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INDIANA, PURCHASE LINE BOARDS TO MEET ON MONDAY
School board meetings this week include the Indiana Area school board getting together tomorrow night, preceded by a work session of the Academic & Extracurricular Committee. The full board's agen...
Hometown1 Sep 07, 2025

PORTION OF INDIANA COUNTY DECLARED UNDER "MODERATE DROUGHT"
The newest drought map released on Thursday by the National Integrated Drought Information System shows all of Indiana County is now categorized as "abnormally dry," and a small portion of the northea...
Hometown1 Sep 07, 2025

BRINK HOMICIDE BY VEHICLE CASE ON MONDAY COURT SCHEDULE
The Indiana County Court schedule tomorrow includes a pretrial conference for Joshua Brink, the Smicksburg-area man accused of homicide by vehicle in the 2021 death of 52-year-old Douglas Dalessio. He...
Hometown1 Sep 07, 2025

ANOTHER WEEK OF FUN AS THE COOKPORT FAIR BEGINS TONIGHT!
With the conclusion Saturday night of the Ox Hill Fair, the final fair of the season in Indiana County gets underway tonight. The 108th Green Township Community Fair, also known as the Cookport Fair, ...
Hometown1 Sep 07, 2025

INDIANA LOOKS TO PUT SECOND HALF MISERIES BEHIND THEM
The first halves of Indiana's first two games this season have gone well. A 0-0 tie in Game One and a 14-12 lead in Game Two. But the second halves have been a nightmare. The Indians have given up 89 ...
Hometown1 Sep 05, 2025

HERITAGE CONFERENCE MATCHUPS INCLUDE BATTLE OF UNDEFEATEDS
The third week of the high school football season kicks off tonight with Heritage Conference games on three Renda Media stations and two of them on Renda Digital TV. On WCCS and Renda Digital TV, two ...
Hometown1 Sep 05, 2025

CRIMSON HAWKS STUMBLE IN SECOND HALF, LOSE TO ASHLAND
IUP had never lost to Ashland before last night, but the Eagles turned the tables on the Crimson Hawks in the second half and earned their first win of the series, and of the season. Jack Benedict has...
Hometown1 Sep 05, 2025

THURSDAY'S GOLF, VOLLEYBALL, JR. HIGH FOOTBALL RESULTS
BOYS GOLF Indiana has lost only two Section matches this season, both to Latrobe, and the second of those losses was by a single stroke yesterday at the Indiana Country Club. Latrobe's Jack Sacriponte...
Hometown1 Sep 05, 2025

PIRATES SWEEP DODGERS, TAKE ON BREW CREW NEXT
It was a dream matchup...Paul Skenes of the Pirates facing the Dodgers and two-time Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell. And Skenes won the duel. Joe Block has the story. The Pirates go from sweeping th...
Hometown1 Sep 05, 2025

HERBIG'S STATUS STILL UNCERTAIN FOR OPENER
Linebacker Nick Herbig remained limited at Steelers practice yesterday, with the season opener against the Jets now two days away. With Alex Highsmith having missed time in training camp but back in a...
Hometown1 Sep 05, 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











