Category Archives: Local News

INDIANA BRACES FOR TRAFFIC CONGESTION MONDAY
Traffic will be heavy throughout Indiana and especially around the IUP campus on Monday when the Donald Trump campaign rally is held at the KCAC. IUP plans to hold classes as usual, but there will be ...
Hometown1 Sep 22, 2024

INDIANA AREA POSTPONES MEETING, MARION CENTER TO VOTE ON RIVER VALLEY
Due to the Trump rally on Monday at the KCAC, the Indiana Area school board meeting has been postponed. A committee meeting scheduled before the full board meeting is also off. Extracurricular activit...
Hometown1 Sep 22, 2024

WEISS, GATES HOMICIDE TRIAL NEWS
Indiana County President Judge Thomas Bianco has granted a motion for a competency evaluation for Ronald Weiss, the 76-year-old man convicted of the murder of 16-year-old Barbara Bruzda of Tunnelton i...
Hometown1 Sep 22, 2024

NEW EDUCATION BOARD WILL EXPLORE UNIVERSITY ISSUES
The new State Board of Higher Education appointed last week by Governor Josh Shapiro is under a mandate to deliver by mid-2026 a report on procedures for the "orderly closure" of colleges in the state...
Hometown1 Sep 22, 2024

POLICE INVESTIGATING AGGRAVATED ASSAULT IN INDIANA BOROUGH, ATTACK ON CAMPUS
UPDATE: Indiana Borough Police are continuing to investigate a reported stabbing that happened this morning near IUP campus. Chief Justin Schawl said that at 12:25 this morning, officers were called o...
Hometown2 Sep 21, 2024

KITTANNING MAN SENTENCED FOR DRUG OVERDOSE DEATH
A Kittanning man will serve up to 50 years in state prison for charges of third-degree murder. According to state Attorney General Michelle Henry, 41-year-old Nathan Wolfe was convicted in July of pro...
Hometown2 Sep 21, 2024

INDIANA BOROUGH POLICE ENCOURAGE COOPERATION, ANNOUNCE INCREASED PRESENCE FOR RALLY
Indiana Borough Police have released a statement ahead of what is expected to be a busy period. As Trump's rally is scheduled for Monday at the KCAC, and a counter-protest planned by IUP's Democrat St...
Hometown2 Sep 21, 2024

INDIANA COUNTY FIRST RESPONDERS CALLED OUT THREE TIMES ON FRIDAY
Indiana County First Responders were only called out three times on Friday. The first call was for utility lines down on Penn Avenue in Pine Township, with Pine Township and Nicktown firefighters call...
Hometown2 Sep 21, 2024

HOTELS FILLING UP AS RALLY APPROACHES
As the Trump rally draws closer, some nearby hotels are seeing an uptick in service. Hilton Garden Inn is reportedly full for the weekend with not just convention-goers, but with people attending a vo...
Hometown2 Sep 21, 2024

TWO FCB BANKERS RECEIVE PA BANKERS ASSOCIATION "FUTURE UNDER 40" AWARDS"
Two First Commonwealth Bankers were named recipients of Pennsylvania Bankers Association's 2024 Future Under 40 Awards. Larissa Murphy, First Commonwealth Advertising and Digital Content Manager, and ...
Hometown2 Sep 21, 2024

Power Plant and Data Center
There is vocal opposition to the Homer City power plant project and the data centers they could potentially bring. But does that mean the majority are against it? What do you think?
I have always opposed it and still do.
I have always been for it and still am.
I was for it but now am against it.
I was against it but now I am in favor of it.
I am still on the fence. Too many unknowns!
Voting Ends: May 26, 2026 | 5:24 PM











