Category Archives: Local News

LOCATIONS IN INDIANA, OTHER COUNTIES PART OF ILLEGAL GAMBLING MACHINE RAID
Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday, Jr. has reported that more than 400 illegal gambling machines were seized in raids across Western Pennsylvania, including two locations in Indiana County. Fe...
Hometown2 May 14, 2025

MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION BILL DIES IN SENATE COMMITTEE
A bill that would legalize recreational marijuana through state-owned stores is dead in the Pennsylvania Senate. A Republican-led State Senate committee rejected the bill yesterday after it passed in ...
Hometown2 May 14, 2025

WHITE TOWNSHIP PLANNING COMMISSION GRANTS CONDITIONAL APPROVAL FOR SOLAR SITE
Tuesday night, the White Township Planning Commission gave conditional approval for a solar site on Warren Road. While there are a lot of residential solar panels already in place in the township, thi...
Hometown2 May 13, 2025

PURCHASE LINE BOARD CONSIDERS BUDGET WITH NO TAX INCREASE
Last night, the Purchase Line School Board approved advertising the 2025-26 budget, which contains no tax increases for residents in Indiana or Clearfield Counties. The $22,743,709 budget includes a g...
Hometown2 May 13, 2025

PENNDOT SAYS RAMP CONSTRUCTION ON 422 IN INDIANA SHOULD WRAP UP BY JUNE 30TH
PENNDOT is announcing that the Route 422 eastbound off ramp and the 286 on ramp to 422 eastbound in Indiana will reopen no later than June 30th. The work has been delayed due to recent weather conditi...
Hometown4 May 13, 2025

PA SUPREME COURT TO HEAR TESTIMONY TODAY ON RGGI
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court will hear oral testimony today concerning the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, better known as RGGI. Governor Tom Wolf brought the state into the compact in 2022 thro...
Hometown2 May 13, 2025

HEARING FOR OUTSIDE-IN STAFFER POSTPONED
A hearing for a staffer at a Bolivar-based alternative education school accused of showing sexually explicit images to students in her care was postponed. 39-year-old Samantha Jamison of Marion Center...
Hometown2 May 13, 2025

PHISHING SCAM USING NAMES OF PASTORS, CHURCHES REPORTED
Parishioners at two Indiana County Churches are being warned of a phishing scam. Churchgoers at the St. Bernard of Clairvaux and St. Thomas More University Parish were notified of someone emailing the...
Hometown2 May 13, 2025

UNITED SCHOOL BOARD LOOKS TO APPROVE BUDGET TONIGHT
The United School Board will meet tonight and will look to approve the 2025-26 budget for advertisement. The proposed budget comes to at $25,044,756 and carries with it a deficit of $840,331. The prop...
Hometown2 May 13, 2025

RAINY TUESDAY AHEAD
From the US National Weather Service Here is the early morning radar loop. Showers will continue to move across the region today. There could also be a few thunderstorms this afternoon and evening. Th...
Renda Media May 13, 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











