Category Archives: Local News

RAIN COMING WITH HIGHER TEMPERATURES THIS WEEKEND
From the US National Weather Service Warmer temperatures could come with a lot of rainfall this weekend. Here is a graphic highlighting the the probability of 1.5 inches or more rainfall from 7PM Frid...
Renda Media Dec 27, 2024

WARMER WEATHER EXPECTED TO STAY THROUGH NEW YEAR'S DAY
Indiana County will see some warmer weather this weekend after experiencing frigid conditions over the last several days. Accuweather Meteorologist Bill Deger said a shift in the jet stream has allowe...
Renda Media Dec 27, 2024

PENNSYLVANIA LEADING IN WHOOPING COUGH CASES
Whooping cough cases in the U.S. are at the highest level seen in a decade, with Pennsylvania at the top of the list. Cases have been skyrocketing for months, with the CDC warning there's no sign of a...
Renda Media Dec 27, 2024

ALLEGHENY COUNTY WOMAN ARRESTED FOLLOWING TRAFFIC STOP IN BLAIRSVILLE BOROUGH
An Allegheny woman was arrested following a traffic stop Thursday afternoon in Blairsville Borough. Police say they stopped 25-year-old Brooke Cassidy from Castle Shannon along Indiana Avenue shortly ...
Renda Media Dec 27, 2024

FOGEL FINALLY NAMED "WRONGFULLY DETAINED" PERSON BY U.S. GOVERNMENT
An IUP alum and western PA native who has been imprisoned in Russia has been deemed a "wrongfully detained" person by the U.S. Government. Marc Fogel, a teacher that was returning to Moscow from Penns...
Hometown2 Dec 27, 2024

MAN IDENTIFIED IN INDIANA BOROUGH THEFT INVESTIGATION
A man was identified in a theft investigation conducted by Indiana Borough Police. Police responded to a theft call at a business in the 600 block of Philadelphia Street around 10:30 AM yesterday. As ...
Hometown2 Dec 27, 2024

THREE SENTENCING HEARINGS SET FOR TODAY
Three sentencing hearings are scheduled for today in Indiana County's Court of Common Pleas. One person will be sentenced for a guilty plea to a charge of making terroristic threats connected with a s...
Hometown2 Dec 27, 2024

HEILWOOD MAN CHARGED WITH DRINKING ON DUTY AT LOCAL RESTAURANT
A Heilwood man was charged with drinking while on duty at a restaurant in November. Troopers from the Punxsutawney Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement say 67-year-old Lisle James Wilson was charged w...
Renda Media Dec 27, 2024

TURNPIKE OFFICIALS GEARING UP FOR OPEN ROAD TOLLING LAUNCH
The PA Turnpike is getting ready to roll out a new change starting next year. Turnpike officials are reminding drivers that stop and go tolling will end next Thursday, January 5th, and they will start...
Renda Media Dec 27, 2024

COULD WE HIT 60 OR HIGHER ON THE WEEKEND?
From the US National Weather Service It will be warmer this weekend, but will the high temperature exceed 60 either day? Here are the NBM ensemble's breakdown on the probability of breaking 60 degrees...
Renda Media Dec 26, 2024












