Michael Roknick

SHARON – Football has the Super Bowl, baseball has the World Series. For model train enthusiasts like Johnathan Wichter, it’s the Christmas season.

Meadville Medical Center said it hopes to close the deal around Jan. 1 to buy the five doctors practices that serves Sharon Regional Medical System.

Local weather didn’t scare shoppers from hitting nearby retailers on Black Friday – but Erie was a different story.

BROOKFIELD – While John Grexa is a seasoned businessman, this will be his first Small Business Saturday.

SHARPSVILLE – Up since 4 a.m., Russell Adkins still had his adrenalin going nine hours later inside St. Bartholomew Church’s social hall on Sunday.

Local gas prices inside the Pennsylvania border have finally fallen below $3 a gallon.

SHENANGO TOWNSHIP – Just before Shenango Township supervisors made a motion Tuesday night to pull the 2026 funding for funding a community pool, West Middlesex Councilman Bob Lark unloaded.

HERMITAGE – As a Marine seriously wounded in the Vietnam War, Larry Hawthorne didn’t mind Monday night’s biting wind at the Shenango Valley Veterans Day Parade.

GROVE CITY – Ed McCreary didn’t panic when he saw the train jump the track.

MERCER – For eight weeks a hearty bunch of Mercer Area Elementary students practiced singing patriotic songs for the school’s veterans program on Friday.