Category Archives: Local News

PARTS OF INDIANA COUNTY TO GO UNDER HIGH WIND WARNING LATER TONIGHT
The National Weather Service is placing a section of Pennsylvania under a High Wind Warning later tonight, and some of it affects portions of Indiana County. The warning will go into effect at 1 AM an...
Renda Media Jan 08, 2024

COMMISSIONERS HOLD REORGANIZATION MEETING
The Indiana County Commissioners briefly met this morning to reorganize. (From L to R: Chief Clerk Robin Maryai, Commissioners Vice-Chair Robin Gorman, Commissioners Chairman Mike Keith, Commissioners...
Hometown2 Jan 08, 2024

POLICE REPORTS: VEHICLE CRASH, HIT AND RUN INVESTIGATION
PSP-INDIANA State police have released more information about a crash last Wednesday night in White Township. Troopers say a Dodge Ram Pickup was going North on Fulton Run Road at 11:39 PM when the dr...
Hometown2 Jan 08, 2024

INDIANA SCHOOL BOARD TO DISCUSS HEARING ON POSSIBLE CLOSURE OF HORACE MANN
The Indiana School Board will meet tonight and a change order for the Eisenhower project is up for approval tonight. That change order concerns the removal of additional asbestos by Canfield Developme...
Hometown2 Jan 08, 2024

WOMAN CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH DUMPSTER FIRE IN CENTER TOWNSHIP
State police have charged a Homer City woman for setting a dumpster fire in Center Township last week. Indiana County 911 reported the fire along Two Lick Road at 4:15 PM on January 3rd , and dispatch...
Hometown2 Jan 08, 2024

PURCHASE LINE TO HOLD WORK SESSION TONIGHT
The Purchase Line School Board will meet tonight for a Committee of the Whole work session. The board will discuss 39 policies tonight. Most of the policies are due for deletion since another ordinanc...
Hometown2 Jan 08, 2024

PA LT. GOVERNOR TO SPEAK AT INDIANA COUNTY NAACP EVENT
The Indiana County NAACP has announced that Pennsylvania's Lieutenant Governor will be the guest speaker at this Saturday's annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Program and Fellowship Luncheon. ...
Hometown2 Jan 08, 2024

FLU CASES CONTINUE TO SURGE IN PENNSYLVANIA
Pennsylvania's flu count continues its upward surge while RSV cases are declining. The number of lab-confirmed flu cases in the latest state report is 47,358, an increase of 16,669. It rose by 11,426 ...
Hometown1 Jan 07, 2024

COACH NEGOTIATIONS SCHEDULED THIS WEEK
After last meeting in November, negotiators working on a new contract for coaches in the State System of Higher Education are scheduled to sit down for talks again this week. They will hold sessions o...
Hometown1 Jan 07, 2024

PUC AUDIT OF PAWC HIGHLIGHTS CHANGE RECOMMENDATIONS
The state Public Utility Commission recently released its audit report on Pennsylvania American Water Company, highlighting 31 improvements the utility could make to its operations. Key findings inclu...
Hometown1 Jan 07, 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









