Category Archives: Local News

COURT SCHEDULE TODAY INCLUDES PLEA COURT, MOTIONS HEARING
There are two Plea Court proceedings in Indiana County Court today. In one of them, 21-year-old Tyler Hess of Indiana will plead to charges of hunting while under the influence of a controlled substan...
Hometown1 Jun 12, 2019

ONE PERSON TAKEN TO HOSPITAL AFTER CRASH ON PHILADELPHIA STREET
One person was taken to the hospital this morning after a crash near the border of Indiana Borough and White Township. The crash was reported by Indiana County 911 at 9:06 this morning at the intersec...
Hometown2 Jun 11, 2019

SCAMMERS NOW FOCUSING ON REGISTERED SEX OFFENDERS FOR PHONE SCHEMES
State Police are saying that phone scammers are targeting a new population to try to get a quick buck: registered sex offenders. State Police are saying in a press release that the scam is similar to ...
Hometown2 Jun 11, 2019

INDIANA SCHOOL DISTRICT TO HOST EVERGREEN AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM
The Indiana School board met last night and approved several items that will help the district get ready for the school year. Among them was approval to start a chapter of the Evergreen After School C...
Hometown2 Jun 11, 2019

NEW ASSIGNMENTS FOR PRIESTS INCLUDE SEVERAL FROM INDIANA COUNTY
The Greensburg Catholic Diocese has not yet released its full lineup of new priest appointments, but they have provided us a list of the new assignments involving Indiana County parishes, which were a...
Hometown1 Jun 11, 2019

NEW ALEXANDRIA MAN WHO CAUSED FATAL CRASH TO RECEIVE EARLY PAROLE
When he sentenced Samuel Grace III for a crash that took the life of a Blairsville woman, Westmoreland County Judge Christopher Feliciani told Grace last December that his driving record "demonstrates...
Hometown1 Jun 11, 2019

PITTMAN SWORN IN AS 41ST DISTRICT SENATOR
State Senator Joe Pittman took his oath of office yesterday at the Capitol in Harrisburg, and his new Senate colleagues joined him in a moment of silence for Brian Henry Swatt, the 21-year-old staff m...
Hometown1 Jun 11, 2019

$10,000 IN REWARDS OFFERED FOR INFORMATION ON NORTHERN INDIANA COUNTY FIRES
State Police yesterday announced that a combined $10,000 in reward money has been offered for information leading to the identification and arrest of the person or persons responsible for eight suspic...
Hometown1 Jun 11, 2019

POLICE REPORTS: HARASSMENT, ONE-VEHICLE CRASH
PSP-INDIANA State Police have charged two Indiana County residents for their involvement in a harassment case on Saturday. Troopers say that they were called out for a reported domestic issue between ...
Hometown2 Jun 10, 2019

PITTMAN TO TAKE OATH OF OFFICE TODAY
He becomes a Pennsylvania state senator today, but it will be with a heavy heart that Joe Pittman takes the oath of office in Harrisburg this afternoon. One of his staff members, a former campaign wor...
Hometown1 Jun 10, 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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