Category Archives: Local News

SCHOOL CLOSINGS AND DELAYS FOR DECEMBER 15, 2025
Due to wintry conditions, here is the status of schools and schools districts in the area for December 15, 2025. Information will be updated as it is received. Apollo-Ridge: Closed Armstrong: Closed D...
Renda Media Dec 14, 2025

HERE'S A LOOK AT REPORTED SNOWFALL TOTALS
From the US National Weather Service THANK YOU for all the snow reports! Here's our first preliminary map based on your reports. A list of reports we received from 5-10 AM this morning can also be fou...
Renda Media Dec 14, 2025

HERE'S HOW MUCH MORE SNOW INDIANA COUNTY CAN EXPECT TODAY
From the US National Weather Service Last night's system has come to an end. This morning we transition to lake effect snow showers. Most of the significant additional accumulations today and tonight ...
Renda Media Dec 14, 2025

BRINK TRIAL SCHEDULED TO BEGIN IN INDIANA COUNTY COURT
After three previous unsuccessful attempts to hold a trial for Joshua Brink, jury selection is scheduled for Monday for the 36-year-old Smicksburg man, who is charged with homicide by vehicle while DU...
Hometown1 Dec 14, 2025

APSCUF ISSUES SCAM ALERT
The faculty union at IUP and the other State System of Higher Education universities has issued a warning that some of their members appear to have been getting emails from people impersonating chapte...
Hometown1 Dec 14, 2025

WINTER STORM BLASTS INDIANA COUNTY, WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA
A winter storm struck the area yesterday afternoon and continued overnight, dumping anywhere from four to six inches of powdery snow on Indiana County. Plows worked on the snow-covered roads throughou...
Hometown1 Dec 14, 2025

LOOKING AHEAD TO FUTURE BRIDGE PROJECTS
The public plans display for a Route 210 bridge replacement project in South Mahoning Township is scheduled for this Thursday from 6 to 7 PM at the Plumville Presbyterian Church. PennDOT representativ...
Hometown1 Dec 14, 2025

HOUSE TO HOLD FINAL SESSIONS OF 2025 THIS WEEK
State Representative Jim Struzzi and his colleagues in the House of Representatives return to session for two days this week. They will convene on Tuesday and Wednesday, both days at 11 AM. One of the...
Hometown1 Dec 14, 2025

NEW IUP GRAD'S JOURNEY TO A CAP AND GOWN INSPIRES
IUP honored 459 new graduates yesterday at the KCAC, and one of them journeyed for 47 years to walk across the stage and get her degree. 65-year-old Aretha Swift of Abington, Montgomery County, comple...
Hometown1 Dec 14, 2025

TRAVELING NORTH? TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS FOR THE STORM
From the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation UPDATE: Jefferson County is not yet included in the speed restriction. It is Ohio State line through Clarion County to the Jefferson County line at E...
Renda Media Dec 13, 2025

Voter ID
Pennsylvania is one of fifteen states that does not require any form of identification in order to vote. Meanwhile, eight states require photo ID in order to vote with no exceptions. What should Pennsylvania do?
Keep it the way it is. No ID of any kind required.
Some sort of ID required
Photo ID, with exceptions for religious purposes
Strict photo ID, no exceptions
Voting Ends: Feb 24, 2026 | 12:00 PM











