Volunteer fire departments face persistent recruitment challenge
The piece surveys Shenango, Bessemer, Pulaski, Scott Township and surrounding departments as they struggle to attract young volunteers. Leaders cite busy lives, two jobs, and electronic distractions as barriers, while mutual aid between nearby towns remains essential to maintain daytime and night coverage.
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Shenango
Fire Department
Rishel
Union Township
Louis Laughlin
Bessemer Fire Department
Laughlin
Hitchen
Scott Township
Bessemer
North
Beaver
Mahoning
Springfield Township
New Middletown
Ohio
South New Castle Borough
Shenango Township
Taylor Township
Princeton
Farm safety day set in Mercer with Weather expert
Penn State Extension Mercer County sponsors a farm safety day on July 9 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Mercer County Extension Office and 4-H Park. TV meteorologist Paul Wetzel will discuss weather hazards on farms while Davis Hill outlines tractor accident response in a simulated rescue. Registration closes July 6 via the Mercer extension office at (724) 662-3141.
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Mercer
Penn State Extension
Mercer County
Paul Wetzel
Mercer County Extension
N. Perry Highway
Wetzel
Davis Hill
Penn State
Mercer Extension Office
Union Area School District Registers Incoming Students
Registration for new students in Union Area School District runs Aug 5 to Aug 12. Prekindergarten to fourth grade register 8 30 to 11 30 a m at Union Memorial office and grades five through twelve register 8 30 to 11 30 a m at Union Middle High School. Bring proof of residency immunization records birth certificate and most recent report card. First day of school is Aug 24. For questions contact Mrs. Ciavarino at Memorial School extension 1101 or Mrs. Gorgacz at the middle high school extension 2105.
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Union Area School District
Union Memorial
Union
Ciavarino
Memorial
Gorgacz
Witness describes church shooting near Citadel Square past
Witness recounts police and survivors at Emanuel AME Church scene. Dylann Roof, 21, was arrested in Shelby, North Carolina, after the attack on a black congregation during a Bible study at Emanuel AME Church adjacent to Citadel Square Baptist Church. The observer had earlier photographed at the nearby church and could have been present.
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Dylann Roof
Shelby
N. C
Kuhn
Citadel Square Baptist Church
Emanuel Ame
Lawmaker targets nude clubs as liquor bans loom
Baker seeks to bar liquor sales at venues with full nudity and strip clubs while noting no state law blocks exotic dancing. The case recalls a 2006 federal ruling striking down a Liquor Code ban on lewd entertainment, and Washington dancers contest county licenses amid local licensing practices.
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Baker
Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board
Washington State
Washington
Court declines to overturn use of tobacco funds in PA
Pennsylvania's high court ruled unanimously that a tobacco settlement funds dispute lacked standing by plaintiffs. The court upheld Gov. Wolf and legislative leaders, reversing a lower court and saying the 2001 Tobacco Settlement Act gave lawmakers leeway in fund use. The ruling left open whether a constitutional single-subject issue was violated.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Supreme Court
Thomas Saylor
Commonwealth Court
Drew Crompton
Senate Republicans
Crompton
Rendell
David Senoff
Tom) Wolf
Gov. Corbett
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