Category Archives: Local News

TWO FIRES REPORTED BY INDIANA COUNTY 911
Two fires were reported by Indiana County 911 on Sunday, with one of them being a brush fire. The first fire was at 5:41 AM, as Indiana County 911 reported the structure fire on Philadelphia Street in...
Hometown2 Mar 18, 2024

POLICE REPORTS: DRUG POSSESSION, THEFT
A Johnstown man is accused of drug possession in connection with an incident Sunday night in East Wheatfield Township. State police say that at 8:59 PM, troopers pulled over a car at the intersection ...
Hometown2 Mar 18, 2024

DELLAFIORA, FORMER COMMISSIONER, PASSES AWAY
A former Indiana County Commissioner and longtime businessman and entrepreneur from Homer City passed away on Friday at age 85. Jack Dellafiora, a Coral native, was involved in financial services and ...
Hometown1 Mar 18, 2024

IASD COMMITTEES TO HIGHLIGHT HORACE MANN REPURPOSING OPEN HOUSE
The Indiana Area School Board does not meet as a whole tomorrow but two of its committees do, and the future of the Horace Mann Elementary School building is on the agenda for both. The Outreach Commi...
Hometown1 Mar 17, 2024

ACCIDENT REPORTS HIGHLIGHT DANGERS OF SNOW-COVERED ROADS
State police have issued reports on several recent accidents. 36-year-old Meghann Zerbe of Northern Cambria was treated at IRMC for facial injuries last Sunday afternoon after a single-vehicle crash o...
Hometown1 Mar 17, 2024

SENATE RACE NARROWS TO CASEY VS. McCORMICK
Pennsylvania's Commonwealth Court last week upheld challenges to the nominating petitions of two candidates for U.S. Senate, removing them from the Primary ballot, and a third candidate has withdrawn,...
Hometown1 Mar 17, 2024

I-ACT TO HOLD PUBLIC MEETING
With the community bracing for the IUPatty's event next weekend, the members of I-ACT have scheduled a public meeting for tomorrow afternoon at the PNC Room at the KCAC. I-ACT, the Indiana Area Collab...
Hometown1 Mar 17, 2024

STILLL NO DEAL BETWEEN APSCUF, PASSHE
There is still no tentative contract announced for faculty members at IUP and the other state-owned universities after an agreement in principle was announced in January. After the agreement on terms ...
Hometown1 Mar 17, 2024

FIRST RESPONDERS CALLED OUT FOR SEARCH, CAR CRASH FRIDAY
Commodore fire department and state police were on a search detail in Green Township. The call for Commodore Fire Department, PSP and the Rit Team went out at 8:30 PM. Fire officials say that an un-na...
Hometown2 Mar 16, 2024

PSP-PUNXSY RELEASES MORE INFORMATION ON FATAL SHOOTING
State police from the Punxsutawney Barracks have released more information on a fatal shooting near the Indiana-Jefferson County border. Police say that the shooting stemmed from an isolated family di...
Hometown2 Mar 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











