Category Archives: Local News

CLOSURES IN EFFECT FOR LABOR DAY
Today is Labor Day, a day that was set aside by the federal government to celebrate the working people and the union movement in America. As today is a national holiday, there are some closures in eff...
Hometown2 Sep 02, 2024

PAVING PROJECT STARTS TODAY IN LUCERNEMINES
While Labor Day is traditionally a day off, there will be some road crews at work today in Center Township as a paving project gets underway today. The paving project will include 12 streets in Lucern...
Hometown2 Sep 02, 2024

CAR AND STRUCTURE FIRES REPORTED ON SUNDAY BY INDIANA COUNTY 911
First responders were busy on Sunday with seven calls for service, according to Indiana County 911. It started at 12:26 AM when Commodore Fire Crews were called out for utility lines down along Rice R...
Hometown2 Sep 02, 2024

UPDATE: RUNAWAY TEEN FOUND
A runaway teen has been found safe. Troopers were searching this weekend for 16-year-old Dyllan Ryan of Burrell Township, who was seen leaving his home August 29th around 11:00 AM. Police believed at ...
Hometown2 Sep 02, 2024

COURT WEIGHS IN ON BATTLE FOR INCLUSION ON STATE'S PRESIDENTIAL BALLOT
A Commonwealth Court judge on Friday ruled that independent candidate Cornel West must be excluded from Pennsylvania's presidential ballot. Judge Renee Cohn Jubelier sided with the Pennsylvania Secret...
Hometown1 Sep 02, 2024

UPDATE: POLICE IDENTIFY MAN AND WOMAN WHO LED THEM ON HIGH-SPEED CHASE
State police have identified the Allegheny County man and woman who stole a vehicle at the White Township Walmart store late Friday afternoon and led them on a pursuit into Armstrong County, where the...
Hometown1 Sep 01, 2024

PITTMAN SAYS STATE IS WORKING TO HELP CLYMER FLOOD VICTIMS
At last week's meeting of the Indiana County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, State Senator Joe Pittman said that he and his colleagues are in contact with officials in Clymer Borough to help w...
Hometown1 Sep 01, 2024

REPORT: PJM GRID IN JEOPARDY BECAUSE OF POWER PLANT CLOSURES
A new report says the power grid that operates in Pennsylvania is fast becoming endangered, and it blames the problem on the forced retirement of coal-fired power plants like those in Indiana County, ...
Hometown1 Sep 01, 2024

MORE WATER DAMAGE REPORTED AT LUXENBERG'S JEWELERS
Less than a week after a broken water pipe damaged the showroom at Luxenberg's in Downtown Indiana, another portion of their business has been damaged by water. This time, a hot water tank in an apart...
Hometown2 Aug 31, 2024

TROOPERS SEARCHING FOR RUNAWAY JUVENILE FROM BURRELL TOWNSHIP
From Pennsylvania State Police Troopers are searching for a runaway juvenile who left his residence in Indiana County and may have since traveled to Beaver County. Dyllan P. Ryan, 16, left his Burrell...
Renda Media Aug 31, 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











