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EMERGENCY RESPONDERS IN ACTION AFTER SATURDAY STORMS
Storms struck Indiana County yesterday and made for a very busy day for emergency responders, especially in the southern portion of the county. The action started with a call for Indiana firefighters ...
Hometown1 Jul 27, 2025

SENATOR SAYS DATA CENTERS SHOULD PAY FOR GRID EXPENSES
A state senator says she is introducing legislation she calls the "Pennsylvania Ratepayer Protection Act" to create a separate electricity rate class for "everyday" citizens and data centers. The bill...
Hometown1 Jul 27, 2025

PAVING SCHEDULE MOVES FORWARD THIS WEEK IN INDIANA
The street paving work continues in Indiana Borough this week, and there is work scheduled in White Township as well. The ongoing work on Philadelphia Street from 9th Street to East Pike in Indiana an...
Hometown1 Jul 27, 2025

WEISS RETRIAL ON COURT SCHEDULE
The Indiana County Court schedule this week includes a status conference on Tuesday in the Ronald Weiss retrial. The 77-year-old Weiss is charged with criminal homicide for the 1978 murder of 16-year-...
Hometown1 Jul 27, 2025

MARION CENTER BOARD TO MEET ON MONDAY
The Marion Center school board holds a combined planning and voting meeting on Monday night, with a number of personnel items to deal with for the upcoming school year. The board will also vote on coa...
Hometown1 Jul 27, 2025

TRAINING CAMP OPENS ON SCORCHING HOT DAY AT ST. VINCENT
On his first pass of the first practice of Steelers training camp, Aaron Rodgers threw an interception. He said afterward that it was good to get that out of the way. Rodgers and his new teammates too...
Hometown1 Jul 25, 2025

BUCS OPEN SERIES WITH D-BACKS, UNVEIL NEW DAVE PARKER UNIFORM PATCH
The Pirates have won three in a row going into this weekend's series with Arizona. The Bucs will send rookie righthander Mike Burrows (1-3, 4.70 ERA) to the mound against Diamondbacks' righty Ryne Nel...
Hometown1 Jul 25, 2025

OVIEDO LEADS CURVE TO WIN OVER BAYSOX
Altoona topped Chesapeake 5-2. Rehabbing Pirates pitcher Johan Oviedo threw five innings, giving up one run on four hits and striking out five, with no walks. Oviedo will likely make his next rehab st...
Hometown1 Jul 25, 2025

BUCS COMPLETE SWEEP OF FIRST PLACE TIGERS
The Pirates came into the Detroit series off a three-game sweep at the hands of the White Sox, who have the worst record in the American League. But the Bucs turned it around in a big way, sweeping th...
Hometown1 Jul 24, 2025

TRAINING CAMP KICKS OFF IN THE HEAT AT ST. VINCENT COLLEGE
The first workout of Steelers training camp is today at St. Vincent, and with so many new faces on a roster that lost sixteen players from the team that finished last season, coach Mike Tomlin will be...
Hometown1 Jul 24, 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











