Category Archives: Local News

COURT ACTION RESCHEDULED IN NEW FLORENCE MURDER CASE
A status conference and a motion to exclude evidence in the murder trial of a New Florence woman were moved on Friday to May 12th. 51-year-old Melissa Fox-Beacom is charged in the shooting death of he...
Hometown1 Mar 30, 2025

BRUSH FIRE, ACCIDENT AMONG FIRE CALLS ON SATURDAY
Fire calls on Saturday included a summons for Indiana firefighters for a "fire investigation" at a location along Oakland Avenue, a call for Plumville and Creekside for a brush fire along Bailey Road ...
Hometown1 Mar 30, 2025

PSP, TURNPIKE LAUNCH 'OPERATION ORANGE SQUEEZE' TO ENFORCE WORK ZONE SAFETY
From WTAJ Pennsylvania State Police troopers will be trading in their cruisers for construction vehicles in April as part of 'Operation Orange Squeeze. Read the full story at WTAJ.
Renda Media Mar 29, 2025

MENTORED YOUTH TROUT DAY TODAY
Pennsylvania's Mentored Youth Trout Day is back today, offering young anglers an early chance to fish the state's stocked trout waters. The event runs from 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Youth participants must ...
Hometown4 Mar 29, 2025

STATE EMPLOYMENT REPORT RELEASED FOR FEBRUARY 2025
The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry released its preliminary employments situation report today for February 2025. The states unemployment rate remained unchanged at 3.8 percent in Febru...
Hometown4 Mar 29, 2025

OTTER STATUE MAY BE GOING UP IN BLAIRSVILLE THIS WEEKEND
The river otters have returned to the Conemaugh River. They've been spotted just outside of Blairsville, and this weekend, one of them may be making it their permanent home. Weather permitting, artist...
Hometown4 Mar 29, 2025

CARROLLTOWN MAN CHARGED WITH DUI
An underage Carrolltown man was charged with underage DUI and underage consumption of alcohol following a traffic stop. On February 27th around 1:38 am, 19-year-old Richard S. Zaliznock III was pulled...
Hometown4 Mar 29, 2025

TODAY MARKS ANNIVERSARY OF RETURNING VIETNAM SOLDIERS
Today marks a solemn anniversary in American history. On March 29, 1973, the last U.S. troops left Vietnam, and 591 American prisoners of war were released and returned home. During the Vietnam War er...
Hometown4 Mar 29, 2025

SAVE WOMEN'S SPORTS ACT MOVES TO SENATE
This week, the Senate Education Committee took a significant step to preserve fairness in women's sports. The committee passed Senate Bill 9, known as the Save Women's Sports Act, which now heads to t...
Hometown4 Mar 29, 2025

UPDATE ON THE JOSEPHINE TORNADO
From the US National Weather Service Here's an update one of the five tornadoes from the March 16th event, the one that touched down near Josephine. The update was issued at 11:30 this morning. Joseph...
Renda Media Mar 28, 2025












