Category Archives: Local News

HOMER CITY GENERATION SMOKESTACK DEMOLITION NOW COMPLETE
The remnants of a smokestack that was part of the Homer City Generating station came down Sunday morning. After a one-day delay due to weather conditions, demolition crews were able to demolish the re...
Hometown2 Apr 14, 2025

INDIANA ROTARY TO FUND PROGRAMS AS PART OF DISBANDING
Indiana's Rotary Club is continuing the process to officially disband in two months, and as part of that, the group will fund one or more new initiatives or projects that will make a lasting impact in...
Hometown2 Apr 14, 2025

DEMOLITION OF REMAINING COAL PLANT STACK SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED
From Homer City Redevelopment Homer City Redevelopment (HCR) released the below statement today following the successful demolition of the remaining portion of the U3 stack at the former Homer City Ge...
Renda Media Apr 13, 2025

MONDAY STORMS COULD INCLUDE LARGE HAIL
From the US National Weather Service Showers and thunderstorms will move through the Ohio Valley on Monday. Confidence is increasing that some thunderstorms could be strong to severe, capable of produ...
Renda Media Apr 13, 2025

MURPHY APPEAL MOVES FORWARD
Another hearing is scheduled tomorrow in Kevin Murphy's appeal of his triple murder conviction. The Saltsburg man was found guilty in 2014 of the 2009 killing of his mother, sister, and aunt at the fa...
Hometown1 Apr 13, 2025

STATUS CONFERENCES MONDAY FOR MURDER DEFENDANTS
Judge Bilik-DeFazio is also scheduled to hold status conferences tomorrow for two of the three defendants charged with first degree murder in the shooting death of a New Florence woman whose body was ...
Hometown1 Apr 13, 2025

THREE SCHOOL BOARDS TO MEET MONDAY NIGHT
The Indiana Area, Marion Center, and Purchase Line school boards are all scheduled to meet on Monday night. Indiana's board meeting will be preceded by a meeting of the Academic & Extracurricular ...
Hometown1 Apr 13, 2025

APSCUF HEAD CONCERNED WITH LOW MORALE AT STATE SYSTEM
The president of the faculty union at the State System of Higher Education told the Board of Governors at their meeting last week that APSCUF members are "just flat-out exhausted." Dr. Kenneth Mash li...
Hometown1 Apr 13, 2025

GOP CONTENDERS FOR GOVERNOR TAKING TENTATIVE STEPS
State Treasurer Stacy Garrity has offered a hint of her future plans with a newsletter article titled, "Am I Running for Governor?" Garrity writes that she is "listening" and "ready to do what's neces...
Hometown1 Apr 13, 2025

STEELERS LEGEND ROCKY BLEIER VISITS INDIANA FOR BRIGHTER TOMORROW FUNDRAISER
The Brighter Tomorrow charity held its third annual charity dinner Saturday night and welcomed Steelers Legend Rocky Bleier as its keynote speaker. (Rocky Bleier addresses the crowd at the HUB's Ohio ...
Hometown2 Apr 12, 2025












