Category Archives: Local News

GLEN CAMPBELL MAN CHARGED WITH KILLING HIS FATHER
The new year started with a fatal shooting in Indiana County. A Glen Campbell man is accused of killing his father in his bed early yesterday. 25-year-old Matthew Bartlebaugh was taken into cus...
Hometown1 Jan 02, 2020

STATE FUNDING APPROVED FOR DEMOLITION OF MURPHY BUILDING IN BLAIRSVILLE
Pennsylvania's Keystone Communities program will contribute more than $62,000 to the demolition of the abandoned G.C. Murphy building in Blairsville. The funding through the Department of Community an...
Hometown1 Jan 01, 2020

FLU CONTINUES TO POUND PENNSYLVANIA
There has been another big leap in the number of flu cases across Pennsylvania in the last week, and Indiana County is, unfortunately, following the trend. The Department of Health's weekly flu count ...
Hometown1 Jan 01, 2020

2020 WILL MARK TWELVE STRAIGHT YEARS OF TURNPIKE RATE HIKES
It's January 1st, and for the twelfth straight year, drivers on the Pennsylvania Turnpike are set to see a rate increase. A six percent rate hike will take effect on Sunday. A cross-state passenger-ve...
Hometown1 Jan 01, 2020

FIRE INSIDE A GARAGE IN EAST MAHONING TOWNSHIP
UPDATE: (From Marion Center Fire Department Captain Gavin Misko, 11 am Wednesday) The fire was originally reported as a vehicle on fire inside a garage. Fast-acting homeowners and firefighters got the...
Hometown1 Jan 01, 2020

PUBLIC MEETING SET TO DISCUSS PLAN FOR CORAL-GRACETON POST OFFICE
Since their post office building burned in 2016, residents of Coral and Graceton have had to drive to Homer City to get their mail. Now the Coral-Graceton Volunteer Fire Company is working on a plan t...
Hometown1 Jan 01, 2020

INDIANA COUNTY OVERDOSE DEATHS ROSE IN 2019
Unless there is a late update, Indiana County finished 2019 with 29 total drug overdose deaths, the same number we reported two weeks ago. That's an increase of six over the 2018 total, but still belo...
Hometown1 Jan 01, 2020

HOME IN CREEKSIDE DESTROYED IN MONDAY AFTERNOON FIRE
Five fire departments were on the scene for a fire in Creekside that destroyed a home on Monday afternoon. Creekside, Indiana and Marion Center fire departments were initially called out to 8 Campbell...
Hometown2 Dec 31, 2019

POLAR BEAR PLUNGE TO BE HELD TOMORROW IN BLAIRSVILLE
Tomorrow, several people will take on the challenge of the Polar Bear Plunge as they will jump into the Conemaugh River for a good cause. The Blairsville Boat Launch will once again be the site of the...
Hometown2 Dec 31, 2019

CRIME REPORTS INCLUDE CHILD ABUSE, THEFTS
State police crime reports include an investigation of the alleged abuse of a 3-year-old girl in Carrolltown, Cambria County. Police from the Indiana barracks are investigating the incident after havi...
Hometown1 Dec 31, 2019

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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