Category Archives: Local News

GAS PRICES CONTINUE SLOW DOWNWARD SLIDE
Gas prices across the state and the nation continue their steady decline. According to Triple-A, the national average dropped another penny over the last 24 hours to $4.26 a gallon. Last week at this ...
Hometown2 Mar 19, 2022

IUP RECEIVES TOP HONORS FROM NSA ON CYBER-SECURITY EDUCATION
The Indiana University of Pennsylvania has received top honors from the National Security Agency for their Cyber Defense classes. The NSA has named the university as a Center of Academic Excellence in...
Hometown2 Mar 19, 2022

PIRATES START PRESEASON WITH WIN OVER YANKEES
The Pittsburgh Pirates got their spring training schedule off on the right foot with a victory over the New York Yankees 4-3. Cole Tucker was the standout for the Bucs, hitting a home run and a triple...
Hometown2 Mar 19, 2022

MENTCH BRIDGE PROJECT TO START MONDAY
PennDOT is advising drivers in the Cherry Hill Township area that there will be some restrictions on Mentch Bridge starting Monday. Contractor Francis J. Palo will start work on the 21st to replace th...
Hometown2 Mar 18, 2022

ONE FLOWN FROM CRASH SCENE IN BURRELL TOWNSHIP
Black Lick and Blairsville fire crews, Citizen's Ambulance and State Police were on the scene of a two-vehicle accident last night along Old William Penn Highway in Burrell Township. The crash was rep...
Hometown2 Mar 18, 2022

INDIANA FIRE ASSOCIATION CALLED OUT FOR THREE CALLS ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
Indiana County first responders were busy Thursday into today with multiple calls. Indiana Fire Association was the busiest as they were first dispatched at 4:15 PM for a carbon monoxide alarm activat...
Hometown2 Mar 18, 2022

HOME SHOW STARTS TODAY AT KCAC
Today marks the return to an in-person expo at the KCAC as the Indiana-Armstrong Builders Association will hold its home show this weekend. The show starts with the traditional cutting of the two-by-f...
Hometown2 Mar 18, 2022

ACMH STRIKE ENDS WITH NO RESOLUTION YET
Armstrong County Memorial Hospital nurses are back at work after a four-day strike. The strike started on Sunday as nurses walked off the job from 7 AM to 7 PM each day during the strike. Contract neg...
Hometown2 Mar 18, 2022

PRETRIAL CONFERENCE IN BARTLEBAUGH HOMICIDE CASE TODAY
A pretrial conference is scheduled this morning before Indiana County President Judge Thomas Bianco for 27-year-old Matthew Bartlebaugh of Glen Campbell, who is charged with shooting his father to dea...
Hometown1 Mar 18, 2022

IUP COUNCIL OF TRUSTEES APPROVE REVISIONS TO PAYMENT PLAN AND LATE FEES
At its quarterly meeting on Thursday, the IUP Council of Trustees approved two more cost-cutting measures for students. The Council unanimously approved a 33.3% reduction in the late payment fees. Thi...
Hometown2 Mar 17, 2022

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











