Category Archives: Local News

CODE ORANGE AIR QUALITY TODAY FOR ALL OF PENNSYLVANIA
Smoke from the Canadian Wildfires is once again expected to affect air quality in Pennsylvania today. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection announced on Sunday that the entire state ...
Hometown2 Jul 17, 2023

"OPERATIONAL PRINCIPALS" TO BE NAMED TONIGHT BY INDIANA SCHOOL BOARD
The Indiana School Board will meet once this month and will look at items that will help the district get ready for the upcoming year. Several of those items have to do with the job of "operational pr...
Hometown2 Jul 17, 2023

VEHICLE ACCIDENT, SEARCH DETAILS REPORTED BY INDIANA COUNTY 911 SUNDAY
After a busy Saturday, Indiana County's first responders had just a few calls on Sunday. The activity started at 8:22 AM with an automatic fire alarm on North Walnut Street in Blairsville. Both the Bl...
Hometown2 Jul 17, 2023

COURTS TO BE BUSY TODAY WITH SEVERAL HEARINGS
The Indiana County and District Courts will be busy today with several hearings. One of the cases on the Common Pleas Court Schedule is for an inmate in the Indiana County Jail for contraband. Court d...
Hometown2 Jul 17, 2023

CARBON EMISSIONS FROM COAL DECREASING IN PENNSYLVANIA
New data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration shows carbon dioxide emissions from coal in Pennsylvania continuing a decades long downward trend. The numbers measuring emissions in 2021 plac...
Hometown1 Jul 17, 2023

DEAD MAN FOUND IN EAST WHEATFIELD TOWNSHIP WAS FROM JOHNSTOWN
State police have identified the body found along Route 403 along Cramer Pike early on Friday morning as a Johnstown man who they say was shot to death. 44-year-old Daryl Vincent Lee's body was found ...
Hometown1 Jul 16, 2023

ROUTE 22 TO CLOSE OVERNIGHTS THIS WEEK IN EAST WHEATFIELD TOWNSHIP
A major traffic disruption takes place this week on Route 22 in East Wheatfield Township. PennDOT says that starting tomorrow through July 29th, the westbound lanes of the busy highway will be closed ...
Hometown1 Jul 16, 2023

POLICE: MAN PULLED OVER FOR TRAFFIC STOP WAS WANTED FOR ASSAULT
State police reports today include a Blairsville man taken into custody last Wednesday on an outstanding warrant. 34-year-old Nicholas Bruner was pulled over for a traffic stop on Route 119 at Lloyd S...
Hometown1 Jul 16, 2023

BODY FOUND NEAR CAMBRIA, INDIANA COUNTY BORDER
Officials from both Indiana and Cambria counties are investigating an incident after a body was discovered in East Wheatfield Township Friday morning. Indiana County District Attorney Robert Manzi sai...
Renda Media Jul 15, 2023

MEGA MILLIONS JACKPOT GOES UNCLAIMED
The Mega Millions jackpot continues to grow after no winner claimed the multi-state lottery prize Friday evening. No one matched all six numbers drawn last night, which were 10-24-48-51-66 with a Mega...
Renda Media Jul 15, 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









