Category Archives: Local News

STATE POLICE ASKING FOR PUBLIC HELP ON HIT-AND-RUN CRASH IN NORTH MAHONING TOWNSHIP
Pennsylvania State Police are seeking information about a hit-and-run crash that damaged a wooden fence along Miller Road in North Mahoning Township. Troopers said an unknown vehicle struck a fence po...
Renda Media Feb 05, 2026

HERITAGE CONFERENCE STUDENT ARTISTS TO BE CELEBRATED AT KCAC
Along with the boys and girls championship basketball games, artists from Heritage Conference Schools will be celebrated tomorrow night at the KCAC. Prior to the start of tomorrow night's basketball f...
Hometown2 Feb 05, 2026

STABBING CASE TO HEAD TO COUNTY COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
Charges filed against a Maryland man for a stabbing last month will head to Indiana County's Court of common pleas. At a preliminary hearing yesterday, charges were ordered held for court against 30-y...
Hometown2 Feb 05, 2026

MAN CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIAL DUE IN COURT TODAY
More preliminary hearings are on the docket today for Indiana County's District Courts. Among them is a hearing for 24-year-old Joshua Neese of Creekside. He was charged by authorities with possession...
Hometown2 Feb 05, 2026

FLU ACTIVITY CONTINUES TO DECLINE SHARPLY IN PA
While it may still be too early to tell if flu season is almost over, activity related to the illness in Pennsylvania continues to decline. The PA Department of Health reports 82,883 flu cases have be...
Hometown2 Feb 05, 2026

IUP ALUMNI COUPLE MAKE CONTRIBUTION TO START NEW FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
Two IUP graduates from Westmoreland County are making another contribution to IUP to start a new fellowship program. Tim and Deb Cejka of Westmoreland County have donated $25,000 to the university to ...
Hometown2 Feb 05, 2026

NEW DATE ANNOUNCED FOR WHERUM ROAD BRIDGE PROJECT
A new date has been selected for the Wherum Road closure in East Wheatfield Township. PennDOT announced that the closure will now start next Monday, February 9th and run through September 11th. Contra...
Hometown2 Feb 05, 2026

MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE FAILS IN STATE HOUSE VOTE
While Governor Josh Shapiro said he wanted to see minimum wage increased to $15 an hour, that move was voted down in a voting session of the full house yesterday. The vote for a minimum wage increase ...
Hometown2 Feb 05, 2026

PRELIMINARY HEARING FOR STABBING SUSPECT SCHEDULED FOR TODAY
A preliminary hearing is set today for a man charged with stabbing a woman last month. Court documents show that Detroien Trezmen Hobbs of Maryland will go before district judge Robert Belle Sr. in Bl...
Hometown2 Feb 04, 2026

INDIANA MAN CHARGED WITH SEXUALLY ASSAULTING A CHILD
Police in Indiana Borough announced the arrest of an Indiana man charged with sexually assaulting a child. Officers started an investigation on November 12th last year into the incidents. From that, t...
Hometown2 Feb 04, 2026












