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STRUZZI ANNOUNCES FUNDING FOR SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS
State Representative Jim Struzzi on Friday announced more than $55,000 in funding for education services to students with disabilities affected by the pandemic in six school districts in Indiana Count...
Hometown1 Aug 23, 2020

FIREFIGHTERS SCRAMBLE TO ANSWER WEEKEND DISPATCHES
Firefighters battled a fully-involved structure fire last night in Montgomery Township. Five fire companies - Clymer, Glen Campbell, Commodore, Cherry Tree, and the Hope Fire Company out of Cambria Co...
Hometown1 Aug 23, 2020

BRUSH FIRE TOTAL UP TO 56 AFTER TRUCK FIRE SPREADS TO HIGHWAY BRUSH
Area fire crews stayed busy Friday evening as two brush fires caused busy work schedules for five local fire departments. The first fire broke out shortly after 4:45 p.m., where reports say Indiana fi...
Renda Media Aug 22, 2020 Photo by: Lisa Moreau

MARION CENTER SCHOOL DISTRICT UPDATES MASK POLICY, NUMBER OF STUDENTS FOLLOWING ASSESSMENT
The Marion Center School District released updated information for the 2020-2021 school year Thursday evening. In a Facebook post, Superintendent Clint Weimer addressed new updates to the district's C...
Renda Media Aug 22, 2020

INDIANA COUNTY SEES DECREASE IN AVERAGE COST OF GAS, STATEWIDE AVERAGE STAYS THE SAME
Over the past week and a half, the average cost of a regular gallon of gas decreased in Indiana County, but the statewide average remained the same. Pennsylvania's statewide average is still $2.43 per...
Renda Media Aug 22, 2020

IUP RELEASES UPDATED OPERATIONS PROCEDURE PRIOR TO START OF FALL SEMESTER
Before classes get underway on Monday, IUP released an updated operations procedure so students can not only feel safe in the classroom, but also while interacting around campus as well. According to ...
Renda Media Aug 22, 2020

DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE ANNOUNCES $13.5 MILLION STILL AVAILABLE FOR DAIRY FARM RELIEF
The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture announced that relief funds are still available for area dairy farms affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Following a visit to the Scattered Acres Dairy Farm i...
Renda Media Aug 22, 2020

HERITAGE CONFERENCE PRESIDENT, HOMER-CENTER AND INDIANA COACHES REACT TO PIAA VOTE
High school football and fall sports in general are a go after the PIAA Board of Directors voted, 25-5, to begin the fall sports season, despite Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf's "strong recommendation...
Renda Media Aug 21, 2020

INDIANA COUNTY INCLUDED IN FIRST DROUGHT WATCH SINCE 2017
For the first time since 2017, Pennsylvania has had a drought watch declared, and Indiana County is among those that are included. The Department of Environmental Protection on Friday place sixteen co...
Renda Media Aug 21, 2020

PIAA VOTES TO GO FORWARD WITH FALL SPORTS
Against Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf's "strong recommendation" to hold off high school sports until Jan. 2021, the PIAA voted to move ahead with fall sports in Board of Directors meeting on Friday a...
Renda Media Aug 21, 2020

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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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