Category Archives: Local News

PITTMAN, STRUZZI OFFER COMMENTS ON DEMOLITION OF HOMER CITY GENERATING SMOKESTACKS
Indiana County's legislators each offered comment on the implosion of the Homer City Generating Station smokestacks and cooling towers on Saturday. Senator Joe Pittman said that the power plant and th...
Hometown2 Mar 22, 2025

HOMER CITY STACKS ALMOST DEMOLISHED SATURDAY MORNING
A piece of Indiana County history was destroyed this morning as the iconic smokestacks for the Homer City Generating Station were brought down.The stacks were destroyed on-schedule this morning at 7:3...
Hometown2 Mar 22, 2025

DEMOLITION OF HOMER CITY GENERATING STATION STACKS SLATED FOR TODAY
Crews are on-site for the implosion of the smokestacks and towers of the closed Homer City Generating Station. According to the timeline from Frontier Industrial Corporation, access points to the area...
Hometown2 Mar 22, 2025

UPDATE: ASSAULT REPORT NEAR IUP'S HUB IS UNFOUNDED
UPDATE AT 10:16 AM: IUP Police confirmed that after further investigation the report was unfounded. They believe no assault took place. WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY REPORTED IUP police are investigating a case...
Hometown2 Mar 22, 2025

THREE MORE BRUSH FIRES REPORTED ON FRIDAY
Three more brush fires were reported by Indiana County 911 on Friday. The first was at 7:08 AM on Metz Road in White Township. Indiana Fire Association officials said that a passerby had noticed smoke...
Hometown2 Mar 22, 2025

STATE POLICE INVESTIGATING ATTEMPTED REAL ESTATE THEFT
State police are investigating a case of theft by deception involving real estate outside of Pennsylvania. Troopers were called in on Wednesday to investigate the incident where an un-named couple in ...
Hometown2 Mar 22, 2025

PA TREASURY TO HOLD AUCTION NEXT WEEK
An auction of unclaimed property will be held by the Pennsylvania Department of Treasury next week. Treasurer Stacy Garrity said the auction will have 5500 items hitting the block ranging from jewelry...
Hometown2 Mar 22, 2025

A WINDY SATURDAY AHEAD
From the US National Weather Service Tomorrow will be another breezy day. Here are the chances for wind gusts above 35 mph across the whole area. Rain is also a possibility, with the greatest chance a...
Renda Media Mar 21, 2025

PLANNED POWER OUTAGES SET FOR TODAY, MONDAY AND NEXT WEEK
Some upgrades are going on to Penelec's power lines and systems, and to facilitate the projects, some planned power outages will take place. One outage that is going on today will go until 2:00 PM for...
Hometown2 Mar 21, 2025

IUP NAMES NEW INTERIM VP FOR ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE DIVISION
The Indiana University of Pennsylvania has selected Larry Wakefield as the interim Vice President for the school's division of Administration and Finance. Wakefield, a native of Knoxville, Tennessee c...
Hometown2 Mar 21, 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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