Category Archives: Local News

IUP ALUMNUS DONATES $25K FOR NEW SCHOLARSHIP IN HONOR OF LATE FATHER
An Indiana University of Pennsylvania alumnus has donated $25,000 to create a new scholarship for business students in honor of his late father. Daniel Simoni, a 1994 IUP accounting graduate and manag...
Hometown4 Jul 16, 2026

PRELIMINARY HEARING TODAY FOR MAN CHARGED WITH ASSAULT
A preliminary hearing is scheduled today for an Indiana man charged with two counts of aggravated assault connected with a domestic violence incident in Indiana Borough last month. Court documents sho...
Hometown2 Jul 16, 2026

INDIANA BASEBALL TEAM TO BE HONORED AT THIRD THURSDAY EVENT TONIGHT
The two-time PIAA Champion Indiana Varsity Baseball Team will be honored tonight during Downtown Indiana's Third Thursday event. Downtown Indiana's Sam Kenly said that they plan on having a ceremony t...
Hometown2 Jul 16, 2026

INDIANA COUNTY COMPANY TO BE PART OF $10 BILLION IN NEW INVESTMENTS FROM PA DEFENSE AND INNOVATION SUMMIT
Pennsylvania U.S. Senator Dave McCormick has announced an Indiana County company will be part of $10 billion in new investments at the Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit. The summit at the U.S...
Hometown2 Jul 16, 2026

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ISSUES AIR QUALITY ALERT AS CANADIAN WILDFIRE SMOKE MOVES SOUTH
The National Weather Service has issued an Air Quality Alert for Indiana County and surrounding communities through midnight Thursday night. Smoke from wildfires in Canada and Minnesota is expected to...
Hometown4 Jul 16, 2026

PENNSYLVANIA TO RECEIVE ABOUT $1 MILLION IN DRUG SETTLEMENT
Pennsylvania is expected to receive about $1 million as part of a nearly $30 million multistate settlement with generic drug manufacturer Glenmark. Attorney General Dave Sunday announced the agreement...
Hometown4 Jul 16, 2026

EMERGENCY CREWS RESPOND TO STRUCTURE FIRE WEDNESDAY, VEHICLE FIRE THURSDAY
First responders were called out to a structure fire Wednesday night. The call came in at 9:19 p.m. for a location on Mahoning Road in South Mahoning Township. Plumville, Creekside, and Dayton fire de...
Hometown4 Jul 16, 2026

AIR QUALITY ALERT ISSUED FOR INDIANA COUNTY, SURROUNDING REGION
From the US National Weather Service More wildfire smoke from Canada and Minnesota is expected to move into the region tomorrow. At first this smoke will be aloft but through the day, more smoke will ...
Renda Media Jul 15, 2026

LONGTIME COUNTY PROTHONOTARY RANDY DEGENKOLB RESIGNS
Indiana County's longtime Prothonotary and Clerk of Courts has announced his retirement. Randy Degenkolb has served in that office since January of 2010. He said in a letter sent Wednesday Afternoon t...
Hometown2 Jul 15, 2026

WINDS BRINGING WILDFIRE SMOKE TO REGION
From the US National Weather Service Notice the sky being a little less blue than normal? That's because of wildfire smoke! Wildfires in far northern MN into western Ontario are seeing their smoke tra...
Renda Media Jul 15, 2026

RT 22 BIKE-PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE
The long-awaited bike-pedestrian bridge across Route 22 is now open! What do you think?
I love it! It will help bring more economic activity to Indiana County!
I love it! It's much needed for the safety of folks to link the trails and access both sides of that busy highway.
I love it for both of the reasons listed above (as long as they maintain it.)
It's not going to be the economic boon they're saying it will be.
Not enough people will use it to have an effect on safety.
It will not be maintained and will fall into disuse rather quickly.
Voting Ends: Jul 21, 2026 | 12:00 PM









