Category Archives: Local News

STATE SYSTEM FREEZES TUITION FOR 2020-21
The Board of Governors of the State System of Higher Education met virtually yesterday and, using the new model which sets tuition for the coming academic year by April 30th, approved a two-year tenta...
Hometown1 Apr 30, 2020

POLICE: DRIVER IN TRAFFIC STOP WAS IMPAIRED, PASSENGER HAD PARAPHERNALIA
State police in Armstrong County made a traffic stop early last Saturday in West Kittanning Borough and ended up nabbing two Indiana residents...one for driving while impaired and the other for posses...
Hometown1 Apr 30, 2020

REPORT: MAN HAD TO BE REVIVED TWICE WITH NALOXONE AFTER CRASH
State police have filed a report on a crash last Thursday afternoon just east of West Shamokin High School, on Route 85 at Jersey Lane in Cowanshannock Township, Armstrong County. A Creekside man was ...
Hometown1 Apr 30, 2020

REPORTED POSITIVE COVID-19 CASES INCREASE BY ONE IN INDIANA COUNTY
The Pennsylvania Department of Health, as of noon today, reported that the number of positive Covid-19 cases in Indiana County returned to 63, one day after the number was adjusted from 63 to 62, whil...
Renda Media Apr 29, 2020

INDIANA COUNTY UNEMPLOYMENT RATE JUMPS IN MARCH AT START OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC
The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry has released the unemployment statistics for March and we're beginning to see the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the work force at a county level....
Hometown2 Apr 29, 2020

INDIANA WOMAN CHARGED IN THREE-VEHICLE CRASH IN INDIANA BOROUGH
Indiana Borough Police say that an Indiana woman has been charged in connection with a crash from mid-February. Police say on February 18th at 5:04 PM, officers were called out to a three-vehicle cras...
Hometown2 Apr 29, 2020

NO ONE HURT IN ARMSTRONG COUNTY FIRE
There's no word on the cause of a fire in Pine Township in Armstrong County last night. Fire crews were called out at 11:55 last night at a home in the 200 block of Clay Avenue. Reports say that the t...
Hometown2 Apr 29, 2020

BLAIRSVILLE-SALTSBURG SCHOOL BOARD APPROVES BOILER PROJECT FOR BLAIRSVILLE CAMPUS
The Blairsville-Saltsburg School Board met last night and discussed the boiler project for the Blairsville campus. The project's scope did have to change, according to School Board President Rick Harp...
Hometown2 Apr 29, 2020

NEW COALITION TACKLES INDIANA COUNTY'S RECOVERY
A coalition of leaders has formed to keep the public aware of local efforts to stabilize and rebuild Indiana County's economy. The partnership includes the county commissioners, Senator Joe Pittman, R...
Hometown1 Apr 29, 2020

BLACK LICK BURGLARS STEAL TOOLS WORTH THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
BURRELL TOWNSHIP State police are investigating a burglary at a Burrell Township home, in which thieves got away with thousands of dollars worth of tools. The break-in was discovered on April 18th at ...
Hometown1 Apr 29, 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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