Category Archives: Local News

PA ATTORNEY GENERAL WARNING OF SCAM TARGETING STUDENTS PREPARING FOR SAT'S, OTHER TESTS
Pennsylvania's Attorney General is warning state residents about scammers targeting parents and students who will be taking the SAT, PSAT and ACT exams. Attorney General Michelle Henry says that the s...
Hometown2 Apr 02, 2024

CENTER TOWNSHIP SUPERVISORS WANT TO HEAR FROM RESIDENTS ON EMS ISSUES
Citizens in Center Township will get the chance to sound off on a countywide EMS solution at an upcoming public session. At last night's meeting, Center Township supervisors announced that they have a...
Hometown2 Apr 01, 2024

INDIANA BOROUGH POLICE K9 OFFICER RECEIVES GRANT FUNDING
Indiana Borough Police's comfort K9 Axel was recently awarded grant funding as part of the "Healthcare for K9 Heroes" program. According to a news release, Axel was one of 20 K9 officers across the U....
Renda Media Apr 01, 2024

SCHOOLS DISMISSING EARLY FOR SOLAR ECLIPSE
The following is a list of local school districts dismissing early, closing, or operating on a flexible schedule for the solar eclipse on April 8: Homer-Center JR/SR High School at 12:30 PM Elementary...
Renda Media Apr 01, 2024

FIRE CREWS DISPATCHED TO INVESTIGATE SMOKE SMELL IN INDIANA BOROUGH
Fire crews were called out this morning to a student rental house in Indiana Borough for a smoke investigation. The call went out at 8:47 this morning for Indiana, Homer City, Creekside and Clymer Fir...
Hometown2 Apr 01, 2024

SENATE TO CONSIDER BILL TO ALLOW SUNDAY HUNTING
The Pennsylvania Senate will soon vote on a bill that would eliminate a long-standing ban on Sunday hunting in Pennsylvania. The ban on Sunday hunting goes back to the 18th century as part of Pennsylv...
Hometown2 Apr 01, 2024

CENTER TWP. SUPERVISORS TO DISCUSS EMS SERVICES TONIGHT
The Center Township Supervisors will meet tonight and on the proposed agenda is discussion on several topics. One of those topics will be emergency medical service. The topic had also been brought up ...
Hometown2 Apr 01, 2024

INDIANA COUNTY COURTS TO HOLD PLEA AND SENTENCING HEARINGS, PRE-TRIAL CONFERENCE
Indiana County's courts resume operations after taking Good Friday off, and it looks to be a busy day for the county's court of common pleas with plea and sentencing hearings scheduled. Three plea hea...
Hometown2 Apr 01, 2024

PSP-PUNXSY INVESTIGATING METAL THEFT IN N. MAHONING TOWNSHIP
State police from the Punxsutawney barracks are investigating the theft of some scrap metal in the northern part of Indiana County. Troopers say the theft happened last Thursday night in the area of K...
Hometown2 Apr 01, 2024

INDIANA COUNTY DEER HARVEST SLIGHTLY DOWN
The state Game Commission says hunters harvested an estimated 430,010 deer in Pennsylvania's woods this past deer season, an increase of about two percent over the year before. That includes 171,600 b...
Hometown1 Mar 31, 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











