Category Archives: Local News

NEW AREA CODE COMING
The PA Public Utility Commission has announced they will begin to overlay a new area code, 582, and residents will soon have to dial 10 digits, instead of the current seven. Nils Fredericksen, spokesp...
Renda Media May 20, 2020

TWO PEOPLE LIFE-FLIGHTED AFTER CHERRYHILL TOWNSHIP CRASH
Two people were life-flighted and a third was taken to IRMC by ambulance after a crash involving a utility task vehicle in Cherryhill Township. Cherryhill Township Firefighters, Pennsylvania State Pol...
Renda Media May 19, 2020

CERAMIC DEER STOLEN FROM MAN'S PROPERTY IN CANOE TOWNSHIP
The Pennsylvania State Police are looking for information into a theft of $300 of property in Canoe Township of Indiana County. The incident happened last Thursday around 2 in the morning when a large...
Renda Media May 19, 2020

PUNXSUTAWNEY WOMAN TRANSPORTED TO PITTSBURGH HOSPITAL FOLLOWING CAR CRASH
A woman from Punxsutawney was flown to a Pittsburgh hospital for treatment of serious injuries following an automobile crash on Saturday afternoon in North Mahoning Township of Indiana County. Pennsyl...
Renda Media May 19, 2020

OLEKSIAK: PA UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION CLAIMS DECLINING
Jerry Oleksiak, Secretary of the Department of Labor and Industry, says as more counties move to the yellow phase of the governor's reopening plan, the department is seeing a decline in unemployment c...
Renda Media May 19, 2020

GAS PRICES BEGIN CLIMBING AGAIN
Gas prices in Pennsylvania are starting to head back up now that most of the state is in yellow status. The current average cost of a gallon of gas in Pennsylvania is now $2.14. Triple-A says that the...
Renda Media May 18, 2020

COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT - MAY 17, 2020
Our guest this Sunday morning on Community Spotlight is Punxsutawney Borough manager Toby Santik, who talks about the process of upgrading the sewer lines, improvements to the East-End Play Ground wit...
Renda Media May 17, 2020

PENNDOT: HIGHWAY FATALITIES DOWN
Jennifer Kuntch, PennDOT spokesperson, says there was a record low number of highway fatalities in Pennsylvania in 2019.
Renda Media May 15, 2020

INDIANA COUNTY JOINS OTHER COUNTIES IN YELLOW PHASE
Indiana and 12 other counties are in the Yellow Phase of re-opening the Commonwealth. The rest of Pennsylvania will remain in the Red Phase until at least June 4th. COVID 19 mitigation guidelines stil...
Renda Media May 15, 2020

PENNSYLVANIA BECOMES ONLY THIRD STATE TO BAN CHILD MARRIAGES
Last Friday, Governor Tom Wolf signed a bill banning anyone under 18 from obtaining a marriage license. The legislature unanimously voted to approve House Bill 360 last week, and it was signed into la...
Renda Media May 14, 2020







