The program is entering its third year and expanding, according to a story Monday. The Salvation Army began its annual kettle collection Nov. 13 in the Mercer County area. The familiar red pots will be a fixture outside stores until Christmas Eve. Hammond assaulted a female social worker with a sharp kitchen utensil while she was counseling him, state police said. George Saad, of GBS Partnership, said he can't go ahead with plans to develop a Super Wal-Mart or Target store until the city rezones the site from residential to commercial.
Residents object to the plan.
Hermitage and Sharon ushered in the holiday season on Wednesday and Thursday with the Hermitage Holiday Light Parade and Sharon's annual Light Up Night. City commissioners will have to trim a half million dollars worth of work from the renovation of the city building if they want to bring the project within construction estimates. Results of the write-in campaign were released Thursday. Mercer County commissioners proposed a 2000 county budget that doesn't include a tax increase and leaves the next county board, which takes office in January little room for frills. Each school claimed their second crown in three years.