Category Archives: Local News

ONE HURT IN OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING IN EAST VANDERGRIFT
State police say a suspect was shot during an incident in East Vandergrift on Friday. Troopers and U.S. Marshals were called out at 7:00 AM to serve a felony arrest warrant at a home in the 200 block ...
Hometown2 Feb 15, 2025

STATE BUDGET HEARINGS START NEXT TUESDAY
State budget season gets underway next week. On Tuesday, the State House and Senate Appropriations Committees will begin a close examination of the budget proposal put forward by Pennsylvania Governor...
Hometown2 Feb 15, 2025

BILL TO ESTABLISH INDEPENDENT ENERGY OFFICE PASSES STATE SENATE
Legislation to create an independent energy office for Pennsylvania passed the senate this week. Senate Bill 187, sponsored by Republican Senator Gene Yaw, would model the office after the PA Independ...
Hometown2 Feb 15, 2025

IUP RECEIVES $250,000 GIFT FOR COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE FROM FAIRMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION
IUP has received another quarter-million-dollar gift for the proposed College of Osteopathic Medicine. The $250,000 comes from the Fairman Family Foundation of Dubois. Foundation president and Council...
Hometown2 Feb 15, 2025

SNOW, SLEET, FREEZING RAIN EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF PA SATURDAY
From the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Ahead of anticipated winter weather across much of the state on Saturday, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is advising motoris...
Renda Media Feb 14, 2025

WEEKEND OUTLOOK: SNOW, ICE, RAIN
From the US National Weather Service Ice, flooding, and snow are possible yet again this weekend. The most impactful ice and snow are expected for the ridges, but flooding remains possible area-wide S...
Renda Media Feb 14, 2025

PASSHE CHANCELLOR GRATEFUL FOR GOVERNOR'S SUPPORT IN BUDGET ADDRESS
The interim chancellor of the State System of Higher Education is happy with the news from Governor Josh Shapiro's budget address concerning funding for Pennsylvania-owned schools. In a post to his bl...
Hometown2 Feb 14, 2025

CRASHES, FIRE CALL KEEP FIRST RESPONDERS BUSY
First responders were busy yesterday for several incidents in Indiana County. Apart from the crash that took out a utility pole and a fence near IUP's campus yesterday, Indiana Borough police were dis...
Hometown2 Feb 14, 2025

24 VOLUNTEER FIRST RESPONDER GROUPS TO SPLIT OVER $318,000 IN STATE GRANT FUNDS
State Senator Joe Pittman and representatives Jim Struzzi and Brian Smith have announced 22 Indiana County fire departments, and two EMS organizations will divide more than $318.000 in state grant fun...
Hometown2 Feb 14, 2025

GOVERNOR SHAPIRO SUING TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OVER FUNDING FREEZE
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro is suing the Trump Administration over the federal funding freeze. The lawsuit claims the state is still unable to access over $1 billion in federal funds, with anot...
Hometown2 Feb 14, 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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