Category Archives: Local News

8TH STREET INITIATIVE CHARETTE TO HEAD OUTSIDE TONIGHT
Today is the second day of the 8th Street Initiative Charette and the workshops will end with a look at how the corridor that connects IUP to Downtown Indiana might look. After sessions that are aimed...
Hometown2 Sep 26, 2025

ONE HURT IN ONE-VEHICLE CRASH WEDNESDAY IN WHITE TOWNSHIP
State police say the driver in a one-vehicle crash on Wednesday in White Township suffered minor injuries. Troopers and other first responders were sent to Route 119 at the Route 422 Eastbound On-Ramp...
Hometown2 Sep 26, 2025

RAIN IS ALL BUT OVER ... HOW MUCH DID WE GET?
From the US National Weather Areawide rainfall has ended with only scattered showers remaining. Large swaths of the region saw at least 2 inches of needed rainfall from this event and there were even ...
Renda Media Sep 25, 2025

CLYMER POLICE CHIEF FACES SUMMARY CRIMINAL MISCHIEF CHARGE
The chief of Clymer Borough Police is facing a summary charge of criminal mischief for an incident on September 10th. State police said the incident happened at 12:22 PM that day at a home in the 300 ...
Hometown2 Sep 25, 2025

SHAPIRO: PJM NEEDS TO REFORM OR WE WILL PULL OUT OF THE GRID
Earlier this week, Governor Josh Shapiro joined other fellow governors in a bi-partisan message saying that PJM Interconnection needs to make some meaningful reforms soon or they will pull out of the ...
Hometown2 Sep 25, 2025

STATUS CONFERENCES SCHEDULED FOR TWO MEN ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING MINORS
Status conferences will be held today in Indiana County Court for two men who are charged with sexually assaulting a child. One of the hearings is for 39-year-old Shane Allen Plummer of Johnstown. He ...
Hometown2 Sep 25, 2025

S&T BANCORP BOARD CHAIR CHRISTINE TORETTI STEPPING DOWN
S&T Bancorp has announced that the chairperson for the board of directors is stepping down. Christine Toretti has notified the board of her intent to resign on September 28th with respect to her r...
Hometown2 Sep 25, 2025

STATE POLICE LOOKING FOR MISSING SALTSBURG WOMAN
State police from the Kiski Barracks are looking for a missing Saltsburg woman. Troopers say they were called out last night at 7:18 PM to a home on Loyalhanna Dam Road in Loyalhanna Township. Police ...
Hometown2 Sep 25, 2025

GREEN, CENTER TOWNSHIPS ANNOUNCE BURN BANS
Two more townships have announced burn bans amid the drought conditions. Green and Center Township representatives announced their respective bans that are effective immediately. This means that all o...
Hometown2 Sep 25, 2025

PA TREASURER OFFERING $500 MILLION IN LOW INTEREST LOANS TO COUNTIES, EARLY ED PROGRAMS
While the state budget impasse continues, Treasurer Stacy Garrity has announced $500 million in low interest loans will be made available to counties and early education programs. The interest rate fo...
Hometown2 Sep 25, 2025

Voter ID
Pennsylvania is one of fifteen states that does not require any form of identification in order to vote. Meanwhile, eight states require photo ID in order to vote with no exceptions. What should Pennsylvania do?
Keep it the way it is. No ID of any kind required.
Some sort of ID required
Photo ID, with exceptions for religious purposes
Strict photo ID, no exceptions
Voting Ends: Feb 24, 2026 | 12:00 PM











