Category Archives: Local News

HOMER-CENTER REAFFIRMS POLICY ON MASKS IN SCHOOLS
On Thursday night, the Homer-Center School Board had a lengthy discussion in both executive session and in public about the district's masking policy. The policy that passed has the district strongly ...
Hometown2 Dec 16, 2021

RIVER VALLEY SCHOOL BOARD HOLDS HEARING ON POTENTIAL SALTSBURG CHARTER SCHOOL
The River Valley School Board yesterday held a special meeting for discussion of the proposed charter school for the Saltsburg region. The Saltsburg Charter Academy School would be located within the ...
Hometown2 Dec 16, 2021

STRUZZI LEADS FLOOR DEBATE ON RGGI DISAPPROVAL
State Representative Jim Struzzi yesterday joined a bipartisan effort to support a concurrent resolution disapproving of DEP's Environmental Quality Board approval of Governor Wolf's executive order t...
Hometown1 Dec 16, 2021

RIVER VALLEY ADJUSTS QUARANTINE PROCEDURE
The River Valley School District says it has reviewed covid-19 data since the start of the school year, and it has led to a loosening of quarantine requirements. Superintendent Philip Martell says the...
Hometown1 Dec 16, 2021

WHITE TOWNSHIP SUPERVISORS APPROVE 2022 BUDGET
On Wednesday night, the White Township Supervisors approved the 2022 budget. The budget contains no property taxes for township residents and no changes to any fees. The budget came to $10,247,349 in ...
Hometown2 Dec 15, 2021

MISSING AVONMORE MAN FOUND
Update WPXI in Pittsburgh is reporting that Damian Day of Avonmore has been found safe, according to Kiskiminetas Township police. Previously reported Police in Kiski Township are looking for a man wh...
Hometown2 Dec 15, 2021

THREAT AGAINST UNITED SCHOOL DISTRICT DEEMED UNFOUNDED BY STATE POLICE
State police say a threat investigated this morning concerning the United School District was ruled unfounded. Police were notified at 7:26 AM about the threat. Troopers worked directly with district ...
Hometown2 Dec 15, 2021

COUNTY COMMISSIONERS APPROVE 2022 BUDGET WITH NO TAX INCREASE
Earlier today, the Indiana County Commissioners approved the 2022 budget. The budget has $46,141,174 in expenditures and only $41,906,563 in revenues, representing a budget deficit of roughly $4.2 mil...
Hometown2 Dec 15, 2021

DRUG TASK FORCE CASTS NET OVER INDIANA COUNTY
Indiana County District Attorney Bob Manzi says the Indiana County Drug Task Force has filed charges against fifteen alleged drug dealers. Nine of them were in custody as of this morning and six remai...
Hometown1 Dec 15, 2021

PENNDOT SAYS GRANTS WILL HELP BUTTERFLIES AND BUMBLEBEES
PennDOT says two Indiana County highway intersections will be part of a conservation project beginning next spring. The agency says the Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania recently was awarded two...
Hometown1 Dec 15, 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.
Voting Ends: Apr 14, 2026 | 12:00 PM











