Local news headlines
Friday, April 16, 1999
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- MERCER COUNTY AREA:
It's scam season; 'Travelers,' others seek out victims; Cops: Be wary of strangers, home repair rip-offs
- MERCER COUNTY AREA:
Scam artists gain resident's confidence to enter home
- HERMITAGE:
House is unsafe, a public nuisance, appeals board rules after 4 1/2 hours
- SHENANGO VALLEY:
Survey: Agency's goal is too high
- BROOKFIELD:
Kids contribute cash for Kosovars
- MERCER COUNTY:
Jail, finances are campaign issues
- MERCER:
Forge forced to move back 'picket' fence
- SHENANGO TOWNSHIP:
Man with 152 pounds of pot helps police with drug sting
- WEST MIDDLESEX:
Reward for arsonist now at $4,000
- JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP:
Mildred Luba is citizen of the year
- JAMESTOWN:
Council won't support saving the arch
- GROVE CITY, SLIPPERY ROCK:
Ex-supply company owner sentenced for tax crimes
- SANDY LAKE TOWNSHIP:
Crash victim improving at St. Elizabeth's
- NEW CASTLE:
First Western earnings down, but core profits are up
- MERCER COUNTY:
Stewardship Camp offers outdoor activity
Today's death record
(Full texts of obituaries are not online yet but will be soon, with eventual postings back to January 1996)
- Ernest B. Boitnott, 80, of 4139 Fairlawn Heights Drive S.E., Warren, Ohio, formerly of Jackson Center.
- Karen Sue Cline, 42, Slippery Rock Township, Lawrence County.
- Olive R. Flamberg, 77, of 950 Forest Lane, Sharpsville.
- Richard E. Funk, 70, of 397 Ellsworth St., Sharon.
- Frank Matteo, 80, of 355 Obermiyer Road, Brookfield.
- Viola G. Pelc, 83, of 29 Bessemer St., Greenville.
- The Rev. Myron A. Ramsey, 85, Norwalk, Ohio, formerly of Masury.
- Harry Junior Shearer, 63, of 100 Shearer Road, Delaware Township.
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