Mercer County News

A man who burned himself and set a house on fire in a fireworks accident was flown to a Pittsburgh hospital on July Fourth, Mercer County authorities told WTAE Channel 4 Action News.

A Mercer County man was flown by medical helicopter to UPMC Mercy late last night after he seriously injured himself and set his house on fire in a fireworks accident.

A Hermitage woman was supposed to fly to Texas Monday to begin serving a federal prison sentence.

A Crawford County man was charged Monday with breaking into Greenville's Good Shepherd Center on June 20 or 21 and stealing a safe containing more than $2,000 in cash and gift cards.

Mercer County Master Gardeners will offer free open tours of their gardens at the Mercer County 4-H Park, on Route 19 north of Mercer, from 10 a.m. to noon June 27.

Russell Penn of Second Baptist Church, Spearman Avenue, Farrell. * Mercer County Amateur Radio Club will be demonstrating amateur radio at the Corps of Engineer's public boat launch grounds at Clark, today and Sunday.

A Cleveland man waived to court charges that he shot at three women May 2 in Farrell.

A Mercer County man was charged this weekend with firing a sawed-off shotgun over the head of his live-in girlfriend in Springfield.

Info: 724-699-2277. * General Federation of Women's Clubs members past and present are invited to a Three "Rs" luncheon to be held at noon July 11 at Jess's Restaurant, Hermitage.

A district judge in northwestern Pennsylvania is facing misdemeanor charges over a traffic dispute.

I have written about the importance of fatherhood - serving as a loving and caring parent and role model for your children - many times in this column.

The Tribune-Review can be reached online or at 412-321-6460. A woman is accused of stealing more than $2,000 worth of goods from a VFW in Volant, state police said.

The Tribune-Review can be reached online or at 412-321-6460. The district attorney in Mercer County is dropping drug charges against a passenger of a car because he says the vehicle was illegally searched when police stopped it for having an air freshener hanging from the rear view mirror.

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

Five new cases were held to court against a Perry Township man who police said fenced firearms and was involved in multiple gun-related burglaries in rural Mercer County.

The Mercer County district attorney is dropping drug charges against a passenger of a car because he says the vehicle was illegally searched after police stopped it for having an air freshener hanging from the rear view mirror.

A Grove City area man pleaded guilty to two charges related to a high-speed police chase a year ago.

Two western Pennsylvania motorcycle riders are dead from a collision with a pickup truck that crossed the center line.

The Parkway East is expanding -- but not in the way some may think. Interstate 376 used to run from Monroeville to downtown Pittsburgh.

Indy shows off his agility skills with a jump. Mercer County's Dog Owners Group has planned an afternoon of food and fun.