Category Archives: Local News

SENATOR PROPOSES LEGISLATION TO BAR THE STATE FROM OPENING NEW CYBER SCHOOLS
State Senator Lindsay Williams is proposing legislation that would bar the state from allowing new cyber schools to open. The Democrat from Allegheny says the state should put the brakes on new cyber ...
Hometown2 Mar 02, 2024

CAMBRIA COUNTY WOMAN CHARGED WITH HARASSMENT
Indiana Borough Police have charged a woman from Cambria County with harassment for an incident that happened last weekend. Police say that on February 25th at 2:25 PM, officers were dispatched to the...
Hometown2 Mar 02, 2024

SOCIAL MEDIA SCAM AFFECTING ZOOS NATIONWIDE
Officials with Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium are warning customers about a scam that promises to give away discounted tickets on social media. In a Facebook post, officials say a scam is affecting...
Renda Media Mar 01, 2024

PENELEC RELEASES STATISTICS ON THURSDAY OUTAGE
Penelec has released information about an outage that happened yesterday afternoon. The nine-minute outage affected 1,569 Penelec customers, most of them in Indiana Borough, with outages also reported...
Hometown2 Mar 01, 2024

PRELIMINARY ARRAIGNMENT TODAY FOR MAN CHARGED IN FATAL CRASH
UPDATE: Charges were officially filed this morning. District Attorney Robert Manzi said that four felony charges were filed against Reed Tantlinger. They are homicide by vehicle while DUI, two counts ...
Hometown2 Mar 01, 2024

PITTMAN AT ODDS WITH SHAPIRO OVER HOW ELECTION THREATS TASK FORCE CREATED
While Pennsylvania's Governor has put a new task force in place to help with election security, Senator Joe Pittman is at odds with how that task force was created. Governor Josh Shapiro yesterday ann...
Hometown2 Mar 01, 2024

KOVALCHICK CORPORATION MAKES DONATION TO IRMC HEALTH CENTER
Another major Indiana County Corporation has announced their support for a new mental health facility for Indiana Regional Medical Center. Representatives of the Kovalchick Corporation announced this ...
Hometown2 Mar 01, 2024

UNITED WAY SURPASSES 2023-24 CAMPAIGN GOAL
Earlier today, the United Way of Indiana County celebrated the end of the 2023-24 campaign at the Indiana Country Club.Amid a shower of confetti, co-chairs Jim Rickard and Joyce Sharman announced that...
Hometown2 Feb 29, 2024

ELECTRIC SPACE HEATER TO BLAME FOR SMALL FIRE EARLY THURSDAY MORNING
Fire crews were called out early this morning to a fire at a home in White Township. Indiana County 911 reported that the call went out at 12:31 AM for a structure fire on Route 110 near Lutz School R...
Hometown2 Feb 29, 2024

TWO HEARINGS SCHEDULED TODAY FOR INDIANA MAN CHARGED WITH METH PRODUCTION
Several preliminary hearings are scheduled for today in Indiana County's Court of Common Pleas, including two for a man charged with crimes related to meth production. Two preliminary hearings are sch...
Hometown2 Feb 29, 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











