Category Archives: Local News

FIRE DESTROYS HOME NEAR HOMER CITY
Nine fire departments were called to the scene of a house fire in Homer City Wednesday night. Indiana County 911 reported that firefighters from Homer City, Coral-Graceton, Indiana, Brush Valley, Blac...
Hometown2 Jul 17, 2024

CLEARFIELD COUNTY MAN CHARGED FOLLOWING ROBBERY IN WHITE TOWNSHIP
State police in Indiana have charged a Clearfield County man following a robbery Tuesday afternoon in White Township. Troopers say 22-year-old Nicholas Joseph Holbert of Osceola Mills was charged with...
Renda Media Jul 17, 2024

PASSHE BOARD OF GOVERNORS APPROVES TUITION FREEZE FOR SEVENTH STRAIGHT YEAR
Earlier today, the State System of Higher Education Board of Governors approved holding the line on tuition rates for in-state undergraduate students for the seventh consecutive year. The rate remains...
Hometown2 Jul 17, 2024

NEW DATE SET FOR CHRISTINE MAYS BRIDGE RESURFACING PROJECT
PennDOT has announced the new timeline for a bridge resurfacing project in Grant Township. The project on Christine L. Mays Bridge will now take place this Friday, July 19th, through Sunday, July 21st...
Renda Media Jul 17, 2024

PSP INVESTIGATING INCIDENT NEAR REGENCY MALL COMPLEX
State police are investigating an incident that occurred near the Regency Mall complex last night. The investigation started at 5:23 PM near Pompano Drive of White Township in The Grove apartment comp...
Hometown2 Jul 17, 2024

WOMAN CHARGED WITH KILLING HER INFANT CHILD DUE IN COURT FOR MOTIONS HEARING
Motions hearings are on the schedule for Indiana County's Court of Common Pleas today, including one for a woman accused of suffocating her infant child. 22-year-old Patricia Ann Hullenbaugh of Indian...
Hometown2 Jul 17, 2024

JANE COLEMAN, CO-FOUNDER OF ACCENT FUELS, DIES AT THE AGE OF 86
One of the founders of a long-standing fuel sales business has passed away. Jane Coleman of Brush Valley founded Accent Fuels with her husband in 1964. She worked there for almost 50 years before Acce...
Hometown2 Jul 17, 2024

BRUSH FIRES, ACCIDENTS REPORTED ON TUESDAY
Along with the car fire that was reported late yesterday morning, first responders were busy again with several different incidents, including two brush fires reported. The first brush fire of the day...
Hometown2 Jul 17, 2024

PASSHE BOARD OF GOVERNORS TO SET TUITION TODAY
A special meeting of the State System Board of Governors is scheduled for today, and tuition will be the main topic on the agenda. The virtual meeting will be held at 8:30 this morning and the purpose...
Hometown2 Jul 17, 2024

BLAIRSVILLE MAYOR EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER BUILDING WITHOUT PERMITS
During the Blarisville Borough Council Meeting, Mayor Ronald Evanko expressed some concern that people were not getting proper permits for home construction projects. Evanko said during the meeting th...
Hometown2 Jul 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











