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INDIANA BOROUGH COUNCIL APPROVES COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE
Tuesday night, Indiana Borough Council approved the updated comprehensive plan. "Indiana 2030: Tomorrow Together" will establish the framework that the borough will follow for future projects, initiat...
Hometown2 Feb 18, 2025

SCHOOL DELAYS FOR FEBRUARY 19, 2025
The following schools and school districts have announced their status for Wednesday, February 19, 2025, due primarily to dangerously low temperatures: 2-Hour Delay River Valley School District Stay w...
Renda Media Feb 18, 2025

SUB-ZERO WIND CHILLS AGAIN TONIGHT, SNOW RETURNS THURSDAY
From the US National Weather Service Another cold night on tap tonight, though not quite as cold as Monday night. We're looking at wind chills as low as the negative single digits north of Pittsburgh ...
Renda Media Feb 18, 2025

FIRE CREWS CALLED FOR SECOND FIRE IN WEST WHEATFIELD TOWNSHIP RAIL CAR
Firefighters from Indiana and Westmoreland counties were summoned to a rail car fire in West Wheatfield Township Tuesday morning. Clyde, Armagh and New Florence fire departments were dispatched to the...
Renda Media Feb 18, 2025

FIORENTINO TO REQUEST INCREASE IN EDUCATION SPENDING FROM GENERAL ASSEMBLY
PASSHE Interim Chancellor Dr. Chris Fiorentino is scheduled to address the General Assembly later this month, urging them to increase state funding and freeze tuition rates for an eighth consecutive y...
Renda Media Feb 18, 2025

POLICE CONFIRM DETAILS, IDENTITY OF VICTIM IN FATAL CRASH YESTERDAY
State police released more information on a fatal crash yesterday near Shelocta. Police say the crash happened at 11:20 AM on Route 422 West between Trim Tree and Cheese Run Roads. 67-year-old Jeffrey...
Hometown2 Feb 18, 2025

WEEKEND WARM-UP IN THE FORECAST
From the US National Weather Service During the stretch of cold temperatures this week, be sure to take necessary precautions to protect people, pets, pipes, and plants. If you're sick of the cold, ha...
Renda Media Feb 18, 2025

PA HOUSE AND SENATE BUDGET HEARINGS START TODAY
The state House and Senate appropriations committees will meet for the first of nine days of hearings as part of the state budget process. The House committee will have hearings concerning the Departm...
Hometown2 Feb 18, 2025

INDIANA BOROUGH COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ON AGENDA FOR APPROVAL TONIGHT
Indiana Borough Council will hold a work session tonight and on the agenda is the approval of the borough's update to its comprehensive plan. The new plan, called "Indiana 2030: Tomorrow Together" has...
Hometown2 Feb 18, 2025

ANOTHER SUSPECT IN GAREFFA MURDER DUE IN COURT TODAY
A status conference is scheduled today for a suspect in the killing of Hayden Gareffa in 2022. Court documents show Thomas Rivera of Johnstown will go before President Judge Thomas Bianco today. He fa...
Hometown2 Feb 18, 2025

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