Jackson Center News

Theme: "Crocodile Dock." Info: 724-342-7729. * 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. July 13 through 17, for ages 4 through adult.

Items include all things birds - houses, feeders, food, binoculars, etc. Info: 724-794-2473. * Vincent Methodist Church, Walnut Street, Jackson Center, will host a ham loaf and scalloped potato dinner at noon Sunday.

JACKSON CENTER, Pa. a ' Vincent United Methodist Church on Walnut Street will serve a hamloaf dinner with scalloped potatoes, coleslaw, vegetable, beverage and dessert beginning at noon Sunday.

All interested parties may attend. * Mercer County District Attorney Robert Kochems will speak about "Identity Theft" at the last meeting of the year for the GFWC Grove City Woman's Club at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at East Main Presbyterian Church.

Voters did not wait around to the general election to choose three new districts judges, although they still have to give the official nods in November.

A woman with a gun kept police at bay for nearly four hours Wednesday afternoon at 282 Jackson Center-Polk Road in Worth Township.

State police in Mercer County arrested a woman who held them at bay for several hours last night, threatening to shoot herself and troopers who surrounded her home.

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation said Monday Mercer County nabbed $10.7 million for highway and other improvements under the federal stimulus package.

14. Cost is $5 for adults; $2.50 for children ages 6 to 12; and free for children younger than 5. Take your own soup mug or bowl and a spoon.

Cost is $8 for adults and $4 for children younger than age 12. Takeouts available.

PennDOT on Friday produced a list of the projects it hopes will qualify for a future economic stimulus program from the federal government.

GC lawyer Tedd Nesbit running for district judge Grove City lawyer Tedd Nesbit has announced plans to run for the district judge seat for the eastern part of Mercer County.

The Mercer County Regional Council of Governments Executive Board on Wednesday approved 2009 budgets.