The local connection
State, national or international stories often have a local connection to the Mercer County area, or newsmakers make an appearance here that we cover. Here are some recent Herald stories about ex-local people or tied to events in the news elsewhere:

ARTIST JOHN RAIMONDI

• (7/24/00) YOUNGSTOWN: Monumental sculptor plans small-scale show
  
• ONLINE EXTRA: Transcript of Herald interview with Raimondi
  

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  TRENT REZNOR / NINE INCH NAILS
  
• (10/7/99) Emotional fragility led Reznor to new sounds [link REALLY fixed now]
  
• (7/16/98) Mercer native Trent Reznor shares an MTV Video Music Award nomination with David Bowie
  

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  BODYBUILDER/ACTOR LOU FERRIGNA
  
• (10/7/99) Ferrigno achieved superhero dreams[link fixed now]
  

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  MUSICIAN TODD RUNDGREN
  
• (6/24/99) BROOKFIELD: Todd who? Yankee Lake headliner Rundgren shunds fame in favor of fans' fidelity
  

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  MUSICIAN ELRAY JOHNSON
  
• (8/19/99) Local bluesman still looking for his big break after all these years -- 40 years
  

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  1999 MISS AMERICA
  
• (8/19/99) SHENANGO VALLEY: Miss America: Diabetes can't kill the dream; Beauty queen, kids make pinkie pledge
  
• (8/19/99) SHENANGO VALLEY: Miss America shares her crown; Ohio girl dubbed queen for a day
  

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  ARCHITECT FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
  
• (7/1/99) PITTSBURGH: Architect Wright, merchant Kaufmann shared a vision beyond Fallingwater
  

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  COLORADO SCHOOL SHOOTING
  
• (4/21/99) SHARPSVILLE: Girl safe after Colorado shootings; local relatives relieved
  
• (4/22/99) MERCER COUNTY: Local voices on the Colorado school shooting
  

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  TV REPORTER WOLF BLITZER
  
• (4/22/99) SHARON: TV reporter: We try to be sensitive
  
• (4/22/99) SHARON: Students blitz reporter with questions
  

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  KOSOVO CONFLICT
  
• (4/6/99) HERMITAGE: Minister heads to front lines on medical mission
  
• (3/26/99) MERCER COUNTY: Not everyone backs attack; Local Serbians weigh in
  

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  ARTIST JAMIE WYETH
  
• (3/25/99) YOUNGSTOWN: Jamie Wyeth doesn't bow to someone else's vision
  
• ONLINE EXTRA: Transcript of Herald interview with Wyeth
  

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  DRUMMER BERNIE DRESEL(Brian Setzer Orchestra), POLKA MUSICIANS PAUL JACOBSON, JOE COLAPIETRO (Del Sinchak Band) AND WALTER OSTANEK
  
• (1/6/99) SHENANGO VALLEY AREA: Regional artists tapped for Grammys
  
• (2/25/99) SHENANGO VALLEY AREA: Local man shares in Grammy success
  

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  BASEBALL GREAT JOE DiMAGGIO
  
• (3/11/99) MERCER COUNTY: We know where you've gone Joe; DiMaggio's death gives memory life; Interview of the Yankee Clipper in WWII was a thrill
  
• (3/11/99) Farrell man gave up whirlpool for DiMaggio, then got $20 from him
  

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  PRESIDENTIAL IMPEACHMENT
  
• (1/19/99) MERCER COUNTY: Local native was House manager in 1868 Johnson trial
  

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  ACTIVIST/COMEDIAN DICK GREGORY
  
• (1/20/99) SLIPPERY ROCK: '60s activist still a controversial voice
  
• (1/20/99) SLIPPERY ROCK: Gregory gives crowd chuckles and chills
  

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  EARTHQUAKE
  
• (9/25/98+) MERCER COUNTY: County is epicenter of 5.2-magnitude earthquake; links to several stories
  

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  VOCAL GROUP HALL OF FAME
  
• (5/13/99) Silencing 'the great pretenders' is number one on FAME's list
  
• (5/13/99) Inductees are wowed by first trip to vocal hall
  
• (4/29/99) Supreme Mary Wilson, Platter Herd Reed to be honored at Hall
  
• (1/14/99) SHARON: Al "Diz" Russell is the keeper of Orioles' legacy
  
• (12/31/98) SHARON: Ed Ames hopes music outlasts the tomahawk
  
• (12/17/98) SHARON: Boswell Sisters put Southern style into '30s Tin Pan Alley standards
  
• (12/10/98) SHARON: Manhattan Transfer owes rebirth to taxicab
  
• (11/12/98) SHARON: God only knows what's in store for Beach Boys
  
• (10/31/98) SHARON: Emotions hit high note in Hall's 1st induction
  
• (9/9/98) SHARON: Hall of Fame to induct 8 vocal groups Oct. 30
  
• (8/6/98) SHARON: Hall helps issue Halos CD
  
• (6/7/98) SHARON: Magazine, Vocal Hall of Fame team up
  

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  THE MOVIE "ANTZ"
  
• (10/2/98) SOUTH PYMATUNING TOWNSHIP: 'Antz' animation shows off company's capacity, local native Lazor says
  

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  The Rev. DANIEL J. BERRIGAN
  
