Category Archives: Local News

OPERATION SAFE HOLIDAY TO PROMOTE SAFE DRIVING CONTINUES ACROSS STATE
Operation Safe Holiday is continuing across Pennsylvania and the State Police, the Turnpike Commission and PennDOT came together yesterday to remind people to drive safely at all times. The operation ...
Hometown2 Nov 27, 2024

PSP INVESTIGATING INDECENT ASSAULT INCIDENTS IN SALTSBURG AREA
State police from the Kiski Valley Barracks are investigating several cases of indecent assault that go back just over a year. Police say that yesterday, troopers started their investigation into a se...
Hometown2 Nov 27, 2024

ARMSTRONG COUNTY PENNDOT WORKERS HONORED WITH INNOVATION AWARDS
Two people from Armstrong County were honored by PennDOT for their work on an attachment for plow trucks. PennDOT District 10 Armstrong County manager Aaron Raible and PennDOT welder Corey Neal were b...
Hometown2 Nov 27, 2024

STATE PUC REMINDS RESIDENTS THAT ELECTRIC PRICES WILL GO UP SUNDAY
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission is reminding residents that the price of electricity will go up on Sunday. Energy supply prices for PUC-regulated utilities increase starting on December Fir...
Hometown2 Nov 27, 2024

INDIANA COUNTY UNEMPLOYMENT RATE JUMPS IN OCTOBER
Indiana County's unemployment rate jumped six-tenths of a percentage point over the month of October. The new rate is 4.6%. To compare, Westmoreland County has a 3.9% unemployment rate, while Cambria ...
Hometown2 Nov 26, 2024

TROOPERS SEARCHING FOR MISSING DERRY TOWNSHIP MAN
State police are searching for a Derry Township man after he went missing on November 23rd. Troopers say 53-year-old David Tobias left his house along Harrison Avenue around 9 AM and went in an unknow...
Renda Media Nov 26, 2024

DONATIONS ACCEPTED FOR SALTSBURG FAMILY AFFECTED BY HOUSE FIRE
Members of the community are coming together to help a family whose home was razed by a fire earlier this month. A GoFundMe was set up to help the Frank and Sandy Ammon and their teenage sons, Justin ...
Renda Media Nov 26, 2024

CAR CRASHES INTO HOUSE AFTER GOING DOWNHILL
No injuries were reported as a car crashed into a house this morning in White Township. (Photo by Josh Widdowson) The crash was reported at 7:58 AM by Indiana County 911 at 171 Mill Run Drive but star...
Hometown2 Nov 26, 2024

RENDA MEDIA FLAG COLLECTION PROGRAM A SUCCESS
A program to give worn out and tattered American Flags a dignified retirement has been very successful. Renda Media has been collecting flags that no longer represent the country in a dignified manner...
Hometown2 Nov 26, 2024

OVER 3 MILLION DRIVERS EXPECTED ON TURNPIKE FOR THANKSGIVING TRAVEL PERIOD
The PA Turnpike is gearing up for some of the busiest travel days of the year. Starting today and going through Sunday, 3.41 million drivers are expected to use the turnpike to get to their holiday ce...
Hometown2 Nov 26, 2024

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











