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INDIANA, PURCHASE LINE BOARDS TO MEET ON MONDAY
Tomorrow's Indiana Area School Board Academic/Extra Curricular/Policy/Personnel committee meeting has been moved to a 5:30 start time and the full board meeting will begin at 6:30. Among the items for...
Hometown1 Jan 11, 2026

SENATE BILLS WOULD SEEK TO PROTECT CONSUMERS FROM DATA CENTER COSTS
Senator Lisa Boscola of Lehigh County says she will introduce a package of six bills aimed at protecting consumers from damages from large-load electricity users such as data centers. Boscola says the...
Hometown1 Jan 11, 2026

PUC REPORT: UTILITIES WERE PREPARED BUT "CHALLENGED" BY APRIL STORMS
The Public Utility Commission's new report on the response to last April's storms, which caused widespread power outages for multiple days across western Pennsylvania, concludes that power companies w...
Hometown1 Jan 11, 2026

THURSDAY ACTION INCLUDES BASKETBALL, HOCKEY, AND RIFLE
BOYS BASKETBALL Undefeated United rolled over Portage, 73-30. Brody Burkett scored a season-high 21 points for the Lions and Ryan Felix added 12. No Portage players reached double figures. Four Homer-...
Hometown1 Jan 09, 2026

PENGUINS SCORCH THE DEVILS FOR SIXTH STRAIGHT WIN
The Penguins are red-hot, knocking off New Jersey last night for their sixth straight win. Paul Steigerwald has the story. The Penguins sent promising rookie winger Ville Koivunen to Wilkes-Barre/Scra...
Hometown1 Jan 09, 2026

WARREN OUT DUE TO ILLNESS, BUT EVERYBODY ELSE IS FULL-ON
All of the Steelers listed with injuries were full practice participants yesterday. That included Aaron Rodgers, TJ Watt, Ben Skowronek, and Christian Kuntz. The only player missing was running back J...
Hometown1 Jan 09, 2026

FIRED UP O'HEARN SIGNS, SAYS BUCS ARE A PLAYOFF TEAM
The Pirates officially signed first baseman Ryan O'Hearn to a two-year, $29 million contract yesterday, the largest free agent deal they've ever made, and the former Orioles All-Star said he "couldn't...
Hometown1 Jan 09, 2026

BASKETBALL, WRESTLING HIGHLIGHT WEDNESDAY ROUNDUP
BOYS BASKETBALL Carter Payne scored 26 points and Dmitri Worthington had 16 as United put down River Valley, 60-50, to remain undefeated and atop the Heritage Conference East. Nick Mortimer led River ...
Hometown1 Jan 08, 2026

GRITTY IUP TEAMS SWEEP UPJ IN PSAC WEST MATCHUPS
It wasn't easy for either IUP basketball teams last night, but both came up with wins over UPJ. Jack Benedict has the recap. Both IUP teams will visit Slippery Rock next Wednesday.
Hometown1 Jan 08, 2026

PENGUINS BACK IN ACTION AGAINST DEVILS
Winners of five straight games, the Penguins face off against the New Jersey Devils tonight at PPG Paints Arena. Evgeni Malkin appears as if he will play tonight after missing the last fifteen games w...
Hometown1 Jan 08, 2026

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











