Category Archives: Local News

METEOROLOGISTS FOLLOWING STRONG SNOWSTORM HEADING EAST
A major winter storm is possibly coming through our area and meteorologists are following the storm very closely. Accuweather Senior Meteorologist Carl Erickson says that as the storm gets closer to t...
Hometown2 Jan 04, 2024

MORE INFORMATION RELEASED ON FATAL DERRY CRASH
State police released more information on a crash in Derry Township over the weekend that killed one person and injured two others. Troopers say the crash happened at 4:33 PM on December 29th at the i...
Hometown2 Jan 04, 2024

BOND MODIFICATION HEARING TODAY FOR MAN CHARGED WITH DRUG DELIVERY RESULTING IN DEATH
A bond modification hearing is scheduled today for an man charged with drug delivery resulting in death. 36-year-old Andrew Kirk Rankin, who has a Creekside address listed in court documents, is due b...
Hometown2 Jan 04, 2024

POLICE REPORTS: SEXUAL ASSAULT, VEHICLE ACCIDENT
PSP-INDIANA State police are investigating a case of sexual assault that was reported Sunday afternoon. Troopers were dispatched to a home along Susan Drive in Burrell Township at 3:15 in the afternoo...
Hometown2 Jan 04, 2024

TROOPERS SEE DECREASE IN TOTAL CRASHES, UPTICK IN DEATHS DURING NEW YEAR'S DETAIL
State police have released their statistics from the New Year's holiday enforcement period. Troopers saw a significant decrease in the number of total crashes, but they also report a spike in fatal cr...
Renda Media Jan 04, 2024

INDIANA COUNTY'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE HOLDS STEADY IN NOVEMBER
Indiana County's Seasonally Adjusted Unemployment Rate went unchanged over the month of November. According to the department of Labor and Industry, the county's unemployment rate remained at 4.7 perc...
Hometown2 Jan 03, 2024

THREE-VEHICLE CRASH SNARLS TRAFFIC IN WHITE TOWNSHIP
No major injuries were reported this morning in a crash in White Township. (Photo by Josh Widdowson) Indiana Fire Association, State Police and Citizens' Ambulance were called out at 8:38 this morning...
Hometown2 Jan 03, 2024

SUSPECT IN WRIGHT SHOOTING TO HAVE MOTIONS HEARING TODAY
One of the suspects in the fatal shooting at the Carriage House Apartments in 2020 is due in court today for a motions hearing. Court documents show that 21-year-old Isabella Marie Edmonds of Indiana ...
Hometown2 Jan 03, 2024

PENNDOT LOOKING FOR PUBLIC VOTE IN "PAINT THE PLOW" CONTEST
Students across PennDOT District 10 are taking part in the annual Paint-A-Plow contest, and this year, the public will be able to vote on their favorite. Eleven plows were decorated by high school stu...
Hometown2 Jan 03, 2024

SHETLER SENTENCED IN ASSAULT CASE FROM 2021
A New Florence man was sentenced yesterday for assaulting an officer in an incident in Seward in 2021. 39-year-old Ray Shetler, Jr. will serve one to two years in prison and two years of probation upo...
Hometown2 Jan 03, 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









