Transitional housing for homeless to open soon
Publication date:3/5/2026
IN BRIEF:  Soon, six families on hard times will have a place to stay, thanks to a cooperative effort of federal, state, county and local agencies. The $1.1 million Liberty House apartment building will h
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Daffodil Days to help fight cancer
Publication date:3/5/2026
IN BRIEF:  Nine-year-old Kelsey McClelland knows that daffodils are more than just pretty flowers that bloom in the spring. They represent part of the reason she got to meet the Meadville mayor last year.
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Cochranton Elementary students experience the joy of reading
Publication date:3/4/2026
IN BRIEF:  COCHRANTON � Sleeping bags, pillows, blankets and even a big stuffed dog were scattered on the floor. With the smell of hot chocolate filling the air, kids in jammies settled in for a bedtime
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Oliver North speaking at chamber dinner
Publication date:3/4/2026
IN BRIEF:  Controversial political figure and current news commentator Oliver North will be the featured speaker at the Meadville-Western Crawford County Chamber of Commerce�s 198th annual dinner April 2
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Back from Iraq
Publication date:3/3/2026
IN BRIEF:  Manning a military radio north of Baghdad, Iraq, one night, Richard DiGiacomo of Meadville picked up a signal from the other side of a river. Responding to his radio communications, he
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Meadville firm completes project for NASA space shuttle
Publication date:3/2/2026
IN BRIEF:  WOODCOCK TOWNSHIP � Most people may not think of bronze castings that measure 7 feet across, 40 inches high and weigh 15,000 pounds as precision parts, but don�t tell that to Thomas Seringer o
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Trial set for park land dispute
Publication date:3/2/2026
IN BRIEF:  A trial has been scheduled in July for an issue related to ownership of two properties at Conneaut Lake Park. Concore Holding Trust, through its manager Gary L. Harris, had filed a laws
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Bear Lodge could become site for offices and nature center
Publication date:3/2/2026
IN BRIEF:  WOODCOCK TOWNSHIP � The Wolff House (commonly known as Bear Lodge) has been used as a place to stay and a place to party. Soon, however, instead of facing the wrecking ball, it could become a woodsy s
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Area firm completes project for NASA space shuttle
Publication date:3/2/2026
IN BRIEF:  WOODCOCK TOWNSHIP � Most people may not think of bronze castings that measure 7 feet across, 40 inches high and weigh 15,000 pounds as precision parts, but don�t tell that to Thomas Seringer of Lubrit
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Home from the war
Publication date:3/1/2026
IN BRIEF:  LINESVILLE � Shawn Deal of Linesville boarded one of the three buses transporting a Hermitage-based National Guard unit from Kuwait to a plane waiting to fly them into the northern Iraq city o
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No prison abuse stories from Atlantic man
Publication date:3/1/2026
IN BRIEF:  ATLANTIC � American abuse at Iraqi prisons has taken center stage during the Iraq war as horrific tales emerge from Abu Ghraib, but National Guardsman Daniel Jones said nothing like that happe
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Covered bridge could replace Mead Avenue span
Publication date:3/1/2026
IN BRIEF:  Crawford County could have a new covered bridge in the next few years, a possible replacement for its 134-year-old Mead Avenue Bridge. Crawford County Planning Office staff members are
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Art breaks free with artist-in-residence at Neason Hills Elementary School
Publication date:2/28/2005
IN BRIEF:  Ten-year-old Roxana Fernandez is off on a whole new kind of adventure. �Usually we only do art in art class � and we really don�t dance unless the teacher gives us a little exercise whe
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Reverend shaves his head when 30-Hour Famine effort achieves goal
Publication date:2/28/2005
IN BRIEF:  COCHRANTON � Fourteen Cochranton Presbyterian Church youth members fasted in recent days, some for as long as 30 hours. That�s a long time, enough for a person to start getting a glimpse of wh
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Meadville is a real estate buyer's market
Publication date:2/27/2005
IN BRIEF:  If you�ve been itching to buy a new home, or even an investment property, now�s about as good a time as any to take the plunge, according to two area Realtors. �We�ve had an active market,� sai
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Veterans complain of skimpy funding in Bush�s budget plan
Publication date:2/27/2005
IN BRIEF:  WASHINGTON � Alfred J. Casey, 82, is a news junkie. Every day he reads newspapers, watches TV and devours magazines. And ever since he read about the president�s proposed budget this month, he�s been
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Joining forces
Publication date:2/26/2005
IN BRIEF:  Two American Legion groups have joined forces with a vision to have a stronger organization in the city and to offer more services to veterans. Mead Memorial Post 282, which was charter
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Bush's budget would eliminate block grant program
Publication date:2/26/2005
IN BRIEF:  A seemingly trivial aspect of the Bush administration�s fiscal year 2006 federal budget could spell doom for many Meadville programs that rehabilitate decrepit housing, repair sidewalk ramps a
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Grand Leprechaun contestants ready to race
Publication date:2/26/2005
IN BRIEF:  With 21 days to go before Meadville�s 18th annual official celebration of St. Patrick�s Day steps off down Chestnut Street, the race to become the city�s second-ever Grand Lepre-chaun is offic
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Andover asset auction date set
Publication date:3/5/2026
IN BRIEF:  At least five firms may be interested in purchasing Andover Industries, but the future of the company and the fate of its more than 600 workers won�t be known until March 18 when the company�s assets
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