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.

• MERCER COUNTY: Out of work, out of luck

• CLARK: $1 million fire destroys garage and 5 Penn Power trucks

• SOUTH PYMATUNING TOWNSHIP: New house ready for family uprooted by Nov. 10 tornado

• SHARPSVILLE: Friends rally around soldier's anxious mom

• MERCER COUNTY: Kochems bows out of race for judge

• SHARON: 2 charged in case of stolen oboe

• MERCER COUNTY : Red Cross will help military families

• BROOKFIELD: Citizen police academy offers behind-the-scenes action

• FARRELL, WHEATLAND: Heralded local math teacher strives to become even better

• MERCER: Palestinian Christian pastor-author to speak

• NEW CASTLE: Christian comic keeps it clean

• SHARON: First U.M.'s Rev. Bradley announces departure

• FARRELL: Seeds of new growth

• MERCER COUNTY: Dairy princess urges others to serve county

• Minnie Gelfand, 86, of 5538 W. Duncan Drive, Las Vegas, formerly of Farrell.
  
• Ret. Lt. Col. Charles Andrew Platt, 85, Miami, formerly of Grove City.
  
• Stanford Paul "Bud" Shipton, 73, of 217 Folk Road, Delaware Township.