Author Archives: Hometown1

NUMEROUS DEFENDANTS SCHEDULED TO BE SENTENCED TODAY IN COUNTY COURT
In Indiana County Court today, a number of defendants are scheduled to be sentenced, with one Homer City man facing sentencing in five separate cases. 29-year-old Benjamin Joel Mains of Homer City was...
Hometown1 Jul 08, 2019

FIREFIGHTERS ANSWER NUMEROUS SATURDAY CALLS
It has been a busy weekend for Indiana County's emergency responders, who since yesterday afternoon have responded to a number of incidents, including three vehicle accidents. Indiana firefighters wer...
Hometown1 Jul 07, 2019

POLICE RECOVER TWO STOLEN VEHICLES IN ROBINSON
Pennsylvania State Police say a stolen vehicle was recovered on Spring Street in Robinson on Thursday, parked right beside another stolen vehicle. Both SUVs had been stolen from in front of homes with...
Hometown1 Jul 07, 2019

BUCS RESUME HOT-HITTING, PUMMEL BREWERS
Kevin Newman and Colin Moran each had four hits as the Pirates blasted the Milwaukee Brewers last night, 12-2, in a game that started two hours late because of rain. Newman hit his sixth home run, a c...
Hometown1 Jul 07, 2019

CURVE RAINED OUT SATURDAY
Altoona and Erie were rained out last night and will play a makeup doubleheader on July 23rd. The Curve and SeaWolves play their final game before the All-Star Break today at 2 p.m. Catcher Jas...
Hometown1 Jul 07, 2019

OVERDOSE DEATH STATISTICS SHOW GREAT PROGRESS IN INDIANA COUNTY
Halfway through 2019, Indiana County is on pace for a record-low number of drug overdose deaths. "OverdoseFreePA", a website maintained by the University of Pittsburgh shows only three overdose...
Hometown1 Jul 05, 2019

MIBRODA APPEAL HEARING SET FOR JULY 31
Westmoreland County Judge Christopher Feliciani has set July 31st for a hearing on Clayton Mibroda's petition for relief from his conviction and prison sentence in the death of his infant daughter in ...
Hometown1 Jul 05, 2019

REPORT: MOST SCHOOL DISTRICTS FINANCIALLY AILING
A report by Temple University analyzes all the fiscal health of all 500 of Pennsylvania's public school districts, and it's not good news. Sixty percent of the districts in Pennsylvania are projected ...
Hometown1 Jul 04, 2019

FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION AT MACK PARK
As always, Mack Park in Indiana will be humming today for the Fourth of July, as the YMCA of Indiana County, Graystone Evangelical Presbyterian Church, and the J.S. Mack Foundation sponsor the Star Sp...
Hometown1 Jul 04, 2019

GREENSTEIN PUSHES FORWARD WITH STATE SYSTEM REDESIGN
In his latest blog, State System of Higher Education Chancellor Dan Greenstein focuses on the System Redesign, sharing the results of a survey he conducted within the System and urging for harder and ...
Hometown1 Jul 03, 2019

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.
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