Category Archives: Local News

PHONE SCAM REPORTED IN INDIANA BOROUGH
Indiana Borough Police are investigating a phone scam that took place on Thursday. Officers say the incident occurred at 4:10 p.m. in the 1100 block of Grant Street. They say a man impersonating an In...
Renda Media Jan 09, 2023

TROOPERS SEEK PUBLIC'S HELP IN IDENTIFYING RETAIL THEFT SUSPECT
State police are asking for the public's help in identifying the person responsible for an incident of retail theft on New Year's Day. Troopers say at 1:33 p.m., a man walked out of the White Township...
Renda Media Jan 09, 2023

HOMER CITY MAN DIES IN CAR CRASH SATURDAY NIGHT
A Homer City man was killed in a crash early Saturday morning on Route 422 in Pine Township. Indiana County Coroner Jerry Overman, Jr. announced on Sunday that 25-year-old Hunter Lewis McCloskey was k...
Hometown2 Jan 09, 2023

INDIANA, PURCHASE LINE SCHOOL BOARDS TO MEET
Both the Indiana and Purchase Line School Boards will meet tonight. On the agenda for the Indiana School Board meeting is the Act 1 resolution that other school districts have passed. This resolution ...
Hometown2 Jan 09, 2023

TWO HURT IN CRASH IN DERRY TOWNSHIP
Two people were hurt in a vehicle crash on Sunday in Derry Township. The crash was reported at 3:15 PM on Route 22 west near the intersection with Livermore Road. Few details are available on how the ...
Hometown2 Jan 09, 2023

FIRE ALARM ACTIVATIONS, CRASH REPORTED BY 911 ON SUNDAY
The Blairsville and Black Lick fire departments were called out twice on Sunday morning for incidents in the same area of Blairsville Borough. Both incidents were automatic fire alarm activations at t...
Hometown2 Jan 09, 2023

PLEA, SENTENCING HEARINGS SCHEDULED FOR TODAY
Indiana County's courts will be busy today, including the county court of common pleas with several sentencing hearings today. Among those hearings are seven sentencing hearings for a Johnstown man. 3...
Hometown2 Jan 09, 2023

LEGISLATURE GETS BACK TO WORK ON MONDAY
After last week's formal swearing in of new members, the state House and Senate return to Harrisburg tomorrow to get down to business. Senator Joe Pittman will serve as the Senate Majority Leader, hea...
Hometown1 Jan 08, 2023

INDIANA COUNTY STRUGGLES WITH CHILD POVERTY, OVERALL POVERTY RATES
New figures from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey five-year estimates show child poverty decreasing in nearly two dozen Pennsylvania counties, including Indiana County. But while Ind...
Hometown1 Jan 08, 2023

PURCHASE LINE POISED TO HIRE INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT
With superintendent Shawn Ford's impending departure to become assistant superintendent of the DuBois Area School District, the Purchase Line School Board is poised to hire an interim superintendent o...
Hometown1 Jan 08, 2023












