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FIRST RESPONDERS CALLED OUT FOR FLUE FIRE, CAR CRASH
Monday evening turned into a busy time for Indiana County Emergency Officials. The first call last night was at 5:09 PM for a reported flue fire on Mountain View Road in Cherryhill Township. Clymer fi...
Hometown2 Mar 18, 2025

POWER OUTAGES CONTINUE TODAY FOR PENELEC CUSTOMERS IN INDIANA COUNTY
Some in Indiana County are still without electricity, but crews are working to restore power as quickly as possible. As of this morning, 122 Penelec customers are still experiencing an outage connecte...
Hometown2 Mar 18, 2025

POLICE AGENCIES SEND JOINT LETTER TO STUDENTS, BUSINESSES AHEAD OF IUPATTY'S
Indiana Borough Police, State Police, the county Sheriff's office and IUP police are sending out letters ahead of the unsanctioned "IUPatty's" celebrations on Saturday. The letter to the students says...
Hometown2 Mar 18, 2025

US NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ISSUES REPORT ON JOSEPHINE TORNADO
From the US National Weather Service
Renda Media Mar 17, 2025

I-ACT READY TO GO FOR IUPATTY'S 2025
The Indiana Area Collaborative Team's stakeholders met today to go over plans for the unsanctioned "IUPatty's" celebration expected this weekend. While some years it has been marred with excessive dri...
Hometown2 Mar 17, 2025

NWS CONFIRMS AT LEAST ONE TORNADO HIT INDIANA COUNTY
The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh has confirmed that an EF-1 tornado touched down near Josephine during Sunday's storms. This marks the first tornado in Indiana County since June 26th, 2024. ...
Renda Media Mar 17, 2025

HIT-AND-RUN CRASH INVESTIGATED IN BLAIRSVILLE
Blairsville police continue to investigate a hit-and-run crash that happened early Sunday morning. At 5:44 AM, police said that a truck going North in the 300 block of North Walnut Street crossed the ...
Hometown2 Mar 17, 2025

IUP ANNOUNCES PRELIMINARY PLANS FOR 150TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
IUP announced some details on the university's upcoming 150th anniversary. The first day of class at IUP was May 17th, 1875, when the university, known as Indiana Normal School, welcomed its first cla...
Hometown2 Mar 17, 2025

REPORT: PENNSYLVANIA SEES DECLINE IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN 2024
There were fewer traffic accidents in Pennsylvania last year. That's according to a study by Insurify, which says the accident rate in the commonwealth declined by almost 15-percent compared to 2023. ...
Renda Media Mar 17, 2025

NEW DERRY MAN FOUND DEAD ON SUNDAY
A New Derry man reported missing last month was found dead on Friday. 63-year-old John Dofollo was found in a tributary of the Conemaugh River just northwest of 599 Westinghouse Road at 11:30 Friday m...
Hometown2 Mar 17, 2025












