Category Archives: Local News

STATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE GOES UNCHANGED... AGAIN
Pennsylvania's unemployment rate went unchanged over the month of June. According to the state Department of Labor & Industry, Pennsylvania's unemployment rate stayed at 3.4 percent, marking the n...
Renda Media Jul 22, 2024
PSP REPORTS: VEHICLE ACCIDENT, THEFT OF TOOLS
PSP-INDIANA State police have released information on a vehicle crash that happened on July 16th in Center Township. Police say 74-year-old Bruce Heise of Blairsville was driving south on Route 119 ne...
Hometown2 Jul 22, 2024

MAN'S BODY FOUND NEAR LOYALHANNA LAKE
State police have not offered any details into the death yesterday of a man near Loyalhanna Lake, in Westmoreland County between Saltsburg and New Alexandria. The body of 65-year-old John R. Schoch of...
Hometown1 Jul 21, 2024

BUSY SUMMER ROADWORK SCHEDULE ROLLS ON
A number of road and bridge projects are on the schedule for this week throughout the region. Nighttime resurfacing begins tomorrow on West Pike in White and Armstrong Townships. Milling and paving wi...
Hometown1 Jul 21, 2024

INDIANA, MARION CENTER BOARDS TO MEET ON MONDAY
School board meetings in July are rare, but there are two Indiana County boards scheduled to meet tomorrow. Indiana Area's board president, Walter Schroth, will report to the board on the ICTC situati...
Hometown1 Jul 21, 2024

TURNPIKE COMMISSION WARNS OF "SMISHING" SCAM
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission says the old "smishing" scam is recirculating. Potential victims get a text from a fake agency called "Pennsylvania Turnpike Toll Services" telling them they have ...
Hometown1 Jul 21, 2024

REPUBLICANS TAKE THE LEAD - FOR NOW - IN PA HOUSE
It won't make a difference in leadership, but Republicans now hold the majority in the state House of Representatives after the resignations of two Philadelphia-area Democrats. Representatives Donna B...
Hometown1 Jul 21, 2024

PSP INVESTIGATING ATTEMPTED KIDNAPPING
UPDATE: Due to continued investigation and further canvassing of the area, troopers have declared that the case is "unfounded and closed". State police have reported an attempted kidnapping in White T...
Hometown2 Jul 20, 2024

INDIANA COUNTY ROADWORK TO RAMP UP NEXT WEEK
Construction projects on PennDOT roads are expected to ramp up over the next few days. One project includes West Pike between Route 422 and Indiana Road in White Township. That will be a nighttime pav...
Hometown2 Jul 20, 2024

PENNDOT: ROAD CLOSURE IN KITTANNING, BRIDGE PROJECT TO START SOON IN RURAL VALLEY
PennDOT is also announcing a road closure in Kittanning for the demolition of a building. The closure will affect a portion of Market Street starting today through August 4th to allow for the safe dem...
Hometown2 Jul 20, 2024

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.
Voting Ends: Jun 16, 2026 | 12:00 PM











