Wheatland News

Wearing a dark suit and sporting a Kangol hat that resembles the kind English bobbies wear, Wilbert L. Shannon Sr., is an icon of the Shenango Valley, driving around town each day in the Cadillac with the WLS SR license plates.

Jun 19, 2009 10:55 pm US/Eastern WEST MIDDLESEX Police are investigating a rash of church burglaries in Mercer County.

In a trend that the leader of the Shenango Valley Ministerial Association is calling disgraceful, three more churches were broken into between Wednesday night and Thursday morning.

Brookfield's annual Memorial Day parade will begin forming at 9 a.m. Monday behind the Brookfield Middle School on Grove Street.

HERMITAGE, Pa.a ' Hermitage Fire Department will conduct its monthly test of the citya TMs weather sirens at 10 a.m. Thursday.

* Farrell High School class of 1945 gathers at noon Tuesday at Jess's Restaurant, Hermitage.

Firefighters had to break through some outside walls to put out a fire Tuesday morning at 278 Mitchell Road, Shenango Township.

The group meets the second Saturday of each month. Info: 724-877-1552 or 724-877-3130. * Grandparents Support Group Second Time Around meets from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 23 at Minority Health Center, 211 Federal St., Farrell.

HERMITAGE, Pa. a ' Business owners who want to expand but arena TMt sure they can get a bank loan in the current credit market dona TMt necessarily have to shelve their plans.

Tom Ryan doesn't believe in "navel gazing." The head of Lancaster County Historical Society since 1997, Ryan, 54, believes local historic events need to be connected to the larger stories of American history.

Cost is $5 for adults and $2.50 for children ages 4 to 12 and children younger than age 3 are free.

"We're your best friend when you need us and your worst enemy when we stop you." That's the battle local police face as they try to keep the Shenango Valley safe, Southwest Mercer County Regional Police Chief ...

The tiger has been patched with tape over the years and has lost parts of its bottom half.

Children ages 3 to 6 are invited to attend classes at 10 a.m. or 1 p.m. beginning March 12.

Cost is $7 for adults, $3 for children ages 3 to 10 and free for children younger than 3. Tickets sold at the door.

The heavy snowfall Friday and Saturday brought to mind the good old-fashioned storms that I remember as a kid.

Flames ripped through a garage at a Wheatland trucking company Saturday evening after sparks set three tractor trailers on fire.

A local man was arrested after leading police on a chase and ramming a cruiser, Hermitage police said.

Officers in the Southwest Mercer County Regional Police Department see it all. They can go from the heart of the inner city in Farrell to the almost bucolic settings of rural Shenango Township and get ...

24 at the Wheatland American Legion. Cost is $10 for adults; $5 for children ages 4 to 10; and free for children ages 3 and younger.