Category Archives: Local News

MORE BRUSH FIRES REPORTED ON SUNDAY
More brush fires were reported over the weekend. After a brush fire was reported at 1:18 AM on Sunday, three more were added to the list, according to Indiana County 911. The first of those three was ...
Hometown2 Nov 07, 2022

IASB SPECIAL MEETING CANCELLED
UPDATE: Tonight's Indiana School Board Special Meeting has been cancelled. District officials say they are not ready to approve the building designs tonight. Even though the special meeting has been c...
Hometown2 Nov 07, 2022

CENTER TOWNSHIP SUPERVISORS TO MEET TONIGHT
The Center Township Supervisors are scheduled to meet tonight. On the scheduled agenda will be discussion on paving projects that are still going on in the township, along with some reminders for the ...
Hometown2 Nov 07, 2022

ONE HURT AS CAR COLLIDES WITH PEDESTRIAN IN INDIANA
A pedestrian was injured in a collision with a car in Indiana Borough Saturday night. Police say that at 6:26 PM on November 5th, a vehicle driven by Lisa Pellegrene was going in the 1200 block of Oak...
Hometown2 Nov 07, 2022

POLICE INVESTIGATING A HIT AND RUN CRASH IN WEST WHEATFIELD TOWNSHIP
It's not known if anyone was injured in a crash that happened on November 1st in West Wheatfield Township. State police say the hit and run crash happened at 11:16 AM on Mulligan Hill Road, when someo...
Hometown2 Nov 07, 2022

MONDAY'S POWERBALL JACKPOT JUMPS TO A RECORD $1.9 BILLION
From Fox Business Once again there were no winning tickets that matched all six numbers drawn in Saturday night's Powerball drawing. That means the jackpot rolls over to a new record grand prize of $1...
Renda Media Nov 06, 2022

ACTIVE WEEKEND FOR FIREFIGHTERS INCLUDES THREE BRUSH FIRES
Indiana County firefighters have had to battle three brush fires this weekend, including one that broke out early Sunday that proved particularly troublesome. At 1:18 AM, Brush Valley and Vintondale f...
Hometown1 Nov 06, 2022

ONLINE PLANS DISPLAY SET FOR REARICK ROAD BRIDGE REPLACEMENT
PennDOT's Public Plans Display for the replacement of the Rearick Road Bridge Number One in Young Township goes live tomorrow. The bridge carries Rearick Road, (State Route 3010) over Blackleggs Creek...
Hometown1 Nov 06, 2022

GREENSTEIN: IUP CONSIDERS PROGRAM OFFERING BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN LESS TIME
In his latest blog, State System of Higher Education Chancellor Dan Greenstein writes of a number of new educational pathways being explored at state-owned universities, and one of those is an explora...
Hometown1 Nov 06, 2022

THIRD SUSPECT IN PITTSBURGH SHOOTING ARRESTED
A third suspect has been arrested in the shooting on Pittsburgh's North Side last month that killed three people, including a woman with Homer City connections. Reports say 30-year-old Samuel Pegues n...
Hometown2 Nov 05, 2022

E-bike Regulations
Contrary to common belief, Pennsylvania does regulate e-bikes, with age (16 and older), speed and power limitations. But are they regulated enough?
No! E-bikes are too powerful, and too fast!
No! Helmets should be required.
The laws are fine. Enforcing them is the problem. People are too reckless.
State law can only do so much. Local laws need to be tougher.
Let 'em alone! E-bikes aren't a problem.
Voting Ends: Jul 28, 2026 | 12:00 PM









