Local news headlines
Thursday, Oct. 29, 1998
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- MERCER:
Victims' families plan to protest mystery theater
- LIBERTY TOWNSHIP:
Man, 23, dies in crash after hitting vehicle
- SHARON:
Shooting victim is stable, cops say
- MERCER COUNTY:
Self esteem, education keys to curbing abuse
- SHARPSVILLE AREA:
Son of local educators oversees Shuttle launch start
- HERMITAGE:
Commissioners OK plan for Keystone zone
- HERMITAGE:
City names Chess parks and rec chief
- MERCER COUNTY AREA:
Renovations bring changes to Herald publication schedule this weekend
- HERMITAGE:
City eyes grant money to develop trails on North Hermitage Road
- HERMITAGE:
Shh! Is all this noise necessary?
- HERMITAGE:
Commissioners give sign owners another look
- WHEATLAND:
Bad wiring led to fatal fire
- FARRELL:
Rape charges dismissed
- FARRELL:
Duferco on a mission to diversify operations
- MERCER COUNTY AREA:
ANALYSIS: Job cuts aimed at satisfying First Western Bancorp's shareholders
- HARRISVILLE:
Honored granger follows in her mother's footsteps
- MERCER COUNTY:
Court orders curb domestic violence, say judge, DA
 --Fallout from domestic violence isn't always confined to the home
 --Medical advocacy calls for hospitals to help
 --Families ensnared in web of domestic violence need counseling to escape
 --AW/ARE: Victims can call on us
 --Judge wants abusers' self-esteem addressed
- SOUTH PYMATUNING TOWNSHIP:
Performing dual roles in play is tall order for local actress
- MERCER, LAWRENCE COUNTIES:
River Saints and Budweiser form alliance to promote music, brew
- NILES, Ohio:
TNT seeks sleuths to stage classic murder mystery
- GREENVILLE:
Thiel Players will present 'Arsenic and Old Lace'
- SHARON:
Iris brings rock hits to the Hot Rod Cafe
Today's death record
(Full texts of obituaries are not online yet but will be soon, with eventual postings back to January 1996)
- Joseph Bartko, 85, of 1125 Cedar Ave., Sharon.
- Steven Scott Bice, 23, of 2433 Mercer-Butler Pike, Liberty Township.
- Eileen B. Heiges, 89, Falls Church, Va., formerly of Hermitage.
- Martha J. Mayer, 68, of 32 Leech Road, Sugar Grove Township.
- Gertrude Fabian McGrogan, 57, West Columbia, S.C.
- Mary Robich, 80, of 402 French St., Farrell.
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