Category Archives: Local News

VEHICLE FIRE, TWO CRASHES REPORTED MONDAY BY INDIANA COUNTY 911
Three calls were reported by Indiana County 911 yesterday. The first was a vehicle fire call in Green Township on a logging road off Route 580 at 7:42 AM. Commodore fire department was dispatched for ...
Hometown2 Jun 17, 2025

IUP SIGNS CLINICAL TRAINING AGREEMENT WITH CHAN SOON-SHIONG MEDICAL CENTER
Another medical facility has signed a clinical training agreement with IUP's proposed college of osteopathic medicine. The latest contract is with the Chan Soon-Shiong Medical Center at Windber. The c...
Hometown2 Jun 17, 2025

PA, OTHER ATTORNEYS GENERAL ANNOUNCE SETTLEMENT WITH PURDUE PHARMA, OWNERS
Pennsylvania's Attorney General Dave Sunday announced along with 54 other Attorneys General a $7.4 billion dollar settlement with Purdue Pharma and its owners concerning the opioid crisis. The settlem...
Hometown2 Jun 16, 2025

PENNSYLVANIA HAS AN UNCAPPED WELL PROBLEM
Abandoned oil and gas wells are an increasing problem in Pennsylvania. And so is finding the money to plug them. Since 2020, 1,154 oil and gas wells have been abandoned in Pennsylvania, while only 308...
Renda Media Jun 16, 2025

HEAVY RAIN, FLOOD POTENTIAL IN THE REGION AGAIN TODAY
From the US National Weather Service Showers and thunderstorms are possible today along a stalled boundary near the Tri-State Area. Ample moisture will allow any of these showers and thunderstorms to ...
Renda Media Jun 16, 2025

MAN CHARGED WITH ANIMAL CRUELTY TO BE SENTENCED TODAY
Along with the sentencing for Rony Gomez Lopez today is the sentencing hearing for a man who pleaded guilty to an animal cruelty charge. Indiana Borough Police charged 25-year-old Zachary Tyler Yeager...
Hometown2 Jun 16, 2025

PSP INVESTIGATING SCAM AGAINST SMICKSBURG-AREA MAN
State police from the Punxsutawney Barracks are investigating a scam involving a banking app and a puppy. Troopers say on June 6th, the victim, identified as a 69-year-old woman from Northpoint near S...
Hometown2 Jun 16, 2025

SHAPIRO CONDEMNS SHOOTING OF STATE LAWMAKERS IN MINNESOTA
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro says the shooting of state lawmakers in Minnesota is unacceptable. The governor says everyone must stand up to political violence that is tearing through the country...
Hometown2 Jun 16, 2025

MISSING COMMODORE MAN FOUND
From Pennsylvania State Police A missing Commodore man has been found safe. Jorden N. O'Donnell, 32, who had been reported missing to the Pennsylvania State Police, was located earlier today and found...
Renda Media Jun 15, 2025

MORE RAIN FOR DAD'S DAY
From the US National Weather Service Unfortunately, MORE RAIN is on the way this afternoon and evening. Those areas that have received significant rainfall over the last couple of days will be at heig...
Renda Media Jun 15, 2025