• (10/9/98) NEW WILMINGTON: Peacemaker an unrepentant troublemaker
  
• (10/9/98) Berrigan a lighthearted heavyweight
  

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  SPACE SHUTTLE/JOHN GLENN'S FLIGHT
  
• (10/29/98)SHARPSVILLE AREA: Son of local educators oversees Shuttle launch start
  

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  HURRICANE MITCH
  
• (11/10/98) Local people organizing aid drives for Honduras
  

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  "THE CLUB" AUTOMOTIVE ANTI-THEFT DEVICE
  
• (9/30/98) SHARON: Jury will hear Klaric's complaint against The Club
  

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• (2/26/98) No Grammys for nominees with local ties
  
• (1/7/98) 2 Grammy nominees have local connection (Reznor and polka star Walter Ostanek)
  
• (4/20/97) Time magazine names Trent Reznor to list of 25 most influential people
  

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  TONY BUTALA / THE LETTERMEN
  
• (6/4/97) The Lettermen have a new album
  

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  THE TITANIC
  
• (2/6/98) TRUMBULL COUNTY: Amateur historian keeps Titanic memory afloat
  

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  WHITEWATER INDEPENDENT COUNSEL
  
• (3/18/98) NEW WILMINGTON: Independent counsel idea has gone haywire, expert says
  
• (3/18/98) NEW WILMINGTON: Biographer: Cox wouldn't have looked at private life
  

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  WORLD WAR II, HUNGARY
  
• (3/17/98) HERMITAGE: Len Krichko to celebrate the return of Hungarian royal crown
  
• (3/19/98) WASHINGTON, HERMITAGE Hermitage man was involved with return of 700-year old Holy Crown of St. Stephen to Hungary.
  

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  PERFORMERS DOUG MICHAELS AND PAM MITCHELL (Doug and Pam DiPreta)
  
• (7/30/98) HERMITAGE: Singer Doug DiPreta produces career change, plans a show in Atlantic City
  

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  EX-ATTY. GEN. ED MEESE/REAGAN ADMINISTRAION
  
• (3/24/98) GROVE CITYMeese: Reagan did it right
  

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  GEN. COLIN POWELL
  
• (4/21/98) YOUNGSTOWN: Colin Powell's latest battle is saving youth
  

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  EDINBORO SCHOOL SHOOTING
  
• (4/28/98) MERCER: Teacher's death hits close to home for superintendent
  

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  THE GREAT RACE
  
• (6/12/98) NEW CASTLE: Vintage cars make history in 4,000-mile trek across America
  

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  PA. SUPERIOR COURT
  
• (7/28/98) HERMITAGE: Valley native Maureen Lally Green takes her place on the state's Superior Court
  

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  ARTIST NORMAN ROCKWELL
  
• (8/5/98) HERMITAGE: Model recalls Rockwell's visit to paint Sharon Steel portraits
  

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  THE BAND "COINMONSTER"
  
• (2/1/98) NEW CASTLE: Coinmonster gets national airplay
  

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  ENTERTAINER BILL COSBY
  
• (2/1/98) NEW WILMINGTON: God and children spark Cosby's comedy routine
  

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  FARRELL AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT PROGRAMS
  
• (1/14/98) Local effort attracts the attention of national press
  

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  NEW ENGLAND ICE STORM
  
• (1/14/98) Rural Metro sending help to workers in New York
  
• (2/2/98) Locals saw devastation firsthand
  

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  LUXOR, EGYPT, TERRORISM ATTACK
  
• (11/21/97) SHENANGO VALLEY: Local women were a train ride away from terrorism
  

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  ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER YITZAHK RABIN
  
• (11/17/97) NEW WILMINGTON: Israel's Leah Rabin will get Westminster's peace prize
  
• (11/19/97) NEW WILMINGTON: Rabin: All that is left is hope // Leah Rabin: Israel should say out of U.N.-Iraq crisis
  

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  DRUMMER MAX WEINBERG
  
• (10/24/97) SLIPPERY ROCK: Weinberg drums up success on `Late Night with Conan'
  

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  CLEVELAND INDIANS
  
• (10/24/97) MERCER COUNTY AREA: Cleveland Indians have tribe of loyal, long-suffering fans
  

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  THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS
  
• (10/15/97) Coming home: Hickory High alumnus Andre Coleman now a Steeler
  

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  RED SKELTON'S DEATH
  
• (9/20/97)HERMITAGE: Woman intervened in Skelton's threat to burn his work
  

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  MOTHER TERESA'S DEATH
  
• (9/12/97) BROOKFIELD: Mother Teresa inspired local doctor
  

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  MISS PA./MISS AMERICA PAGEANT
  
• (9/10/97) GROVE CITY: Miss Pa. bears gifts forged here
  
• (9/11/97) ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.: Miss Pa. won't confirm reports of tattooed tummy
  
• (9/14/97) GROVE CITY: Grove City College cheers on its queen
  

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  PRINCESS DIANA'S DEATH
  
• (9/3/97) HERMITAGE: Valley resident visiting London in time of tragedy
  
• (9/3/97) SHARON: Flag flier's heart is with Diana
  
• (9/6/97) HERMITAGE: Visitor witnesses moving of coffin
  
• (9/24/97) HERMITAGE: Tribute to Princess Diana a sellout at local music outlets
  

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  COMET HALE-BOPP
  
• (4/15/97) YOUNGSTOWN: Finding comet turns astronomer into a star
  

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