Category Archives: Local News

SENTENCING HEARINGS HELD FRIDAY
Several sentencing hearings were held in Indiana County's Court of Common Pleas on Friday, including three for a Homer City man. One sentencing hearing for 41-year-old Richard Kolesar was for charges ...
Hometown2 Feb 24, 2024

VIDEO TOUR OF COUNTY READY FOR VIEWING
Indiana County's Center for Economic Operations' affiliates have announced that a video tour of the county is complete and ready for viewing. The seven-part video series was produced by CGI Communicat...
Hometown2 Feb 24, 2024

BUGRR TO HOLD OPEN HOUSE TODAY WITH AWARD CEREMONY
The Blairsville Underground Railroad will celebrate Black History Month with an open house today, which will culminate with a special award ceremony. The open house starts at 9:00 AM at the Undergroun...
Hometown2 Feb 24, 2024

IRMC CELEBRATES 500TH MAKO ROBOTIC SURGERY
Indiana Regional Medical Center has marked the 500th successful joint replacement surgery that was performed by the hospital's MAKO SmartRobotics system. The milestone surgery came close to three year...
Hometown2 Feb 23, 2024

STRUCTURE FIRE, CAR CRASH REPORTED BY INDIANA COUNTY 911
It was a somewhat quiet day for first responders with two major calls reported. The first call of the day was for a reported structure fire on South Main Street in Homer City Borough. Homer City, Indi...
Hometown2 Feb 23, 2024

PACKAGE OF ANTI-SWATTING BILLS IN THE WORKS IN PA HOUSE
The Pennsylvania House Republican Caucus is working on bills that will combat the act of "swatting". Swatting is where a person places a hoax 911 call alleging a hostage situation, shooting or some ot...
Hometown2 Feb 23, 2024

PEKING ACROBATS PERFORMANCE CANCELLED
IUP's Lively Arts program has announced the cancellation of an upcoming performance of the Peking Acrobats. The event, originally scheduled for next Tuesday, February 27th at 7:30 PM in Fisher Auditor...
Hometown2 Feb 23, 2024

FINAL DAY TO PRE-REGISTER FOR UNITED WAY CAMPAIGN WRAP-UP
Today is the final day to pre-register for the wrap up celebration breakfast for the United Way's 2023-24 campaign. The annual celebration is a time to reflect on all the accomplishments through the c...
Hometown2 Feb 23, 2024

FIRST COMMONWEALTH BANK AWARDED FOR EXCELLENCE IN SMALL BUSINESS BANKING
First Commonwealth Bank recently earned another accolade recognizing their efforts in providing high-quality service for customers. According to a news release, First Commonwealth was honored by Coali...
Renda Media Feb 22, 2024

WHITE TOWNSHIP SEEKING COMMENTS FOR WHITE'S WOODS STEWARDSHIP PLAN
The White Township Stewardship committee is accepting feedback on the proposed stewardship plan for White's Woods. In late December, the committee finished its mission of researching, fact-finding and...
Hometown2 Feb 22, 2024

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









