Category Archives: Local News

YMCA HOLDS 66TH ANNUAL GOOD FRIDAY BREAKFAST
The YMCA is held its annual Good Friday breakfast this morning. This year marks the 66th annual Good Friday Breakfast for the Y. This year's keynote speaker is Travis Freeman, the CEO of the Freeman F...
Hometown2 Apr 07, 2023

PAVING PROJECT IN WHITE TOWNSHIP TO START MONDAY
On Monday, PennDOT crews will start work on a resurfacing project on Wayne Avenue in White Township. Phase one of the paving project will start on April 10th, and it will consist of milling and patchi...
Hometown2 Apr 07, 2023

INDIANA POLICE LOOKING FOR SUSPECT IN ARMED ROBBERY
Indiana Borough Police are asking the public to help them identify the suspect in an armed robbery of a convenience store in Downtown Indiana last night. Police say that at 7:20 PM yesterday, officers...
Hometown2 Apr 07, 2023

THREE BRUSH FIRES REPORTED IN INDIANA COUNTY ON WEDNESDAY
Six fire departments were called out for a brush fire in a wooded are in eastern Indiana County yesterday. Commodore fire department was initially called out at 2:34 PM to a fire on Herriman Street in...
Hometown2 Apr 06, 2023

PENNDOT HIGHLIGHTS INDIANA CONSTRUCTION SEASON PROJECTS
PennDOT is highlighting projects that will be worked on this construction season. Along with the ongoing widening project on Oakland Avenue and at the Route 286 and 422 interchange, PennDOT will conti...
Hometown2 Apr 06, 2023

NEGOTIATIONS RESUME TODAY BETWEEN PASSHE AND APSCUF OVER TEACHERS CONTRACT
Today is the start of a two-day negotiation session between the State System of Higher Education and the Union that represents its teachers. The last time that PASSHE and APSCUF met for a negotiation ...
Hometown2 Apr 06, 2023

IUP TO HOST HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR FOR UPCOMING REMEMBRANCE EVENT
IUP's Holocaust Remembrance Committee will host a survivor of the Holocaust later this month. As part of Holocaust Remembrance Day, Solange Lebovitz will present her experiences as a child in France a...
Hometown2 Apr 06, 2023

CLYMER BOROUGH RECEIVES GRANT FOR STREET SIGNS AND PARKING METERS
On Wednesday night, the Clymer Borough Council received word about a grant the borough received for the street signs and parking meters. Borough manager Sonya Schrenkel said that the Local Share Accou...
Hometown2 Apr 05, 2023

TWO ALLEGHENY COUNTY MEN CHARGED FOLLOWING INCIDENT AT WHITE TOWNSHIP CAR WASH
State police have charged two men from Allegheny County following an incident Sunday at a White Township car wash. Troopers say they were dispatched to Wash Werkz along Oakland Avenue around 4:15 p.m....
Renda Media Apr 05, 2023

COMMISSIONERS ISSUE STATEMENT ON HC GENERATION CLOSURE
The Indiana County Commissioners also offered a statement concerning the closure of the Homer City Generating Station announced earlier this week. In a statement, Commissioners Chairman Mike Keith sai...
Hometown2 Apr 05, 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









