Category Archives: Local News

GROUP PLANS TO PROTEST "ICE" IN INDIANA TODAY
There is a traffic alert for downtown Indiana today as a group called "Indiana County Common Good" plans a protest rally against ICE at noon at 7th and Philadelphia streets. Calling the event, "ICE OU...
Hometown1 Jan 11, 2026

MOTIONS HEARING MONDAY FOR DEFENDANT IN FATAL ACCIDENT CASE
Indiana County President Judge Thomas Bianco will conduct a motions hearing on Monday for 25-year-old Reed Thomas Tantlinger of Homer City, who is charged with homicide by vehicle while DUI in a Janua...
Hometown1 Jan 11, 2026

CHRISTMAS TREE COLLECTION TO BEGIN
Indiana Borough's Public Works Department will begin collecting discarded Christmas trees on Monday. You are asked to remove all lights and ornaments and place them at the curb, where you place your t...
Hometown1 Jan 11, 2026

INDIANA, PURCHASE LINE BOARDS TO MEET ON MONDAY
Tomorrow's Indiana Area School Board Academic/Extra Curricular/Policy/Personnel committee meeting has been moved to a 5:30 start time and the full board meeting will begin at 6:30. Among the items for...
Hometown1 Jan 11, 2026

SENATE BILLS WOULD SEEK TO PROTECT CONSUMERS FROM DATA CENTER COSTS
Senator Lisa Boscola of Lehigh County says she will introduce a package of six bills aimed at protecting consumers from damages from large-load electricity users such as data centers. Boscola says the...
Hometown1 Jan 11, 2026

PUC REPORT: UTILITIES WERE PREPARED BUT "CHALLENGED" BY APRIL STORMS
The Public Utility Commission's new report on the response to last April's storms, which caused widespread power outages for multiple days across western Pennsylvania, concludes that power companies w...
Hometown1 Jan 11, 2026

SNOW RETURNS SUNDAY, BUT HOW MUCH?
From the US National Weather Service Here are a couple graphics showing the expected snowfall amounts and periods of highest snowfall rate on Sunday and Sunday night. In addition, winds will be an iss...
Renda Media Jan 10, 2026

A LOOK AT EXPECTED RAIN TOTALS THROUGH MIDNIGHT
From the US National Weather Service Rain will continue to spread north this morning and into the afternoon. Based off the latest guidance that's still filtering in, no big changes are anticipated to ...
Renda Media Jan 10, 2026

THREE VEHICLE CRASHES REPORTED ON FRIDAY
Three crashes were reported last night by Indiana County 911. Two of those crashes were in the 5:00 hour. The first was on Route 56 East in Center Township. Homer City fire department, Citizen's Ambul...
Hometown2 Jan 10, 2026

SENTENCING HEARINGS HELD ON FRIDAY
A Pittsburgh man was sentenced in Indiana County Court on Friday. Indiana County Judge Michael T. Clark ordered 36-year-old Zachary Afshar to serve one year of probation each for charges of harassment...
Hometown2 Jan 10, 2026












