Category Archives: Local News

SERVICE DOG NAMED FOR JIMMY STEWART PAYS VISIT TO NAMESAKE'S MUSEUM
The Jimmy Stewart Museum received a four-footed visitor today that will help soldiers in need later on. A labrador puppy named "Jimmy" paid a visit to the museum today with Rick Yount, the Executive D...
Hometown2 Dec 22, 2023

PA UNEMPLOYMENT RATE HOLDS STEADY
Pennsylvania's unemployment rate went unchanged over the month of November. The state Department of Labor and Industry says that the rate remained at 3.4 percent for the month, staying at record-low l...
Hometown2 Dec 22, 2023

FORMER LONGTIME INDIANA BOROUGH TAX COLLECTOR DIES
A longtime Indiana Borough tax collector and former director of the ICCAP board of Directors has passed away. David Watkins died yesterday at the Beacon Ridge Nursing Home. A stellar athlete in his hi...
Hometown2 Dec 22, 2023

INDIANA POLICE RELEASE IMAGES OF CAR BREAK-IN SUSPECTS
Police in Indiana Borough have released some images of two people that are believed to be suspects in a recent rash of thefts from vehicles. In a post on Facebook made on Wednesday, police said there ...
Hometown2 Dec 22, 2023

CAMBRIA COUNTY WOMAN INDICTED ON DRUG TRAFFICKING CHARGES
A federal grand jury in Pittsburgh has indicted a Cambria County woman on charges of drug trafficking. According to a news release from US Attorney Eric Olshan, 55-year-old Penny Woodley of Hastings w...
Hometown2 Dec 22, 2023

IUP BACKING LETTER FROM LEGISLATORS ASKING TO BRING MARC FOGEL HOME
IUP is putting its support behind a recent letter sent to U.S. Secretary of State from three of Pennsylvania's federal legislators to get Marc Fogel, an IUP alumnus out of prison in Russia and get him...
Hometown2 Dec 22, 2023

PLEA COURT, PLEA WITHDRAWL ON DOCKET TODAY FOR INDIANA COUNTY COURT
Only three cases are on the docket for today in Indiana County's court of common pleas, two of which involve people currently in the prison system. One of them is Edward Robert Ortiz of Indiana curren...
Hometown2 Dec 22, 2023

PENNDOT EXTENDS PUBLIC PLANS DISPLAY FOR BROADHEAD RUN BRIDGE PROJECT
PennDOT has announced an extension for the public plans display for a bridge reservation project in Canoe Township. Officials said in a news release that the Broadhead Run Bridge plans display will be...
Renda Media Dec 21, 2023

TROOPERS SEARCHING FOR MAN WHO FAILED TO RETURN RENTAL CAR
State police in Indiana are searching for a man who failed to return a vehicle to Enterprise Rent-A-Car. Troopers say the branch manager reported an unauthorized use of a motor vehicle around 11:30 Mo...
Renda Media Dec 21, 2023

INDIANA BOROUGH POLICE WARNING OF VEHICLE BREAK-INS
Police in Indiana Borough are reminding residents to lock up their vehicles after multiple thefts were reported over the last 36 hours. In a post on the department's Facebook page, officials say that ...
Hometown2 Dec 21, 2023

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









