Category Archives: Local News

TROOPERS SEARCHING FOR OWNER OF ANTIQUE COINS, JEWELRY
State police are searching for the owner of items found at a Center Township gas station. Troopers say they were dispatched to the Sheetz along Route 119 on Monday for reports of a camera case that wa...
Renda Media Apr 14, 2023

PLEA AND SENTENCING HEARINGS SET FOR COUNTY COURT TODAY
Indiana County's Court of Common Pleas will be busy today with several plea and sentencing hearings. While many of the hearings will be for DUI or drug-related crimes, a few deal with other crimes. On...
Hometown2 Apr 14, 2023

LOCAL BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT EVENT STARTS TODAY
Today is the first day of the two day "Local Business Spotlight" event at the Indiana Mall. The event, co-presented by Renda Media and Digital and Diamond Drug and Diamond Medical Supply, combines two...
Hometown2 Apr 14, 2023

IUP PROFESSOR SELECTED FOR RESIDENTIAL FELLOWSHIP IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
An IUP political science professor has been selected for a nine-month residential fellowship at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars in Washington, D.C. Dr. Steven Jackson is the first...
Hometown2 Apr 14, 2023

MEGA MILLIONS, POWERBALL JACKPOTS REACHING HIGH LEVELS
This weekend could be a lucrative one for lottery players. Tonight is the Mega Millions drawing and that top prize is now up to $476 million annuity or $256 million cash option. The last time the jack...
Hometown2 Apr 14, 2023

PURCHASE LINE SCHOOL BOARD APPROVES RAISES FOR COACHES
On Thursday night, the Purchase Line School Board approved salary increases for four main and assistant coaching positions. The original proposal had the head coaches for Track, Cross Country, Basebal...
Hometown2 Apr 13, 2023

POWER OUTAGES REPORTED IN CENTER, WHITE TOWNSHIPS
New information regarding the Penelec outages has been added to the story (2:35 p.m.) Parts of Indiana County are experiencing a power outage this afternoon. Penelec reports that 1,636 customers are w...
Renda Media Apr 13, 2023

ARREST MADE IN DRUG OVERDOSE INVESTIGATION FROM LAST OCTOBER
Indiana Borough Police have taken a woman into custody in connection with an investigation into a drug overdose death that goes back to October of last year. Police say that 40-year-old Heidi Millar o...
Hometown2 Apr 13, 2023

EMERGENCY CREWS MAKE QUICK WORK OF FIRE IN INDIANA BOROUGH
No one was injured in a structure fire this morning in Indiana Borough. Indiana Fire Association, Indiana Borough Police and the RIT team were initially dispatched at 9:54 this morning to a location a...
Renda Media Apr 13, 2023

SEVEN BRUSH FIRES REPORTED YESTERDAY IN INDIANA COUNTY
Despite red flag warnings being posted yesterday warning against burning, seven more brush fires were reported yesterday by Indiana County 911. The first was at 1:40 PM near the former Ox Hill Fairgro...
Hometown2 Apr 13, 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









