Category Archives: Local News

STRUZZI RESOLUTION LEADS TO STUDY OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH EFFICIENCY
A State House resolution from State Representative Jim Struzzi has led to a study on behavioral health efficiency by the Joint State Government Commission. House Resolution 268 directed the Joint Stat...
Hometown2 Jul 31, 2020

STATE RESIDENTS URGED TO RETURN ANY UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS THEY DID NOT APPLY FOR
State residents are urged that if they received unemployment compensation benefits that they did not apply for to return those funds to the state. Department of Labor and Industry secretary Jerry Oles...
Hometown2 Jul 31, 2020

APPEALS COURT REVERSES JUDGE'S RULING IN DiSTEFANO CASE
A three-judge State Superior Court panel has reversed Judge William Martin's ruling that prosecutors cannot use a medical examiner's testimony against Brady DiStefano, a Johnstown man who in 2017 was ...
Hometown1 Jul 31, 2020

COUNTY COURT BUSY WITH DUI CASES, PLEA COURT APPEARANCE TODAY
In Indiana County Court today, a Carnegie man will have a Plea Court appearance before Judge Thomas Bianco to answer a charge of criminal mischief. 42-year-old Thomas Christopher Fry was involved in a...
Hometown1 Jul 31, 2020

HOMER-CENTER APPROVES REOPENING SCHOOLS UNDER GREEN STATUS
At a special meeting Thursday night, the Homer-Center School Board approved their health and safety plan and a plan to reopen the district under green status. That means that students will have the op...
Hometown2 Jul 30, 2020

PENNDOT ANNOUNCES TEMPORARY ROAD DIVERSION ON ROUTE 422
There will be a change in traffic patterns on Route 422 that will last two days. PennDOT says starting at 7 AM tomorrow, motorists on 422 between Trim Tree Road and Lions Health Camp Road will be dive...
Hometown2 Jul 30, 2020

INDIANA MAN CHARGED WITH ASSAULT
State police have charged an Indiana man with assault in an incident last Sunday in Center Township. Police say that they were called out to a home on Old Route 119 South for a domestic assault in pro...
Hometown2 Jul 30, 2020

POLICE REPORTS: CABLE LINES SNAPPED, HARASSMENT
PSP-INDIANA There were no reported injuries in an incident last night in Burrell Township where cable lines were pulled down. State police say that the crash happened around 6:11 PM near 620 Liberty S...
Hometown2 Jul 30, 2020

WOMAN CHARGED IN BEAUTY STORE THEFT TO ENTER PLEA TODAY
Indiana County Courts have a light schedule today, but the schedule includes a plea hearing for one of two women charged with stealing items from a beauty store. The plea hearing for Jacqueline Dawn L...
Hometown2 Jul 30, 2020

IUP FORMS PARTNERSHIP WITH POINT PARK FOR HR MASTER'S DEGREE
A new partnership between IUP and Point Park University will open the door for Point Park graduates to earn a master's degree in human resources. Under the agreement, Point Park students who graduate ...
Hometown1 Jul 30, 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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