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.

• SHARON: What's the big viaduct secret? residents ask

• SHARON: Hot Rod Cafe limps to finish line; new occupant being sought

• SHARON: Pa. Senate bill aims to knock out knock-off musical performers

• WHEATLAND: Supervisor injured at Wheatland Tube

• MERCER COUNTY AREA: Prep for rain, flooding, local officials advise

• MERCER COUNTY AREA: It's worth repeating: Don't drive through water on road

• NORTHWEST PA.: USW, steelmakers bolster campaign to retain tariffs

• FARRELL: Man shot in leg in Farrell, SW police say

• YANKEE LAKE: Rev up good times; Penn-Ohio Bike Night is 'place to be'

• GROVE CITY: Revitalization costs trimmed by half

• HERMITAGE, SHARPSVILLE: Towns still discussing police service

• HERMITAGE: School district considering pre-employment drug testing

• VOLANT AREA: No hearing for man accused in standoff

• REYNOLDS: Teachers, staff realigned, but numbers unchanged

• Tom "Mad Medic" Brannon Sr., Masury.
  
• Frances G. Foster, New Lebanon.
  
• David William Wesley Jewell, Grove City.
  
• Florence N. O'Patchen, Pine Township, formerly of Slippery Rock.
  
• Clara E. Simpson, 88, Hermitage, formerly of Hempfield Township.