Category Archives: Local News

INDIANA, PURCHASE LINE, MARION CENTER BOARDS TO MEET
The Indiana Area School Board has an extensive agenda for Monday night, including a number of change orders for the Eisenhower Elementary School project, which is nearing completion. The orders total ...
Hometown1 Jan 12, 2025

JUDGE SCHEDULES ANOTHER STATUS CONFERENCE FOR WEISS RETRIAL
Indiana County President Judge Thomas Bianco last week scheduled another status conference for the pending retrial of Ronald Weiss, the 76-year-old former Tunnelton man convicted in 1997 of the 1978 m...
Hometown1 Jan 12, 2025

REPORT: RETAIL THEFTS UP IN PENNSYLVANIA, INDIANA COUNTY
A new report by PACourts says retail theft is steadily on the rise in Pennsylvania, and it is almost to pre-pandemic levels. In 2019, the state had 38,952 criminal filings for retail theft. After the ...
Hometown1 Jan 12, 2025

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING
The National Weather Service has placed Indiana County under a winter weather advisory until 1:00 tomorrow morning. Between now and then, portions of southwest and western PA, the northern and norther...
Hometown2 Jan 11, 2025

D.A. MANZI ISSUES STATEMENT ON SENTENCING FOR LARA BROWN
Indiana County's District Attorney issued a statement after a woman who embezzled over $50,000 from the United Band Boosters bank account was sentenced in Indiana County Court yesterday. 56-year-old L...
Hometown2 Jan 11, 2025

PA ATTORNEY GENERAL RELEASES GUIDELINES CONCERNING BIG LOTS CLOSURES
Despite news that Big Lots has been purchased by Gordon Brothers in a deal that will preserve the brand, 64 locations in Pennsylvania, including the one in Indiana, will close. In a release on Jan. 9 ...
Hometown2 Jan 11, 2025

UNITED SENDS LETTER CONCERNING POWERSCHOOL CYBER SECURITY BREACH
The same day that Indiana School District issued a letter concerning a cyber security incident concerning PowerSchool, United's superintendent also notified parents of the cyber security breach. The l...
Hometown2 Jan 11, 2025

SECURITY ISSUE AFFECTS THIRD-PARTY CYBER VENDOR FOR INDIANA SCHOOL DISTRICT
Indiana Area School District officials are asking for patience as they tackle a cyber security incident that occurred on Tuesday. In a letter to district parents, Superintendent Robert Heinrich said t...
Renda Media Jan 10, 2025

UNITED SCHOOL DISTRICT AWARDED STATE FARM BILL GRANT FUNDS
An Indiana County school district will receive a share of Farm Bill Grant funds, awarded by the Shapiro Administration earlier this week. Dept. of Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding said on Monday ...
Renda Media Jan 10, 2025

FORMER UNITED BAND BOOSTERS TREASURER SENTENCED FOR EMBEZZLING TRIP MONEY
A Mount Pleasant woman charged with stealing more than $50,000 from the United band boosters was sentenced Friday morning in Indiana County Court. President Judge Thomas Bianco ordered 57-year-old Lar...
Renda Media Jan 10, 2025












