Category Archives: Local News

ARIN BOARD RE-NAMES AWARD IN HONOR OF LATE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
The Armstrong-Indiana Intermediate Unit Board of Directors has renamed their Friend of Education award to honor the memory of their late executive director. The new name will be the Dr. Brigette Matso...
Hometown2 Oct 17, 2024

BLAIRSVILLE POLICE TO TAKE PART IN OPERATION SAFE STOP NEXT WEEK
The Blairsville Police Department has announced they will take part next week in Operation Safe Stop. The program is an effort to educate drivers about the laws concerning school buses that are pickin...
Hometown2 Oct 17, 2024

MAN CHARGED IN WHITE TOWNSHIP HOLDUP DUE FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING TODAY
A preliminary hearing is scheduled today for a Clearfield County man charged with theft in White Township in July. Court documents show 22-year-old Nicholas Holbert of Osceola Mills is due before Dist...
Hometown2 Oct 17, 2024

WOMAN CHARGED WITH SPREADING COUNTERFEIT MONEY
Indiana Borough Police have charged an Indiana woman with spreading counterfeit money in an incident earlier this year. Officers were called out initially on July 24th as a woman later identified as 3...
Hometown2 Oct 17, 2024

PENNVEST TO DISTRIBUTE OVER $200 MILLION ACROSS THE STATE
State representative Jim Struzzi announced that over $200 million will be distributed to counties across the state from the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority, better known as PENNVEST. ...
Hometown2 Oct 17, 2024

VETERANS AFFAIRS LOOKING FOR BUSINESSES OFFERING DISCOUNTS TO VETS
The Indiana County Veterans Affairs office is looking for businesses that are offering discounts to those who served. One of the services the office provides is a list of businesses in the county that...
Hometown2 Oct 17, 2024

ATHENA AWARD RECIPIENTS EXEMPLIFY WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP ROLES
At yesterday's Emerging Women Leaders Luncheon at the Indiana Country Club, Jennifer Brader Rairigh was named the 44th recipient of the ATHENA Award, Nicole Rice received the ATHENA Young Professional...
Hometown1 Oct 17, 2024

WCAA: NO MIGRANT ARRIVALS AT ARNOLD PALMER REGIONAL AIRPORT
Westmoreland County Airport Authority officials say that no immigrants are being flown into Arnold Palmer Regional Airport near Latrobe in the middle of the night. At a recent authority meeting, Execu...
Renda Media Oct 16, 2024

BOLIVAR MAN TO SERVE 10-20 YEARS FOR SEXUALLY ASSAULTING A GIRL
A Bolivar man was ordered yesterday to serve 10 to 20 years in prison for repeatedly sexually assaulting a girl. 60-year-old Jerry Boring was convicted in April by a Westmoreland County Jury of charge...
Hometown2 Oct 16, 2024

SEWARD MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO THREE CHARGES RELATED TO ATTEMPTED SEXUAL ASSAULT
A Seward man entered guilty pleas in Westmoreland County Court yesterday to charges related to the attempted sexual assault of a girl. 43-year-old Anthony Ronald Laughard pleaded guilty to unlawful co...
Hometown2 Oct 16, 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











