Author Archives: Hometown1

TRIAL TODAY FOR WOMAN ACCUSED OF NEGLECTING HORSES
Jury selection is scheduled today for the trial of a Rochester Mills woman charged with twelve misdemeanor counts of neglect of animals. The case began in late 2017. 38-year-old Crystal Thornsberry op...
Hometown1 Jan 22, 2019

APSCUF CHIEF ADDRESSES UNION CONCERNS TO STATE SYSTEM GOVERNORS
In his remarks to the State System Board of Governors last week, the president of the faculty union at the state-owned universities sounded a hopeful note, with just a couple of concerns. APSCUF Presi...
Hometown1 Jan 21, 2019

M.I.T. PROGRAM CALCULATES LIVING WAGES FOR EACH PENNSYLVANIA COUNTY
Determining how much income it takes just to make a "living wage" can be difficult, but a program developed by MIT does just that. PennLive.com ran the numbers for each county in Pennsylvania through ...
Hometown1 Jan 21, 2019

UPDATE: POLICE NAME SUSPECT IN ERNEST METH LAB BUST
State police have released the identity of a man who is facing charges after they busted up a methamphetamine laboratory operating out of a home at 265 Main Street in Ernest pm Friday evening. The sus...
Hometown1 Jan 21, 2019

POLICE REPORT FOUR ACCIDENTS, ALL ON ROUTE 22
State police have issued a number of accident reports that occurred in the last several days. Two of them happened yesterday, and two others on Wednesday, and all four of the wrecks were on Route 22. ...
Hometown1 Jan 18, 2019

MOTIONS HEARING TODAY FOR HOMICIDE DEFENDANT COOK
Amid a flurry of sealed entries in the last two weeks, Indiana County President Judge William Martin has scheduled a motions hearing today in the Charles Cook homicide case. Cook is a drifter who is a...
Hometown1 Jan 18, 2019

GRANTS TO FUND COMPUTER SCIENCE AND STEM EDUCATION
The state yesterday announced $8.7 million in targeted grants to expand computer science classes and teacher training in 765 schools across Pennsylvania. The funds are part of the Education Department...
Hometown1 Jan 18, 2019

IUP MEN NEED OVERTIME TO COMPLETE DOUBLEHEADER SWEEP
It was an easy win for the women and a nail-biter for the men as the IUP basketball teams swept a doubleheader from East Stroudsburg last night. The women won, 84-62 as Carolyn Appleby scored 25 point...
Hometown1 Jan 17, 2019

PENGUINS TRADE GRANT, PREP FOR COYOTES
The Penguins continue their West Coast road trip tomorrow as they visit the Arizona Coyotes. The Pens have lost two-of-three on the trip so far and will visit Vegas on Saturday before the All-Star bre...
Hometown1 Jan 17, 2019

INDIANA WRESTLERS EARN PLAYOFF BERTH
Indiana defeated Shaler, 52-21 in their last section match, and earned a wild card playoff match against Armstrong. It will be next Wednesday at Indiana. The Indians are now 6-2.
Hometown1 Jan 17, 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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