Category Archives: Local News

CENTER TOWNSHIP SUPERVISORS DISCUSS ROADWORK, PARKS DURING MEETING
The Center Township Supervisors discussed road projects and the township parks during their meeting Monday night. Road crews will start work on Tuesday with milling and paving projects on First Street...
Hometown2 Aug 03, 2020

INDIANA GAZETTE SOLD TO ERIE COUNTY NEWS GROUP
An Indiana County newspaper has been sold to a company based out of Corry. The Indiana Gazette reported today that the newspaper was sold to Sample News Group. Terms of the deal were not released. Sam...
Hometown2 Aug 03, 2020

IUP ANNOUNCES STUDENT RE-BALANCING PLAN TO REDUCE STUDENT POPULATION ON CAMPUS
As some universities in the State System of Higher Education are transitioning to mostly or all online classes, IUP has announced that they will do the same. IUP President Dr. Michael Driscoll said th...
Hometown2 Aug 03, 2020

INDIANA, CENTER TOWNSHIP CREWS WORKING ON AREA ROADS
Indiana Borough public works crews will start today on some projects in the borough that will continue over the next 30 days. Crews will replace 300 feet of sanitary sewer line and another 300 feet of...
Hometown2 Aug 03, 2020

FIRE CREWS BUSY WITH TREES, LINES DOWN IN INDIANA COUNTY ON SUNDAY
Indiana County fire crews were busy yesterday with several calls related to trees and utility lines. The first incident was reported at 9:10 on Second Avenue in Conemaugh Township for a report of util...
Hometown2 Aug 03, 2020

PA, INDIANA COUNTY AVERAGE GAS PRICES GO DOWN
The Pennsylvania average gas price went down over the last week, as did Indiana County's average. Across Pennsylvania, the average cost of a gallon of gas is $2.41 a gallon. That's a penny less from l...
Hometown2 Aug 03, 2020

APSCUF TO ADDRESS STUDENT LOAN DEBT AT TUESDAY EVENT
Citing a Morning Consult study, APSCUF, the faculty union at the State System of Higher Education, says Pennsylvanians' student-loan debt and debt at graduation reveals "they lack clear resources to i...
Hometown1 Aug 03, 2020

TORRANCE MAN CHARGED WITH STEALING CANOE
A Torrance man is facing theft charges for allegedly stealing a canoe owned by a Blairsville man last Wednesday. State police say 39-year-old Matthew Ickes took the Pelican canoe valued at $800 from t...
Hometown1 Aug 03, 2020

COURT SCHEDULED MARKED BY POSTPONEMENTS
Today's Indiana County Court schedule was set to be quite active, with a number of trials scheduled to get underway, but most court proceedings have been pushed back until later in the month. That inc...
Hometown1 Aug 03, 2020

CAL U. WILL NOT HAVE STUDENTS ON CAMPUS THIS FALL
Five of the fourteen state-owned universities have now opted to switch to remote-only classes after California University of Pennsylvania announced it would be online-only this fall. The school will o...
Hometown1 Aug 02, 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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