Category Archives: Local News

COURTHOUSE TO HAVE PLEA, SENTENCING HEARINGS TODAY
The Indiana County Courthouse is expected to be busy with a lot of hearings today. While many of them are DUI-related criminal call hearings, there will be a few plea and sentencing hearings on the sc...
Hometown2 May 12, 2023

NEW FLORENCE MAN CHARGED WITH THEFT OF SCRAP METAL
A New Florence man is charged with stealing scrap metal back in late April. State Police say that 59-year-old Orbin Boring of New Florence allegedly stole scrap metal from the home of a 58-year-old Ne...
Hometown2 May 12, 2023

IFA CALLED OUT FOR MULTIPLE INCIDENTS ON THURSDAY
Indiana County first responders had a quiet day on Thursday with just a handful of calls reported. Indiana Fire Association was the busiest of the departments dispatched yesterday. Their first call wa...
Hometown2 May 12, 2023

"BIKE TO SCHOOL DAY" REVIVAL A SUCCESS
For the first time since 2019, students from two Indiana County elementary schools had the opportunity to take part in "Bike to School Day," hosted by the Indiana County Office of Planning and Develop...
Renda Media May 11, 2023

BEN FORD NAMED IUP 2023-24 DISTINGUISHED UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR
IUP has named anthropology professor and chair for the department of anthropology Ben Ford as its 2023-24 distinguished university professor. Ford has been a member of the anthropology department sinc...
Hometown2 May 11, 2023

GAS PRICE AVERAGES CONTINUE TO FALL
Gas prices are continuing to trend downward in Indiana County and across Western Pennsylvania. Triple A reports that the national gas price average is $3.53 a gallon this morning. It is four cents dow...
Hometown2 May 11, 2023

TODAY IS BIKE TO SCHOOL DAY
Drivers in Indiana Borough will see some extra bike traffic on the roads today as students will be biking to school. Today is Bike to School Day and the Indiana County Active Transportation Committee ...
Hometown2 May 11, 2023

PENNS MANOR SCHOOL BOARD PASSES PRELIMINARY BUDGET CONTAINING A SURPLUS
On Wednesday night, the Penns Manor School Board passed the 2023-24 preliminary budget, and it contains a surplus. The income comes to $20,083,414 while expenses are at $19,445,006. Under this budget,...
Hometown2 May 10, 2023

WHITE TOWNSHIP SUPERVISORS HEAR MORE CONCERNS REGARDING EXCESSIVE NOISE
At their meeting Wednesday afternoon, the White Township Supervisors continued to hear concerns regarding noise in the township. Supervisors once again heard from Kelly Coleman, who again requested th...
Renda Media May 10, 2023

ALTERCATION LEADS TO ARREST OF INDIANA MAN
Indiana Borough Police have charged an Indiana man following an incident Tuesday night. Officers say they were dispatched to a home along the 1400 block of Philadelphia Street around 11:35 p.m. for a ...
Renda Media May 10, 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









