Category Archives: Local News

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT
From the US National Weather Service A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect through midnight north of Pittsburgh and in the PA ridges where freezing rain is expected this afternoon and evening. Areas ...
Renda Media Feb 02, 2025

GOVERNOR TO DELIVER BUDGET ADDRESS THIS WEEK
Governor Josh Shapiro is scheduled to deliver his state budget address on Tuesday at 12:30 PM before a joint session of the General Assembly, kicking off this year's effort at fashioning a spending an...
Hometown1 Feb 02, 2025

JUDGE ORDERS HEARING IN NEW FLORENCE WOMAN'S DEATH
Westmoreland County Judge Meagan Bilik-DeFazio has granted continuances for the pretrial conferences scheduled last week for two of the three defendants in the murder of a New Florence woman. The thir...
Hometown1 Feb 02, 2025

PURCHASE LINE BOARD TO MEET
Purchase Line's school board has a very active work session planned for tomorrow night. Among the many activities is ongoing work on revisions to more than two dozen district policies. The directors w...
Hometown1 Feb 02, 2025

VEHICLE CRASH, SMOKE INVESTIGATION HIGHLIGHT SATURDAY FIRST RESPONDER CALLS
Indiana County 911 has been relatively quiet this weekend so far, with only a few incidents. Blairsville and Black Lick firefighters were dispatched yesterday afternoon to a smoke investigation along ...
Hometown1 Feb 02, 2025

GAME COMMISSION WARNS OF AVIAN FLU
The State Game Commission is warning that thousands of migrating geese are carrying avian influenza into the state and endangering other wildlife that come into contact with them, including animals th...
Hometown1 Feb 02, 2025

SURE SIGN OF SPRING! TROUT STOCKING SCHEDULE RELEASED
Today is Groundhog Day, but there's another harbinger of spring in the news...the state Fish & Boat Commission has released the trout stocking schedule for this year, and streams in our area will ...
Hometown1 Feb 02, 2025

FETTERMAN FOR PRESIDENT IN 2028?
The Trump Administration has just taken the reins of government in Washington but already there is speculation about the presidential race of 2028 and two Pennsylvanians are on a Washington Post list ...
Hometown1 Feb 02, 2025

RAINFALL TOTALS YESTERDAY INTO THIS MORNING
From the US National Weather Service The following shows the rainfall totals for the area from 7 a.m. on Friday to 7 a.m. this morning.
Renda Media Feb 01, 2025

PSP OFFERING ADVICE ON UNLAWFUL AIRTAG TRACKING
After an Indiana man was arrested and accused of using a tracking device to stalk and harass a woman, Pennsylvania State Police are offering the public some tips to keep themselves safe when this inci...
Hometown2 Feb 01, 2025












