Category Archives: Local News

MONDAY SEES PLENTY OF ACTIVITY FOR FIRST RESPONDERS
Along with the crash in Burrell Township, Monday was an active day for Indiana County first responders. Marion Center and Plumville firefighters were dispatched to an automatic fire alarm activation a...
Renda Media Jun 20, 2023

FIRST IN-PERSON SALDO MEETING TO BE HELD TONIGHT
The first of three in-person meetings for Indiana County residents to learn about the new Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance (SALDO) will be held this evening. The SALDO was passed by the Indi...
Renda Media Jun 20, 2023

DEER LICENSE SALES TO START THIS MONTH
Later this month, deer hunting licenses will go on sale, and the process to purchase one has changed. According to a law passed earlier this year, the first round of deer licenses will go on sale on M...
Hometown2 Jun 20, 2023

PURCHASE LINE WELCOMES NEW SUPERINTENDENT, APPROVES BUDGET
On Monday night, the Purchase Line School Board welcomed the new superintendent to her first school board meeting. New superintendent Patricia Berezansky said during the meeting that she was thankful ...
Hometown2 Jun 19, 2023

INDIANA COUNTY UNDER 'MODERATE' AIR QUALITY; NEIGHBORING COUNTIES UNDER CODE ORANGE ALERT
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection is once again placing parts of the state under a Code Orange Air Quality Action Alert. While Indiana County doesn't fall under the alert, some n...
Renda Media Jun 19, 2023

ACTIVE SUNDAY FOR FIRST RESPONDERS
First responders had a relatively busy day on Sunday as six calls were made to Indiana County 911. Members of the Coral Fire Department were dispatched to set up a landing zone around Murry Avenue in ...
Renda Media Jun 19, 2023

POLICE REPORTS: DRUG POSSESSION, ASSAULT
PSP-INDIANA State police arrested an Allegheny County woman following an incident Friday morning in White Township. Troopers say around 10:11 a.m., they were informed by the K-9 unit at SCI Pine Grove...
Renda Media Jun 19, 2023

NORTH 4TH STREET WORK CONTINUES TONIGHT
Once again, PennDOT says starting this evening at 6 PM and through tomorrow morning at 6, lane restrictions will be in place for drainage work that will be performed along North 4th Street in Indiana ...
Renda Media Jun 19, 2023

UPDATE: IDENTITIES OF TROOPERS KILLED, HURT IN JUNIATA COUNTY RELEASED
State police have announced the identities of the trooper who was killed in the line of duty on Saturday and the trooper who was injured in a separate incident involving the same gunman in Juniata Cou...
Hometown2 Jun 19, 2023

JURY SELECTION SCHEDULED FOR TERRION GATES
Jury selection is scheduled today for one of the suspects in the shooting death at the Carriage House Apartments in 2020. Court documents show that 24-year-old Delmar Chatman of Johnstown faces charge...
Hometown2 Jun 19, 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









