Homer City woman's identity information. Police in Murrysville apprehended 62-year-old Carol Folzenl...
Hometown2 Jul 14, 2025

STATE POLICE RELEASE 4TH OF JULY ENFORCEMENT STATISTICS
State police have released data for the 4th of July holiday enforcement period. In the four-day period from July 3rd through the 6th, state troopers investigated 803 total crashes. Nine of those crash...
Hometown2 Jul 14, 2025

INDEPENDENT REVIEW TO BE CONDUCTED INTO 9-1-1 OUTAGE
State investigators are ruling out a cybersecurity attack as a cause of the 9-1-1 outages that occurred Friday across Pennsylvania. The state's Emergency Management Agency says an independent review w...
Hometown2 Jul 14, 2025












