Category Archives: Local News

FORMER SCI-PINE GROVE INMATE FOUND GUILTY OF ATTEMPTED MURDER OF TWO POLICE OFFICERS AND RELATED CRIMES
A former SCI Pine Grove inmate was found guilty of the attempted murder of two state troopers last year along with sixteen other counts. A jury found 21-year-old Simere Alford of Philadelphia guilty o...
Hometown2 Sep 11, 2020

IUP MARKS 19TH ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11 WITH CEREMONIES IN OAK GROVE
While attendees were practicing social distancing and wearing face masks, IUP continued their tradition of remembering the events of September 11th, 2001 today with a ceremony in front of the IUP 9/11...
Hometown2 Sep 11, 2020

INDIANA REMAINS UNDER DROUGHT WATCH
Indiana and some neighboring counties remain under drought watch status this morning as other counties are added to the drought watch list and one county enters a drought warning phase. Eighteen count...
Hometown2 Sep 11, 2020

IUP TO HOLD 9/11 CEREMONIES FRIDAY MORNING
Today marks the 19th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001, when planes crashed into the World Trade Center in New York, the Pentagon building in Washington, D.C. and a field in...
Hometown2 Sep 11, 2020

SENTENCES, PLEA COURT, MOTIONS HEARING IN INDIANA COUNTY COURT TODAY
In Indiana County Court today, 27-year-old Matraca Vrana of Northern Cambria will be sentenced for her guilty plea to possession of drug paraphernalia, with agreement for non-prosecution for possessio...
Hometown1 Sep 11, 2020

STREAMING VIDEO POLICY APPROVED DURING PENNS MANOR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING
The Penns Manor School Board discussed topics related to streaming videos at their meeting Thursday night. The board approved a memorandum of understanding with the Penns Manor Educators Association, ...
Hometown2 Sep 10, 2020

IUP PRESIDENT DISCUSSES COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING PROCESS AND NEW STRATEGIC PLAN
At Thursday's IUP Council of Trustees meeting, university President Dr. Michael Driscoll discussed efforts to make the university more student-centered. Driscoll that those efforts are going to be par...
Hometown2 Sep 10, 2020

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS BILL PASSES STATE SENATE
A state house bill that would give school districts the power to decide whether or not to hold sporting and other extracurricular events, and how to hold those events during the 2020-2021 school year ...
Hometown2 Sep 10, 2020

STRUZZI NAMED TO PENNVEST BOARD
Indiana County now has a second voice on the state's PENNVEST board, with the appointment by House Speaker of Representative Jim Struzzi yesterday to replace representative Donna Oberlander, who vacat...
Hometown1 Sep 10, 2020

SENATE PASSES RGGI BILL, SENDING IT TO GOVERNOR WOLF
The State Senate yesterday passed Representative Jim Struzzi's bill that would give the legislature oversight on Governor Tom Wolf's effort to join the ten-state Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, kn...
Hometown1 Sep 10, 2020

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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