Author Archives: Hometown1

IRMC, NURSES' UNION MEET FOR CONTRACT TALKS
Negotiators for the Indiana Regional Medical Center and the union representing its registered nurses held their twentieth bargaining session last night, seeking to come to agreement on a new labor dea...
Hometown1 Jan 09, 2019

FAMILY SEEKS INFORMATION ON MISSING WOMAN
The family of an 18-year-old woman last seen on New Year's Eve is seeking information on her whereabouts. According to the family's social media posts and a flyer they are distributing, Keara Reeger l...
Hometown1 Jan 08, 2019

STATUS CONFERENCE TODAY IN MIBRODA'S APPEAL OF MURDER CONVICTION
A status conference is scheduled today in Westmoreland County Court in the appeal of Clayton Mibroda of his murder conviction for the killing of his infant daughter in 2011. The 32-year-old Mibroda wa...
Hometown1 Jan 08, 2019

TWO MEN CHARGED WITH TAKING HOSTAGE IN INDIANA BOROUGH
Indiana Borough Police have filed charges against two men for holding a woman hostage inside her apartment in the 1100 block of Church Street. Police were alerted to the situation yesterday morning an...
Hometown1 Jan 08, 2019

APSCUF REACTS TO NAMING OF ROAE TO PASSHE BOARD OF GOVERNORS
The union representing faculty members at the State System of Higher Education universities is casting a wary eye at the newest member of the State System Board of Governors. House Speaker Mike Turzai...
Hometown1 Jan 07, 2019

COURT SCHEDULE INCLUDES SENTENCING, POST-SENTENCE MOTIONS
In Indiana County Court today, three defendants are scheduled to be sentenced for crimes to which they've plead guilty. They include 19-year-old Shawn Michael Stonebraker of Commodore, who admitted gu...
Hometown1 Jan 07, 2019

GINA RYEN FORCE TO BE SWORN IN AS FIRST ASSISTANT D.A.
It's an active day today at the Indiana County Courthouse, and the day's activities kick off with a swearing-in ceremony for Gina Ryen Force as Indiana County's First Assistant District Attorney. Forc...
Hometown1 Jan 04, 2019

UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DROPS IN INDIANA COUNTY
The state Department of Labor & Industry says November unemployment in Indiana County fell by three-tenths of a percentage point from the October rate, to 4.8 percent. That puts Indiana County into a ...
Hometown1 Jan 03, 2019

FLU CASES ON THE RISE ACROSS PENNSYLVANIA
For the first time this flu season, the state Department of Health has declared the flu "widespread", the highest classification of confirmed flu cases in the state index. It's what usually happens ri...
Hometown1 Jan 03, 2019

BOLIVAR MAN JAILED FOR THREATENING FORMER GIRLFRIEND
A Bolivar man has been charged with threatening to hit his ex-girlfriend and "burn her house down" if she did not give him money. Police say 21-year-old Darion Martin showed up at the home of the 25-y...
Hometown1 Jan 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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