Author Archives: Hometown1

SUBMERGED CAR LOCATED
Searchers yesterday found a car that had been feared lost in Loyalhanna Creek during a heavy rain on Friday. The vehicle was found submerged last evening. No one had been in it and no one was reported...
Hometown1 Jun 30, 2019

911 CALLS: STORM DAMAGE, ACCIDENT
Indiana County 911 dispatched Armagh firefighters yesterday afternoon for utility lines down along Grange Hall Road in East Wheatfield Township. Other 911 calls: Glen Campbell firefighters were sent t...
Hometown1 Jun 30, 2019

PENGUINS TRADE KESSEL TO COYOTES
The Pittsburgh Penguins have traded high-scoring winger Phil Kessel to the Arizona Coyotes for center Alex Galchenyuk. The teams also swapped minor league defensemen, with Dane Birks headed to Arizona...
Hometown1 Jun 30, 2019

PIRATES FALL TO BREWERS
The Pirates lost to the Milwaukee Brewers, 3-1 last night. Rookie Kevin Newman singled in the first inning to extend his hitting streak to 19 games, a Pirates' rookie record. Newman later scored on Co...
Hometown1 Jun 30, 2019

CURVE SPLITS DOUBLEHEADER WITH BINGHAMPTON
The Altoona Curve split a doubleheader with Binghampton last night, losing the first game, 2-1 while winning the second, 4-3. Trailing 2-0 with two on in the bottom of the seventh of the first ...
Hometown1 Jun 30, 2019

WORK SCHEDULED ON MARTIN ROAD, ROUTE 110
A couple of roadway issues for motorists today: Martin Road in Rayne Township will be closed between Route 110 and St. Clair Road today from 6 AM to 6 PM for a bridge project. And PennDO...
Hometown1 Jun 28, 2019

BUDGET PASSES SENATE, BUT HOUSE DISPUTE CAUSES DELAY
The State Senate yesterday passed the House budget plan, which Governor Tom Wolf said he would sign, but a last-minute roadblock cropped up, and the legislature will have to return to work on the spen...
Hometown1 Jun 28, 2019

INDIANA COUNTY MUNICIPALITIES TO RECEIVE MARCELLUS IMPACT FEES
Municipalities in Indiana County will be receiving $237,731 in 2019 Act 13 impact fees from Marcellus Shale drilling activities within county borders. Representative Jim Struzzi says the funds will be...
Hometown1 Jun 28, 2019

TSA: BLAIRSVILLE WOMAN HAD LOADED GUN AT AIRPORT
Authorities have not publicly identified a Blairsville woman who had a loaded 9-millimeter handgun in her purse on Wednesday as she escorted her son to his flight at the Pittsburgh International Airpo...
Hometown1 Jun 28, 2019

ALLEGHENY COUNTY MAN ARRESTED FOR 2017 RAPE AT IUP
Authorities in Allegheny County have arrested an East Pittsburgh man wanted on charges of raping a woman at IUP in October of 2017. 20-year-old Donte Robinson-Vearnon was taken into custody by ...
Hometown1 Jun 28, 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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