Sharpsville News

Kathryn "Kay" Verholek Ledney, South Pymatuning Township, will be celebrating her 93 birthday Tuesday.

A family in Mercer County says they found a spider in a bag of grapes. Vikki Spencer and her daughter Amanda Masotto, from Sharpsville, believe it was a black widow spider.

Amanda Masotto and her mom, Vikki Spencer, got more than they bargained for in a bag of grapes they bought at the grocery store Saturday night.

And people thought tomatoes were what you had to watch out for at the supermarket.

Gulf War veterans may apply for cash benefit Pennsylvania continues to provide a benefit program for military veterans who served in the Persian Gulf war between Aug.

If you think government is confusing, take heart. Sometimes, the people in the government also find it confusing.

In spite of a courtroom full of family and friends, a string of character witnesses and a brief multimedia presentation, Mercer County Judge Thomas R. Dobson wasn't buying Scott A. McCuskey's line that he is ...

The six-day forecast ... weekly poll Do you believe Pennsylvania's motorcycle-helmet law should be restored and that helmets again should be mandatory? Yes.

U.S. Rep. Phil English was fired up Tuesday as he responded to Sharpsville Council President Tom Lally's lament that the seven-term congressmen couldn't deliver any cash or clout to help the borough build a new ...

Fueled by high gasoline, diesel fuel and lubricant costs, the budgets for Shenango Shuttle Service and Mercer County Community Transit are much higher than Thomas R. Tulip would like.

Lunch will be at noon. Info: Kim Kerns, 724-806-0343 or rkkerns@cvzoom.net Fundraisers * A spaghetti dinner and Chinese auction to benefit Heather Lorigan Turk will be Sunday at Hempfield Township Volunteer ...

Donated items are needed for a garage sale planned for Aug. 8 and 9 to benefit The Laura Walker Project, a maternity home planned for teen-age mothers in Grove City.

Sure, it's a cliche to say that where there's smoke, there's fire. But it could also be said that where there's cooperation in fighting fires, it's no smokescreen that there's better service to the citizenry.

Students in two Mercer County school districts will have the chance to study Mandarin Chinese next year.

"Great Backyard Campout" is planned for 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 28 at Pymatuning State Park, Jamestown.

A year after Sharpsville school directors faced a packed room when they raised property taxes two mills, only one resident came out Wednesday to protest another two-mill hike.

A pair from the Shenango Valley are facing drug charges in county Common Pleas Court after a police informant allegedly bought drugs from them in Findley Township and Sharon.

We are just beginning to enjoy the warmth of summer, but it is not too early to plan for fall.

The last time The Herald wrote about David and Koral Yarian, in 1985, the husband and wife were still getting used to being the adoptive parents of Korean-born sisters Emily, almost 5, and Sara, 1. Twenty-three ...

Freddie is a male, Australian/shepherd mix who gets along with other dogs but would be happiest in a female-only home.