Mercer News

The Volant Volunteer Fire Company is sponsoring a stuffed chicken breast dinner on Thursday, July 24.

Ivan "The Urinator'' Wynn won't be too far from a commode any time in the next 43 years.

Four men were arrested after a fight Thursday behind a local bar. Greenville-West Salem Township police released the information Sunday.

A thunderstorm cut across Mercer County Tuesday evening, toppling trees, knocking out power and, in one case, stripping the roof off a mobile home, said AccuWeather meteorologist Carl Erickson.

Mercer County now owns these 218 acres near Interstate 80 Exit 15, but gravel mining is expected to continue for another five years, and the deep pits pose additional site-preparation issues.

A man currently held in Mercer County Jail confessed that he and an accomplice staged a fake robbery so they could steal reciepts from a store, Mercer police said.

A one-sentence e-mail on Wednesday afternoon informed Jeff Greenburg that someone had called the courthouse where he works and told people there was a bomb in the building.

The Sandy Creek Township home where police found a Meadville man dead in a hot tub Saturday morning was also the site of a drug bust a few hours later, authorities said.

The ride begins with registration from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Clark House, Clark.

Pennsylvania State Police are charging a man with raping a juvenile. Police say Jack Richard Pennington, 41, of Orr Road, had sexual relations with a girl who was 11 or 12 at the time, state police saide.

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A Sharon woman was charged Monday with two counts of endangering the welfare of children after a police search during which the kids were found to have been taken by their grandfather, police said.

Mercer County Farm Safety Day will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday at Mercer County Cooperative Extension, U.S. Route 19, 1.5 miles north of Mercer.

Three people face charges in a prescription drug deal gone wrong June 4 in New Wilmington, borough police said.

Dinner includes spaghetti, meatballs, bread, salad and cake. Takeouts available.

Mercer Community Band, under the direction of Dr. Hendley D. Hoge, will present a Red, White and Blue concert in honor of America's 232nd birthday at 7:30 p.m. July 4 on the historic Mercer Courthouse Square.

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When Jim Valimont started birding during the 1970s, there were only three nesting pairs of bald eagles in the state, and they were only found in the Geneva Marsh and Pymatuning State Park areas in Crawford ...

Master Gardener advanced training classes set Two classes for Master Gardeners will be taught at the Mercer County Cooperative Extension Office, U.S. Route 19, north of Mercer.

The state Department of Agriculture says the emerald ash borer has been found in Mercer County.