Category Archives: Local News

PENNSYLVANIA UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FALLS IN MAY
The Pennsylvania unemployment rate fell over the last month, but it is still at a high level due to the Coronavirus crisis. In May, the statewide unemployment rate went down three percentage points to...
Hometown2 Jun 19, 2020

POLICE REPORTS: CRASHES, DISORDERLY CONDUCT, HARASSMENT
PSP-INDIANA State police say one person suffered a serious injury in a crash on Tanoma Road on Wednesday afternoon. Troopers say that at 4:02 PM, an SUV driven by 58-year-old Jerry Tanner of Clymer wa...
Hometown2 Jun 19, 2020

FOUR FIRE DEPARTMENTS CALLED OUT FOR STRUCTURE FIRE
Four fire departments were called out last night for a structure fire on Route 119 in North Mahoning Township. Indiana County 911 reported that Marion Center, Rossiter and Perry Township Fire Departme...
Hometown2 Jun 19, 2020

INDIANA MALL MOVIE THEATER REOPENS TODAY
Some entertainment options are opening back up in Indiana County as the Indiana Mall movie theater re-opens this weekend. The movie theater closed at the start of the coronavirus pandemic under Govern...
Hometown2 Jun 19, 2020

SENTENCING FOR NUMEROUS CRIMINAL DEFENDANTS ON TODAY'S COURT SCHEDULE
Indiana County President Judge William Martin will sentence a number of criminal defendants today, including a Seward man who pleaded guilty to retail theft in eight separate cases. 33-year-old Patric...
Hometown1 Jun 19, 2020

PUC TO HOLD HEARINGS ON COLUMBIA GAS RATE INCREASE REQUEST
The state Public Utility Commission has scheduled two hearings on July 8th on a request by Columbia Gas for a 17.54 percent rate increase, which the company says will be used to replace its aging unde...
Hometown1 Jun 19, 2020

DYLAN BLAIR SENTENCED FOR DRUG DELIVERY RESULTING IN DEATH
24-year-old Dylan Blair of Saltsburg was sentenced yesterday to six to twelve years in prison for selling a batch of heroin mixed with fentanyl that killed a Derry woman on December 26th of 2016. 38-y...
Hometown1 Jun 19, 2020

HOMER CITY POOL TO REMAIN CLOSED FOR THE 2020 SUMMER
While Mack Park Pool has reopened under Coronavirus restrictions and rules, the Homer City Pool will not open for the season. The news was announced during Thursday night's Homer-Center School Board m...
Hometown2 Jun 18, 2020

HOMER-CENTER SCHOOL BOARD APPROVES BUDGET, RE-SOCIALIZATION OF ATHLETES
At Thursday night's Homer-Center School Board meeting, the board approved the district budget for the 2020-2021 school year and a plan for student athletes to get back on the field in the Coronavirus ...
Hometown2 Jun 18, 2020

MAN ON PSP "FIVE MOST WANTED" LIST CAPTURED IN BURRELL TOWNSHIP
State Police in Indiana say that a man who was on their recently released "Five Most Wanted" list is now in custody. 27-year-old Edward James Barnosky, Jr. of Cherry Tree was taken into custody on Wed...
Hometown2 Jun 18, 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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