Category Archives: Local News

PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR TO HELP FOX-BEACOM DEFENSE TEAM
After granting a motion to allow the lawyer for Melissa Fox-Beacom to hire a private investigator, Westmoreland County Judge Megan Bilik-DeFazio has scheduled another status conference for July 18th. ...
Hometown1 May 25, 2025

INDIANA BOROUGH POLICE LOOKING FOR TIP JAR THIEF
Indiana Borough Police are looking for an individual who stole money out of a tip jar earlier this month. Police say the theft happened at Brunzie's on May 10th around 9:30 PM. According to surveillan...
Hometown2 May 24, 2025

ROAD CLOSURES IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTSYLVANIA JAZZ, BLUES AND ARTS FESTIVAL
Today is the continuation of a Memorial Day tradition with the Delaney Chevrolet Westsylvania Jazz and Blues Festival in Downtown Indiana. This year's event has been expanded to include an arts show a...
Hometown2 May 24, 2025

MAN CHARGED WITH ARSON SENTENCED TO UP TO SEVEN YEARS IN STATE PRISON
A man charged with arson was ordered to serve time in state prison yesterday. Indiana County President Judge Thomas Bianco sentenced 30-year-old Kailum Miller of Indiana to serve two to seven years in...
Hometown2 May 24, 2025

PSP REPORTS: THEFTS, TRESPASSING AT PROM
State police are investigating a theft that happened last month in Burrell Township. Troopers say sometime between April 21st and 24th, a property on Main Street belonging to a 67-year-old Indiana man...
Hometown2 May 24, 2025

PA FIRE COMMISSIONER OFFERING TWO GRANTS FOR FIRE DEPARTMENTS, TRAINING
The Pennsylvania Office of the Fire Commissioner is offering two grants to help fire departments and to help with training. One grant is the Emergency Training Center Capital Grant program, which is d...
Hometown2 May 24, 2025

HOMER CITY MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO HOMICIDE BY VEHICLE WHILE DUI
A Homer City man pled guilty today to charges related to the case of a fatal DUI crash on January 7th. 24-year-old Reed Thomas Tantlinger pled guilty to charges of Homicide by Vehicle While DUI, a fel...
Hometown4 May 23, 2025

UNITED WAY OF INDIANA COUNTY WELCOMES NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, JOE FISHELL
United way of Indiana County has announced the appointment of a new Executive Director, Joe Fishell. Fishell has years of experience in education and community development and is dedicated to continui...
Hometown4 May 23, 2025

A LOOK AT OUR AFTERNOON
From the US National Weather Service Scattered rain showers, breezy winds, and temperatures in the upper 40s to low 50s are making it feel more like an early Spring or late Fall day out there.
Renda Media May 23, 2025

HESHBON BRIDGE CLOSED AFTER INSPECTION
A bridge in Brush Valley and West Wheatfield Townships is closed after workers found damage to a steel beam during inspection. PennDOT announced the closure of the Heshbon Bridge on Route 259 until re...
Hometown2 May 23, 2025

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