Category Archives: Local News

CHERRY TREE MAN CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH CAMBRIA COUNTY SHOOTING
A Cherry Tree man faces charges connected with a shooting that happened Saturday in Cambria County. State troopers from the Ebensburg Patrol and Crime Units were sent out at 10:25 PM on June 7th to th...
Hometown2 Jun 09, 2025

APPROPRIATIONS HEARINGS RAMP UP AS PA BUDGET DEADLINE IS THREE WEEKS AWAY
The budget is due three weeks from today, and state legislators are getting ready to dig into the details on the state's spending plan. State Representative Jim Struzzi said that the process has start...
Hometown2 Jun 09, 2025

FIRST RESPONDERS CALLED OUT TO INDIANA JUNIOR HIGH MONDAY MORNING
Multiple fire departments were sent to the Indiana Junior High School for an automatic fire alarm at 5:54 AM. Crews entered the school on the Chestnut Street side near the gym locker rooms. In a room ...
Hometown2 Jun 09, 2025

THREE CRASHES REPORTED IN INDIANA COUNTY ON SUNDAY
Three vehicle accidents were reported yesterday by Indiana County 911. The first was reported at 3:08 PM on Anthony Run Road in Armstrong Township. Elderton firefighters were sent out at the time. The...
Hometown2 Jun 09, 2025

BISHOP EMERITUS LAWRENCE BRANDT DIED SUNDAY
A former leader of the Catholic Diocese of Greensburg has passed away. Bishop Emeritus Lawrence E. Brandt died Sunday, according to an announcement from the diocese. He served from 2004 to 2015 as the...
Hometown2 Jun 09, 2025

CDC: MEASLES OUTBREAK IN PA IS OVER
The measles outbreak in Pennsylvania is officially over. The CDC says the outbreak has ended after six weeks of no new cases in the commonwealth. The agency said Pennsylvania reported between 10 and 4...
Hometown2 Jun 09, 2025

RAIN: THE HITS KEEP COMING MONDAY
From the US National Weather Service The outlook for tomorrow once again highlights the potential for hazardous weather as showers and thunderstorms move west to east during the afternoon and evening ...
Renda Media Jun 08, 2025

EIGHT POACHERS CAUGHT, WILL LOSE HUNTING PRIVILEGES
The state Game Commission last week reported on its Southwest Region Facebook page that eight people, one of them from Indiana County, have been fined and had their hunting privileges revoked for at l...
Hometown1 Jun 08, 2025

THREE INDIANA COUNTY BRIDGE PROJECTS BEGIN ON MONDAY
Three bridge projects are scheduled to begin tomorrow in Indiana County. Meanwhile, PennDOT still has not released any information on a fourth bridge that was closed last month after an inspection tur...
Hometown1 Jun 08, 2025

TOWNSHIP ROAD WORK SHOULD NOT INTERFERE WITH TRAFFIC THIS WEEK
It should be just routine work for White Township road crews this week with no new road closures expected. Weather permitting, they'll be sealing cracks on Martin Road, Upper Twolick Drive, Merrick St...
Hometown1 Jun 08, 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











