Category Archives: Local News

FREEZE WARNING TONIGHT
From the US National Weather Service Freeze Warnings and Frost Advisories are in effect tonight for portions of eastern OH, northern WV, and southwestern PA where confidence is highest on temperature ...
Renda Media Oct 25, 2025

INDIANA MAN CHARGED WITH STABBING ON MONDAY IN WHITE TOWNSHIP
State police have filed charges against an Indiana man for a stabbing that happened Monday in White Township. The incident was reported in the evening hours of October 20th in the 2000 block of Byron ...
Hometown2 Oct 25, 2025

TWO ALLEGHENY COUNTY MEN CHARGED WITH INCIDENT FRIDAY MORNING IN INDIANA BOROUGH
Two people from Allegheny County are facing charges of criminal trespassing for an incident in Indiana Borough early Friday morning. Indiana Borough Police said at 2:05 in the morning, officers were s...
Hometown2 Oct 25, 2025

SOME COMMUNITIES HOSTING TRICK-OR-TREATING THIS WEEKEND
Expect a lot of ghosts and goblins over the next two weekends as some communities celebrate Halloween. Today, trick or treating will be held in the Downtown Indiana Business District from 10 AM to Noo...
Hometown2 Oct 25, 2025

INDIANA BOROUGH POLICE ADOPTING ZERO-TOLERANCE POLICY FOR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY
Indiana Borough Police are warning people to take safety very seriously during the upcoming trick-or-treating season in the wake of the crash on Monday that killed two people. In a post on the Departm...
Hometown2 Oct 25, 2025

TODAY IS NATIONAL DRUG TAKEBACK DAY
Today is national drug takeback day and there are opportunities for people to safely dispose of prescription and over the counter drugs that are expired or no longer needed. Efforts sponsored by the U...
Hometown2 Oct 25, 2025

SENATE BILL CONCERNING PERMITTING PROCESS PASSES SENATE
A bill concerning the permitting process in Pennsylvania was passed by the Senate this week. Senate bill 6 will set timelines for state agencies to review permit applications, creates a permit trackin...
Hometown2 Oct 25, 2025

IRMC ANNOUNCES ACQUISITION OF NEW SURGICAL SYSTEM
Indiana Regional Medical Center has announced that it has acquired and put into place a new robotic surgical system, making the hospital the first in Western Pennsylvania to use it. The da Vinci 5 sur...
Hometown2 Oct 24, 2025

BLAIRSVILLE MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY UPGRADES WATER CONSERVATION EFFORT
Even though we have seen some rain over the last few weeks, it has not been enough to restore water supplies. To that end, the Blairsville Municipal Authority has issued a mandatory water conservation...
Hometown2 Oct 24, 2025

BLAIRSVILLE MAN ARRESTED AFTER POINTNG ASSAULT RIFLE AT FAMILY MEMBER
Blairsville Borough police arrested a man Thursday evening in connection with a domestic dispute. Officials were called out just after 11pm to a location along Evans Avenue in Blairsville for the inci...
Hometown4 Oct 24, 2025

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











