Author Archives: Hometown1

SATURDAY STORMS CALL EMERGENCY RESPONDERS INTO ACTION
Saturday turned into an active day for Indiana County's first responders as severe weather moved into the area. One of the incidents was a vehicle crash with injuries on Route 85 at Five Points Road i...
Hometown1 Jun 29, 2025

MARION CENTER SCHOOL DISTRICT SEEKS ANSWERS ON CYBER SCHOOL
Indiana County's public school districts are unanimous in their opposition to the state charter and cyber school funding formula, which is draining their budgets at an alarming rate. While Harrisburg ...
Hometown1 Jun 29, 2025

ROADWORK SEASON CONTINUES TO BE BUSY
The summer construction season gets even busier this week around Indiana County, with a number of ongoing projects and a new project set to begin a week from now. New lane restrictions with a 12-foot ...
Hometown1 Jun 29, 2025

PIRATES MOURN PASSING OF "THE COBRA", POUND METS AGAIN
Pittsburgh Pirates legend Dave Parker, 74, passed away from the effects of Parkinson's disease on Saturday, just one month before his induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame. "The Cobra" was the 1978...
Hometown1 Jun 29, 2025

JOHNSON LEADS CURVE PAST BAYSOX
Termarr Johnson had three hits, including his eighth home run of the season, as Altoona beat Chesapeake for the fourth time in five games, 4-2. The Curve banged out eleven hits. Newly-arrived first ba...
Hometown1 Jun 29, 2025

PENGUINS TRADE DEFENSEMAN TIMMINS, ADD YOUNG DEPTH IN DRAFT
On the second day of the NHL Draft, the Penguins swung a trade with Buffalo, sending defenseman Conor Timmins and defenseman Isaac Belliveau to the Sabres for defenseman Connor Clifton and a second ro...
Hometown1 Jun 29, 2025

POST 493 RALLIES FOR WIN OVER BUSHY RUN
Trailing 9-7 after five innings, Homer City Post 493 scored three runs in the 6th and five more in the seventh for a 15-9 win over Bushy Run at IUP's Owen J. Dougherty Field. Bearcats batters banged o...
Hometown1 Jun 27, 2025

LACKAWANNA COLLEGE FORMALLY INVITED TO JOIN PSAC
As expected, the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference has invited Lackawanna College to become its 18th member school. The Scranton-based college will become just the third school to jump from Junio...
Hometown1 Jun 27, 2025

PENGUINS EXPECT TO BE PLENTY BUSY IN NHL DRAFT
The NHL Draft gets underway tonight in Los Angeles, and the Penguins are right in the middle of the action, with two picks in the first round and nine more in rounds two through seven tomorrow. How ma...
Hometown1 Jun 27, 2025

PIRATES RETURN TO PNC PARK FOR SIX-GAME HOMESTAND
Following their brief road trip to Milwaukee, where they lost two out of three games, the Pirates are back home tonight to open a six-game homestand. The Bucs take on the Mets for the first of three g...
Hometown1 Jun 27, 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











