Police: Y-town woman sold fatal drug dose

  • By QUINN SCHWARTZ For Allied News

State police filed charges Thursday against a Youngstown business owner accused of selling drugs that resulted in the June accidental overdose death of a 32-year-old Coolspring Township woman.

Suspect in double murder arrested in W.Va.

Suspect in double murder arrested in W.Va.

  • Meadville Tribune and Allied News staff

A suspect in the shooting deaths of a mother and son in their Crawford County home, has been found in Charleston, W.Va., after a search that included reports of possible sightings in Stoneboro and Florida.

Man charged with open lewdness

  • By MONICA PRYTS Allied News Staff Writer

LIBERTY TOWNSHIP – A Liberty Township man is facing open lewdness charges for exposing himself multiple times on the side of the road near his home.

Seniors warned about grandparent phone scam

HARRISBURG – After two area grandparents reported intimidating phone calls in which the caller demanded money for a grandchild in trouble, state Sen. Michele Brooks reminds consumers that fraudulent callers are impersonating law enforcement agents or grandchildren- and telling recipients the…

Jail's new scanner finds banned material

  • By TOM VICTORIA Allied News Staff Writer

MERCER – The Mercer County Jail used a new device last week to prevent contraband material from reaching the facility’s general population.

Former IU IV boss loses her pension

Former IU IV boss loses her pension

  • By MELISSA KLARIC For Allied News

GROVE CITY – The state’s Public School Employees’ Retirement System rejected an appeal this week by a former Midwestern Intermediate Unit IV director who sought to regain pension benefits lost when she pleaded guilty in federal court to stealing from the agency.

Attempted murder charges held for court

  • By MONICA PRYTS Allied News Staff Writer

PINE TOWNSHIP — A Grove City man will face trial on an attempted murder charge in the Mercer County Court of Common Pleas.

Obituaries

Stevens, Sara

Sara J., 94, of Franklin. Calling hours: 1 to 4 p.m. Wednesday (10-16-19) at the HUFF-GUTHRIE FUNERAL HOME and CREMATION SERVICES Inc., 312 W. Park Street, Franklin Funeral: 5 p.m. Wednesday at Fox Street Church of God, 229 Fox St., Franklin. Interment : Hickory Grove Cemetery. Online condol…