Summaries of the week's news appear in the Sunday edition. These current and past weekly chronologies are online as are day-by-day links to past stories and deaths.

• BROOKFIELD: Officials grapple with loss of aid

• FARRELL: Radiologist welcomed back from Kuwait

• SHENANGO VALLEY: Drug trafficker gets long jail term

• HERMITAGE: City eyes recreation input

• SHARON: Leading genealogist to conduct seminar at college

• MERCER: Junior is state speech champion

• SHENANGO RIVER AREA: River watchers set banquet, mark second year

• MERCER COUNTY: Candidates for dairy princess sought

• Alton L. Alfreno, 78, of 136 Harvard St., Grove City.
  
• Albert "Ab" F. Harpst, 87, Hempfield Township, formerly of 9 Shady Ave., Greenville; and 781 River Road, New Hamburg.
  
• Lawrence Hoffman Jr., 63, of 1432 Yankee Run Road, Masury.
  
• Claribel M. Kerns, 89, of 3326 N. Main St., Sandy Lake.
  
• George A. Mathewson, 90, of 1719 Ashton Ave., Sharpsville.
  
• Samuel L. Perry, 75, North Liberty Road, Liberty Township.
  
• Kathryn Louise Staunch, 79, Hermitage, formerly of Whispering Oaks, 260 S. Buhl Farm Drive, Hermitage; and Wheatland Road, West Middlesex.
  
• James R. Weichman, 73, Grove City, formerly of O'Hara Township, Allegheny County.