Category Archives: Local News

CORRECTIONS OFFICER HONORED WITH DEDICATION OF CERT ROOM AT COUNTY JAIL
An Indiana County Corrections officer was honored on Friday with a ceremony at the county jail. During the ceremony, the Correctional Emergency Response Team, or CERT Room was dedicated to Michael Llo...
Hometown2 May 12, 2025

NICE WEATHER ENDS TUESDAY
From the US National Weather Service Sadly our beautiful, sunny and dry weather is almost at an end. An upper-level system heading towards the Ohio Valley looks to bring back daily shower and thunders...
Renda Media May 11, 2025

ACTIVE SATURDAY FOR FIRST RESPONDERS
Saturday was a busy day for some of Indiana County's firefighters. The action started with a sawmill fire along Stephenson Road in West Mahoning Township shortly before 11 AM. Plumville and Marion Cen...
Hometown1 May 11, 2025

FIRST ENERGY HELICOPTER SURVEILLANCE INSPECTS POWER SYSTEM
With recent power outages affecting thousands of FirstEnergy customers, the utility giant's regularly-scheduled helicopter surveillance program comes along at just the right time. Over the coming mont...
Hometown1 May 11, 2025

PUC TO REVIEW STORM OUTAGE RESPONSES
The Public Utility Commission has begun an investigation of the power outages caused by the storms in southwestern Pennsylvania two weeks ago. Calling it a "comprehensive post-storm review", the PUC s...
Hometown1 May 11, 2025

FOX-BEACOM CASE ON MONDAY'S WESTMORELAND COUNTY COURT SCHEDULE
In Westmoreland County Court on Monday, a status conference and a motion to exclude evidence are scheduled for 51-year-old Melissa Fox-Beacom, the New Florence woman charged with plotting the murder o...
Hometown1 May 11, 2025

BUDGETS TOP THE AGENDAS FOR COUNTY SCHOOL BOARDS
The Indiana Area School Board meets on Monday night with an agenda full of summer assignments and preparation for the next school year. A tentative budget containing a $4.3 million deficit and a 5.2 p...
Hometown1 May 11, 2025

MINOR FIRE REPORTED AT AMISH SAWMILL IN WEST MAHONING TOWNSHIP
Five fire departments were sent to what was later described as a "minor" fire at a sawmill in West Mahoning Township this morning. Indiana County 911 sent the Marion Center, Plumville, Dayton and Perr...
Hometown2 May 10, 2025

IUP TO HOLD SPRING COMMENCEMENT TODAY
Indiana University of Pennsylvania will host spring commencement ceremonies today. As there will be a lot of vehicle and pedestrian traffic around the KCAC, the university is asking guests to arrive e...
Hometown2 May 10, 2025

CLYMER FIRE, POLICE SENT TO CRASH SCENE ON FRIDAY
One person was hurt in the only call for service by Indiana County 911 on Friday. That call was for a vehicle crash in Clymer Borough. Indiana County 911 reported that Clymer Fire and Police Departmen...
Hometown2 May 10, 2025

America 250
The America250 celebration is coming up. Are you doing anything special?
Yes! Can't wait for the Friday night parade and Saturday's YMCA Star Spangled Celebration at Mack Park!
We'll do our typical picnic and sparklers thing!
We're traveling to some great U.S. historical sites, such as Philadelphia or Washington, D.C.
Nothing special. Just a typical weekend at our house.
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