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COLD WEATHER ADVISORY TO END THIS MORNING
Another cold weekend is wrapping up in Indiana County A cold weather advisory will come to an end at 10:00 this morning. Temperatures between -5 and -15 were reported at times through the night and in...
Hometown2 Feb 09, 2026

FIRE CLOSES BLAIRSVILLE MCDONALD'S
UPDATE: As of Monday morning, the Blairsville McDonald's is open for normal business. A fast food restaurant in Blairsville is shut down indefinitely after a fire was reported on Sunday. Indiana Count...
Hometown2 Feb 08, 2026

TRIAL DELAYED FOR TWO ACCUSED OF KILLING NEW FLORENCE WOMAN
The conjoined murder trials of 51-year-old Melissa Fox-Beacom of New Florence and 20-year-old Matthew Jason Bates of Ligonier were to begin Monday in Westmoreland County Court, but Judge Meagan Bilik-...
Hometown1 Feb 08, 2026

STUDY: HIGH DEMAND CREATING TURBINE BACKLOG FOR GAS-FIRED POWER PLANTS
A new study says natural gas power plants such as the one being built at the site of the former Homer City Generating Station are the leading industry response to the energy demands of AI data centers...
Hometown1 Feb 08, 2026

BUDGET HEARINGS SCHEDULED AT STATE CAPITOL
Budget hearings have been scheduled to begin this month in Harrisburg before the appropriations committees of the House and Senate. Both representative Jim Struzzi and Senator Joe Pittman are members ...
Hometown1 Feb 08, 2026

BUSY SLATE OF MEETINGS BEGINS WITH INDIANA, PURCHASE LINE ON MONDAY
The Indiana Area school board will meet on Monday night at 7:30, following a work session of the Academic/Extra Curricular/Policy & Personnel Committee. Among the actions of the full board will be...
Hometown1 Feb 08, 2026

ROAD TO CLOSE MONDAY FOR BRIDGE REPLACEMENT
The rescheduled closure of Wehrum Road in East Wheatfield Township takes effect tomorrow. The road is being closed for a bridge replacement where River Road meets Wehrum Road, and it will last until S...
Hometown1 Feb 08, 2026

GUN THEFT REPORTED IN BLAIRSVILLE
Police in Blairsville are investigating the theft of guns on Tuesday. The theft was reported on February 3rd at a business along East Market Street. Details on what guns were stolen was not released, ...
Hometown2 Feb 07, 2026

EXTREME COLD WARNING TO CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING
An extreme cold warning for our area remains in effect until late Sunday morning. The National Weather Service predicts dangerously cold wind chills through the day and into tonight, going until 10:00...
Hometown2 Feb 07, 2026

PENNDOT REMINDS DRIVERS ON WINTER DRIVING SAFETY TIPS
As the winter storm and cold blast continues for our area, PennDOT is offering some winter driving safety tips. As frigid temperatures and wind gusts continue to roll through the area this weekend, th...
Hometown2 Feb 07, 2026












