Darlington News

Margaret Irene Mackall, 87, of Alice Street, passed away at 12:50pm, Friday, April 27, 2012 at the Salem Community Hospital following a recent illness.

Brian Bowling is a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review staff writer and can be reached at 412-325-4301 or via e-mail. An Oklahoma energy company ignoring a Beaver County township's stop-work order claims it needs only to apply for a conditional-use permit, not to obtain one, before it can drill a Marcellus shale gas well.

Privately held Tervita Corp. of Calgary, Canada, will pay $2.9 million in cash for the 36-mile rail line between Youngstown and Darlington, Pa., the Port Authority said.

Timothy Puko is a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review staff writer and can be reached at 412-320-7991 or via e-mail. A hibernating endangered bat is helping a gas drilling company chop down trees on private land in Beaver County, thanks to a judge's ruling.

In a Hollywood Theater special event, author Florence Biros will be signing autographs at the theater this Saturday.