Category Archives: Local News

POLICE INVESTIGATING BOMB THREAT AT PENNS MANOR SCHOOL DISTRICT
UPDATE (as of 3:39 PM) Troopers are continuing to investigate a bomb threat at Penns Manor Area School District in Indiana County after a note was found in a Junior/Senior High School bathroom earlier...
Renda Media Sep 09, 2024

VETERAN BROADCAST EXECUTIVE LONGO PASSES AWAY
Longtime local radio legend John Longo has passed away at the age of 83 at his retirement home in Florida. Longo once owned WLCY in Blairsville, which he sold to Renda Media, and he also owned WCNS in...
Hometown1 Sep 09, 2024

MORE DETAILS RELEASED REGARDING SATURDAY CRASH IN WHITE TOWNSHIP
State police in Indiana say two people were injured in a crash Saturday morning in White Township. Troopers were dispatched to a two-vehicle accident around 8:05 a.m. at the intersection of West Pike ...
Renda Media Sep 09, 2024

ROSSITER MAN CHARGED WITH DRUG POSSESSION IN CLEARFIELD COUNTY
State police in Clearfield County have charged an Indiana County man in connection with an incident in late July. Troopers say on July 22, they assisted parole officers at a home along Penn Street in ...
Renda Media Sep 09, 2024

CAR PORT, VEHICLE FIRES HEADLINE SUNDAY CALLS FOR INDIANA COUNTY FIRST RESPONDERS
After a busy day on Saturday, Indiana County first responders had a quiet Sunday with only three calls for service reported. Indiana Fire Association members were summoned to South 5th Street in India...
Renda Media Sep 09, 2024

HOODLEBUG FESTIVAL YIELDS ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL YEAR
The weather and atmosphere were perfect on Sunday for the 27th annual Hoodlebug Summerfest, hosted on the grounds of the Homer City Volunteer Fire Department. Festival Chair Penny Perman was thrilled ...
Renda Media Sep 09, 2024

PENNS MANOR, HOMER-CENTER 'GREEN OUT' RAISES NEARLY $6,000 FOR CURE MITO FOUNDATION
The Penns Manor and Homer City communities came together Friday night during the Comets/Wildcats high school football game to raise funds for Zander Marshall, a local boy battling a rare form of neuro...
Renda Media Sep 09, 2024

SENTENCING HEARING SCHEDULED FOR INDIANA WOMAN CHARGED WITH ENDANGERING A CHILD IN 2023
Indiana County's court schedule is loaded to start the week and among the cases for today is a sentencing hearing for 29-year-old Amber Jones, who was charged with aggravated assault and endangering t...
Renda Media Sep 09, 2024

INDIANA, PURCHASE LINE BOARDS TO VOTE ON RIVER VALLEY'S ICTC WITHDRAWAL
At their meetings Monday night, both the Indiana Area and Purchase Line school boards will take up the issue of the River Valley School District's notification that it intends to rescind its membershi...
Hometown1 Sep 08, 2024

INDIANA ATTORNEYS TO REPRESENT JOHNSTOWN MURDER SUSPECT
Indiana attorneys Geoffrey Kugler and Pat Dougherty have been appointed to represent Brian Bradley Giles of Johnstown in his Cambria County homicide trial. The 48-year-old Giles is charged with crimin...
Hometown1 Sep 08, 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











