Category Archives: Local News

IRMC WORK WILL NECESSITATE SUNDAY-ONLY CLOSURE OF MAIN ENTRANCE
The Indiana Regional Medical Center says some construction work tomorrow at the main entrance will affect access to the building. The entrance will be closed to allow for the removal of equipment from...
Hometown1 Dec 18, 2021

SHETLER HEARING CONTINUED TO JANUARY
The preliminary hearing for Ray Shetler was continued yesterday because Westmoreland County Deputy Sheriff Irvin Shipley was unable to testify due to "serious bodily injuries" suffered when he fought ...
Hometown1 Dec 18, 2021

POLICE PROVIDE "VISIBLE PRESENCE" AT SCHOOLS
State Police Public Information Officer Trooper Clifford Greenfield says state troopers were a visible presence at schools throughout the region yesterday in response to the nationwide threats against...
Hometown1 Dec 18, 2021

STATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DROPS IN NOVEMBER
Unemployment in Pennsylvania fell three-tenths of a percentage point in November, to 5.7 percent. It was eight-tenths of a percentage point lower than it was a year ago. Total non-farm jobs were up 13...
Hometown1 Dec 18, 2021

HOUSE PUSHES BILLS FOR CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
With time running out on the current legislative session, the state House this week passed several measures that propose amendments to the Pennsylvania constitution. Representative Jim Struzzi voted f...
Hometown1 Dec 18, 2021

IUP NAMES INTERIM DEAN AT EBERLY
IUP has named Dr. Prashanth Bharadwaj the interim dean of the Eberly College of Business. He'll start in late January and relieve Dr. Geoffrey Mills, who has been interim dean since July of last year ...
Hometown1 Dec 18, 2021

TIK TOK THREATS AGAINST SCHOOLS TARGET TODAY
The Tik Tok app has proven to be a rather annoying disruption to school officials this fall, and another troublesome trend is frustrating administrations and costing a lot of time and resources for po...
Hometown1 Dec 17, 2021

STATE AGAIN PUBLISHING WEEKLY COUNTY-BY-COUNTY FLU DATA
The state Health Department has begun publishing county totals in the weekly flu report again, after curtailing the practice when the pandemic hit. The latest table for the week ending last Saturday s...
Hometown1 Dec 17, 2021

UNANIMOUS PASSAGE OF STRUZZI BILL COULD LEAD TO MORE VOLUNTEERISM
Another piece of legislation authored by Representative Jim Struzzi passed the House unanimously on Wednesday. Struzzi says it is a key to a bipartisan effort to get more civic groups involved in comm...
Hometown1 Dec 17, 2021

PSERS RATE INCREASE LESS THAN ONE PERCENT
The Pennsylvania Public School Employees Retirement System is poised today to adopt an increase in the amount charged to school districts to cover their pension obligations. The new rate of $35.26 for...
Hometown1 Dec 17, 2021

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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