Category Archives: Local News

FIRST COMMONWEALTH BANK MAKES $50,000 ICCAP FOOD DISTRIBUTION DONATION
From First Commonwealth Bank: First Commonwealth Bank (FCB) recently presented the Indiana County Community Action Program (ICCAP) with a $50,000 check in Neighborhood Assistance Program funding. The ...
Hometown7 Apr 05, 2022

PENNDOT CREWS BACK AT WORK ON OAKLAND AVENUE PROJECT
PennDOT crews are back at work today in the Oakland Avenue construction zone, with some congestion expected today in the area of the Plaza Road intersection. Crews started concrete patch work early th...
Hometown2 Apr 05, 2022

HOMER CITY GENERATION TO CONTINUE COAL OPERATIONS
Energy operations will continue for the Homer City Generation Station. According to a news release, Homer City Generation L.P. officials notified the facility's ownership group, PJM Interconnection LL...
Hometown2 Apr 05, 2022

INDIANA BOROUGH COUNCIL TO DISCUSS DIGITAL CODES OF CONDUCT TONIGHT
Indiana Borough Council is scheduled to meet tonight, and it will look at adopting two policies related to its digital presence. Two of the action items on the proposed agenda for tonight include appr...
Hometown2 Apr 05, 2022

POLICE REPORTS: HIT-AND-RUN, DRUNK AND DISORDERLY
INDIANA BOROUGH POLICE Indiana Borough Police are investigating a recent hit-and-run crash at the Indiana Borough Parking Garage along Water Street. Police say this happened between April 1st and 4th ...
Hometown2 Apr 05, 2022

SENATE CANNOT OVERRIDE WOLF VETO OF RGGI RESOLUTION
State Senate Republicans needed 33 votes yesterday to override Governor Wolf's veto of a resolution to disapprove the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. They got 32. Unless a court rules against it, ...
Hometown1 Apr 05, 2022

GREENSTEIN PAYS VIRTUAL VISIT TO IUP
The chancellor of the State System of Higher Education paid a virtual visit to IUP today and held an open forum to update everyone on the status of the system. During his remarks, Chancellor Dan Green...
Hometown2 Apr 04, 2022

RECENTLY DISCOVERED DINOSAUR NAMED FOR IUP ALUMNI
A dinosaur that was discovered in 2017 by a team that included an IUP biology professor has been named in part in honor of an IUP graduate and molecular biologist. Dr. Shundong Bi was part of the team...
Hometown2 Apr 04, 2022

TWO PEOPLE TO BE SENTENCED TODAY IN INDIANA COUNTY COURT
Two people will be in Indiana County's Court of Common Pleas today for sentencing in multiple hearings. One of them is 41-year-old Jerome Robinson of Indiana. He faces charges in five separate cases a...
Hometown2 Apr 04, 2022

THREE VEHICLE CRASHES REPORTED FRIDAY
Indiana County's first responders dealt with three motor vehicle accidents on Sunday. The first of the three accidents was reported at 11:59 AM on Route 286 West in Conemaugh Township. Tunnelton and S...
Hometown2 Apr 04, 2022

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.
Voting Ends: Apr 14, 2026 | 12:00 PM











