Category Archives: Local News

AMAZON, STARBUCKS STRIKES END BEFORE NEW YEAR
Amazon and Starbucks workers are back delivering packages and whipping up holiday drinks as strikes at both companies have ended without a resolution. Delivery drivers with the Teamsters Union walked ...
Renda Media Dec 31, 2024

PENNDOT APPROVES FUNDING FOR RAIL PROJECTS
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is giving its approval to funding for more than two dozen rail infrastructure projects including many in Western Pennsylvania. Fifty-five-million dollars ...
Renda Media Dec 31, 2024

PROBABILITY OF STARTING NEW YEAR WITH THREE OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW
From the US National Weather Service After the wind impacts from this last system we turn now to the potential for accumulating snowfall on Wednesday and Thursday. After the passage of a fast moving c...
Renda Media Dec 30, 2024

WINDSTORMS CAUSE POWER OUTAGES ACROSS INDIANA COUNTY
The high windstorms that rolled through the area last night caused several outages that are still going on at this time. Penelec reports that currently 217 customers are without power. The majority of...
Hometown2 Dec 30, 2024

BIG LOTS AGREES TO SALE TRANSACTION WITH INVESTMENT FIRM
Discount chain Big Lots announced that it agreed to a sale transaction with an investment firm, allowing hundreds of stores to stay open by transferring its property to other companies. The new deal w...
Hometown2 Dec 30, 2024

SHAPIRO ORDERS FLAGS AT HALF-STAFF FOR LATE PRESIDENT CARTER
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro is among those paying tribute to Former President Jimmy Carter. In a statement posted on social media, Shapiro remembered Carter as a "humble, generous, and admirabl...
Hometown2 Dec 30, 2024

POWER LINES, TREES DOWN AMONG CALLS FOR SERVICE ON SUNDAY
Sunday turned into a busy day for first responders, as 12 calls for service were reported by Indiana County 911. Six calls were for trees or lines down throughout the county. They included calls in Bl...
Hometown2 Dec 30, 2024

STRONG WINDS TO LEAD RAIN INTO THE AREA
From the US National Weather Service An unseasonably warm and moist airmass will allow for showers and possibly a few thunderstorms today. Some of the stronger showers and storms could contain damagin...
Renda Media Dec 29, 2024

JUDGE TO HEAR STATUS OF WEISS CASE
Indiana County President Judge Thomas Bianco will hold a status conference tomorrow for Ronald Weiss, the man awaiting a retrial for the 1978 murder of 16-year-old Barbara Bruzda of Tunnelton. Weiss w...
Hometown1 Dec 29, 2024

MONDAY COURT SCHEDULE INCLUDES DOZENS OF FORMAL ARRAIGNMENTS
Monday's Indiana County Court schedule includes about five dozen formal arraignments conducted by Judge Gina Force. The cases include 16 DUIs, 12 drug cases (eight of them felonies), 11 involving stea...
Hometown1 Dec 29, 2024

Christmas Spending
How much do you plan to spend on Christmas gifts this year compared to last year?
A lot more
Just a little more
The same
A little less
A lot less
Voting Ends: Dec 23, 2025 | 12:00 PM











