Hermitage News

Do you worry about your taxes? How about your kids' education? Or how about getting a fair shake if you've got to go to the courtroom? If you do, there might just be an important local election in your neighborhood.

Mike Mataria said he hates guns, but a second apparent armed robbery at one of his convenience stores "forced" him to buy one.

While it may seem that there are more convenience-store robberies occurring recently in the Mercer County area, arming yourself or your employees might not be the best idea.

The Herald HERMITAGE - In an effort to prevent cavities from too much Halloween candy, Hermitage dentist Dr.

Three property owners are asking Hermitage officials to approve a subdivision to clear up a dispute concerning access to a landlocked parcel on Clarksville Road.

Perhaps no one would've enjoyed the night of good food, fellowship and laughter more than man of the hour Ken Seamans himself.

Nearly five hundred flu shots and pneumonia shots were given on Sunday at Hickory High School, as the Mercer County Pandemic Committee tested its emergency readiness.

After the heady 2008 when the presidential race drove up voter turnout and political involvement locally and across the nation, a simple municipal election seems like a letdown.

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.

A* Friends of the Community Library of the Shenango Valley are holding a book sale from 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. today; 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, and 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

Four people were hurt Tuesday in a chain-reaction crash involving five vehicles around 11:05 a.m. on state Route 18 near Middle School Road in Hermitage, police said.

Robbers held up three store clerks and a pizza delivery driver in the Shenango Valley Sunday night and Monday morning, police said.

Pennsylvania made a promise to our children and we are keeping it. The promise is to work together so all children can be safe, healthy, eager to learn, and ready to succeed in school.

Inspired by "The Biggest Loser," a TV fitness reality show, Mike and Danielle Benic of Hermitage have launched a 12-week challenge that offers keys to long-term success in weight loss with nutrition information and exercise.

A Niles, Ohio, woman has been arrested on charges she conspired with her then-boyfriend to rob the Hermitage branch of Citizen's Bank on Dec.

Buhl Farm Park has a variety of commemorative times available that include benches, trees and bricks.

ONE OF THE GREATEST things about living in an area like Mercer County, we can always count on people to help their neighbors when the going gets tough.

If you've been suffering from flu-like symptoms for at least a few days, the chances are pretty good you have swine flu.

Rape charges against two high school teenagers in Hermitage, Pa., have been dropped.

Hermitage school officials are creating a Big Buddy program that would team elementary and middle school students with high school students for social functions.