Category Archives: Local News

GAS PRICE AVERAGES HOLD STEADY IN PA, INCREASE NATIONALLY
Gas prices are holding steady despite a lack of demand from customers. Triple-A reports this morning that the national average cost for a gallon of gasoline is $3.32 a gallon, which is a two cent incr...
Hometown2 Jan 20, 2022

GARBAGE TRUCK DRIVER FOUND UNRESPONSIVE AT LANDFILL SITE
First responders were dispatched to assist with a medical emergency on Wednesday at the Waste Management landfill in Center Township. Indiana County 911 reported that both Homer City and Coral-Graceto...
Hometown2 Jan 20, 2022

THREE CRASHES REPORTED IN INDIANA COUNTY WEDNESDAY NIGHT
First responders were busy Wednesday evening as three vehicle crashes were reported in the central and southern portions of Indiana County. Indiana County 911 reported the first of the three crashes a...
Hometown2 Jan 20, 2022

MAN CHARGED WITH STEALING THOUSANDS FROM BLAIRSVILLE-AREA COUPLE
A Cambria County man has been charged with three felony counts of theft for a break-in at a home in Derry Township. The victims are an 81-year-old man and 74-year-old woman from Blairsville. State pol...
Hometown1 Jan 20, 2022

PENNVEST FUNDS AWARDED FOR BLAIRSVILLE PUMP STATION PROJECT
A pump station restoration project in Blairsville has received $680,000 low interest loan from the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority known as PennVEST. The infusion of funds will go to ...
Hometown2 Jan 19, 2022

PACE OF NEW FLU CASES SLOWING DOWN
The Pennsylvania Department of Health has released the latest flu statistics for both the state and for Indiana County. The report represents statistics collected until January 15th. Indiana County's ...
Hometown2 Jan 19, 2022

BLAIRSVILLE MAN CHARGED WITH ASSAULTING CHILD DUE FOR MOTIONS HEARING TODAY
A motions hearing is scheduled for today for a Blairsville man charged with endangering the welfare of children. Court documents show that 29-year-old Quamir Mathis of Blairsville will have the hearin...
Hometown2 Jan 19, 2022

TRAIN DERAILMENT CLEANED UP IN WEST MAHONING TOWNSHIP
The Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad has not said what caused the derailment of a train Monday in West Mahoning Township. The company had the Granny Coon Road rail crossing near Smicksburg cleared by...
Hometown1 Jan 19, 2022

FBI WARNS OF KIDNAPPING HOAX CALLS
The FBI is warning of a kidnapping hoax scam targeting western Pennsylvania residents in the past week. More than 450 calls have been made from Mexico to the 724 area code. The FBI Pittsburgh office s...
Hometown1 Jan 19, 2022

INDIANA BOROUGH COUNCIL TO CONSIDER ORDINANCE ON POSSESSION OF SMALL AMMOUNT OF MARIJUANA
At the Indiana Borough Council Work Session on Tuesday night, council unanimously approved asking Solicitor Pat Dougherty to put together a draft ordinance that would decriminalize possession of a sma...
Hometown2 Jan 18, 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.
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