Author Archives: Hometown1

PUC CHAIRMAN SEEKS NATIONAL GAS POLICIES FOR COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL USERS
State Public Utility Commission Chairman Stephen DeFrank has introduced a resolution before the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners urging for the adoption of natural gas energy e...
Hometown1 Aug 03, 2025

SCHOOL BOARDS GET BUSY WITH THE NEW TERM APPROACHING
The arrival of August means the resumption of school board meetings, with school starting as soon as three weeks from now in some districts, albeit with understandable anxiety about funding in the abs...
Hometown1 Aug 03, 2025

PAVING, PIPE PROJECTS HIGHLIGHT BUSY ROADWORK SCHEDULE THIS WEEK
The roadwork schedule in and around Indiana County moves forward this week with PennDOT's scheduled completion of paving on Philadelphia Street in Indiana, and the start on Monday of the resurfacing p...
Hometown1 Aug 03, 2025

COMMON PLEAS, DISTRICT COURTS ACTIVE ON MONDAY
Monday's Indiana County Common Pleas Court schedule has seventeen cases, almost all of them for driving under the influence. There are twenty cases scheduled to come before the county's various magist...
Hometown1 Aug 03, 2025

INDIANA MAKES IT TO WORLD SERIES SEMIFINALS
Indiana is just two games from winning the Junior League Softball World Series after another dramatic extra-inning victory yesterday, 2-1 in eight innings over Southeast Region champ South Carolina. N...
Hometown1 Aug 01, 2025

RE-SHAPED PIRATES TO OPEN SERIES IN DENVER
There are plenty of Pirates fans scratching their heads after yesterday's trade deadline passed with a number of players on expiring contracts still with the team and two popular pitchers still under ...
Hometown1 Aug 01, 2025

PIAA TO RECOGNIZE TWO OFFICIALS FROM INDIANA COUNTY
The 30th annual PIAA Officials Convention is today and tomorrow in Harrisburg, with educational sessions, reviews of new rules for high school sports, and topics such as communications with coaches, b...
Hometown1 Aug 01, 2025

A SCRAPPY DAY AT St. VINCENT FOR NEW STEELERS
The Steelers took off the pads, but there was plenty of action yesterday at St. Vincent, especially among new Steelers. Tight end Jonnu Smith scuffled with safety Juan Thornhill twice, and wide receiv...
Hometown1 Aug 01, 2025

PANTHERS PLACE THREE ON PRESEASON ALL-ACC TEAM
The Pitt Panthers placed quarterback Eli Holstein, tailback/punt returner Desmond Reid, and linebacker Kyle Louis on the Preseason All-ACC Team, which was announced yesterday. Clemson led the conferen...
Hometown1 Aug 01, 2025

INDIANA WIN SETS UP ELIMINATION ROUND AT WORLD SERIES
The final score might look like it was an easy win for Indiana in the final game of pool play at the Junior League Softball World Series, but it was anything but easy. Indiana broke through with twelv...
Hometown1 Jul 31, 2025

Konnor Griffin
Konnor Griffin is a Bucco! Are you going to go watch him play?
You bet! He's going to put them in the playoffs!
Sure will, but he's not going to make them much better.
Maybe a few games, but he's going to struggle.
Nope! The Pirates have been too bad for too long.
Voting Ends: Apr 14, 2026 | 12:00 PM











