Category Archives: Local News

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

IHS PLACED ON SOFT LOCKDOWN AFTER REPORT OF SOMEONE CARRYING A GUN NEAR SCHOOL
Indiana High School was placed on a "soft lockdown" Friday afternoon after police received a report of someone walking around with a gun. Indiana Borough Police were informed at 3:25 PM that the perso...
Hometown2 Sep 06, 2025

PITTSBURGH MAN ARRESTED FOR DRUG-RELATED DEATH IN INDIANA BOROUGH
A Pittsburgh man is accused in Indiana Borough for the death of a man in August of last year. Indiana Borough Police say 39-year-old Victor Marcinik was charged with involuntary manslaughter and posse...
Hometown2 Sep 06, 2025

America 250
The America250 celebration is coming up. Are you doing anything special?
Yes! Can't wait for the Friday night parade and Saturday's YMCA Star Spangled Celebration at Mack Park!
We'll do our typical picnic and sparklers thing!
We're traveling to some great U.S. historical sites, such as Philadelphia or Washington, D.C.
Nothing special. Just a typical weekend at our house.
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