Mercer News

What's in a name? In the case of the newly renumbered Interstate 376, 15 years and nearly $40 million.

An 11-mile stretch of eastbound Interstate 80 is closed because of two crashed tractor-trailers. State police have released few details about the crash that occurred about 5 a.m. between the Sharon and Mercer exits.

State and local officials today announced that the redesignation of Interstate 376 from Interstate 80 in Mercer County to the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Monroeville has been completed.

A 24-year-old northwestern Pennsylvania man has been jailed on charges he ran a state trooper off Interstate 79, causing the trooper's police cruiser to roll over several times.

A* Farrell High School class of 1949 will meet for breakfast at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at Denny's restaurant, East State Street at North Buhl Farm Drive, Hermitage.

The 97th Annual Meeting of the Mercer County Cooperative Extension Association is set for 7 p.m. Nov.

A* The Buhl Community Recreation Center, Sharon, hosts a Twirling Skills Clinic from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday with a live performance at 3:45 p.m. The clinic will be taught by renowned twirler Jonathan Burkin.

New & Living Way Apostolic Proclaimers of the Truth will host a service at 7:30 p.m. today in the church at 927 Lee Ave.

A judge ordered Tuesday that three people will stand trial for allegedly tying up and torturing a teen in Mercer County.

It was a cold, damp eventide on the Ides of October. It was the kind of night that makes arthritic bones ache and fogs up rain-spotted windows.

A lantern. A man. An American town full of old stories. Old buildings bearing ornaments of a nobler age.

A lantern. A man. An American town full of old stories. Old buildings bearing ornaments of a nobler age.

Opponents of tolling Interstate 80 yesterday vowed to continue fighting what they see as a scheme to siphon money to Pittsburgh and Philadelphia from the state's rural northern tier.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and meeting at 7 p.m. Guest speaker will be a local demonologist talking on how to deal with unwelcome spirits.

Pictures are $2 and will be e-mailed to you. First 30 people to sign-up for pictures will receive a free pet gift bag with goodies for your pet.

Learn more about how to prevent and detect cancer at Penn State Cooperative Extension's 2009 "Growing Stronger for Life: Cancer Prevention and Detection" conference.

A flea market is planned for 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, in Stewart Hall at the Harmony Museum in Harmony's diamond.

An 8-year-old girl was spared having to testify against the man accused of raping her over a 3 1/2-year period on Wednesday when he stipulated his charges to court.

A car cruise will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday. Car registration fee is $5. The first 30 cars receive a dash plaque and raffle ticket.

Mercer County Trails Association Inc. is having a ground breaking ceremony at 1 p.m. Thursday10/1 at the Sharpsville trailhead on the east side of Mercer Avenue across from Mertz Tower Apartments in Mercer.