Category Archives: Local News

PLEA COURT SCHEDULED TODAY FOR MAN CHARGED WITH VEHICULAR HOMICIDE
Plea hearings are scheduled for today for two cases making their way through the Indiana County Court System today. 28-year-old Brandon Paul Restauri of Hooversville in Somerset County is charged with...
Hometown2 Feb 13, 2024

SERVICE FULLY RESTORED ON PA COURTS WEBSITE
The Pennsylvania Courts website is fully back online after a cyber attack was made on the site last week. In a statement from PA Chief Justice Debra Todd, the website that was under a "denial of servi...
Hometown2 Feb 13, 2024

INDIANA SCHOOL BOARD APPROVES SIX CHANGE ORDERS FOR EISENHOWER PROJECT
Six change orders were approved for the Eisenhower Elementary School project at Monday night's Indiana School Board meeting. The six orders included construction fencing, plumbing to add wall hydrants...
Hometown2 Feb 12, 2024

MINOR INJURIES REPORTED IN ROLLOVER CRASH NEAR CARTER, WAYNE AVENUE
UPDATE as of 3:19 p.m.: Indiana Borough Police say 68-year-old Sharon Franklin-Rahkonen and 27-year-old Tristyn Debar, both of Indiana, collided in an "angle-type" crash near the intersection. One per...
Renda Media Feb 12, 2024

INDIANA MAN CHARGED WITH BREAK-IN LAST FRIDAY
An Indiana man now faces charges connected with a break-in at an apartment in Indiana Borough last Friday. Borough police say they were called out to an apartment in the 1000 block of Philadelphia Str...
Hometown2 Feb 12, 2024

INDIANA SCHOOL BOARD TO CONSIDER SIX CHANGE ORDERS FOR EISENHOWER PROJECT
The Indiana School Board will meet tonight and several change orders for the Eisenhower project are up for approval. On the proposed agenda are six change orders for the project, including constructio...
Hometown2 Feb 12, 2024

UPDATE TO PURCHASE LINE POLICIES CONTINUES TONIGHT
The Purchase Line School Board will also meet tonight and efforts to update the district's policies will continue. On the agenda for tonight are the second reading and approval of 12 revised policies,...
Hometown2 Feb 12, 2024

REVIEW HEARING TODAY FOR HOMER CITY MAN CHARGED WITH MAKING METH
A Homer City man accused of making methamphetamine is due in court today for a review hearing. State police filed the charges against 58-year-old George Sager after an investigation on December 18th a...
Hometown2 Feb 12, 2024

TWO PEOPLE TO BE SENTENCED TODAY FOR CRIMES COMMITTED IN CUSTODY
Two people are due in Indiana County Court today for sentencing hearings for crimes committed while they were incarcerated. One is for 25-year-old Kenneth Murphy of Indiana, who pleaded guilty in Nove...
Hometown2 Feb 12, 2024

APSCUF PRESIDENT CALL OUT COACH NEGOTIATORS FOR POOR CONDUCT
The president of APSCUF told the State System of Higher Education Board of Governors last week that coaches at the state-owned universities are not being treated fairly in contract talks, and he quest...
Hometown1 Feb 11, 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











