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Robert Melson, with his 8-year-old self in the background, talks about how his Jewish family survived the Holocaust by posing as Polish Catholics, using false papers with the name of another family. He spoke Thursday as part of Slippery Rock University's annual Holocaust Remembrance Program.

• 'Hiding in plain sight'

  What's in a name?
  A lot, when you're trying to hide your Jewish background during the Holocaust to escape certain death.

  May 17, 2013 1 Photo

• Joden wins Vegas cover with vintage coral jewelry

  Joden Jewelers in downtown Grove City is making headlines among its peers -- again.

  May 17, 2013 1 Photo

• Laying green groundwork

  Award-winning green architect and Slippery Rock University graduate Robert Kobet returned to his alma mater Thursday to share his success stories and help lay the same groundwork for SRU.

  May 10, 2013 1 Photo

• Businesses take stock after blaze

  Business owners affected by Wednesday's fire in Sandy Lake are in the throes of how they will rebuild their livelihoods.

  May 10, 2013 2 Photos

• SR library gets grant, eyes expansion

  Slippery Rock Community Library has expanded its inventory – but is still in desperate need of more room.

  May 8, 2013 1 Photo

Sports

Grove City's Maddie Elberty fires a pitched to Hickory's M. Collier while Lady Eagles catcher Jordan Hesselgesser waits behind the plate.

• HIGH SCHOOL SPRING SPORTS ROUNDUP: County track set today at Hickory

  The annual Mercer County Track & Field Invitational will be held at Hickory High’s Hornet Stadium today, beginning at 9 a.m.
  Competing are all Mercer County teams, Class AAA and AA, as well as Slippery Rock. The meet serves as a warm-up to the District 10 championships set next week at Harbor Creek High.

  May 11, 2013 1 Photo

• RANDOM THOUGHTS: Competitive cheerleading tough for even manly men

  WHEN I THINK OF MYSELF, I think I’m one of the more manly men you’ll find.
  I definitely don’t mind eating all kinds of meat and potatoes. I love watching sports — and participating in them when I can.
  I do many other things that ‘real’ men do that aren’t fit for print and proper readers.
  What I don’t do is wear skinny jeans or other tight-fitting clothes. I don’t wear jewelry nor do I wear colors that lean more to the femine side than the masculine side.

  May 11, 2013

• HIGH SCHOOL SPRING SPORTS ROUNDUP: Mercer 9 drops thriller to KC

  It was a game both teams were trying to win — it just seemed as though neither wanted to — as Kennedy Catholic High baseball team met Mercer Friday afternoon in an inter-region District 10 affair.
  The teams traded late leads before, ultimately, Scott Moore’s fielder’s choice RBI-grounder scored pinch-runner Ethan Feldmiller with the game-winner, as KC captured an 11-10 conquest.

  May 8, 2013 1 Photo

• NCAA Football: Rock 6-1 after 17-3 win over Cal U

  Slippery Rock University rode a length-of-the-field scoring drive by its offense and a goal-line stand by its No. 1-ranked defense late in the first half of action Saturday to a 17-3 win over 14th-ranked visiting California (Pa.).

  October 19, 2011

• NFL: Steelers top Jags as Mendenhall makes return

  Mike Tomlin isn’t ready to say the Pittsburgh Steelers are back. Not after watching his team sleepwalk through the second half against Jacksonville on Sunday.

  October 19, 2011 1 Photo

Death Listings

• Deaths for May 11, 2013

  Hart, James D. "J.D.," 63, Johnstown, Pa., formerly of Grove City and Sandy Lake
  Hughes, Charles "Charlie" E., 81, Grove City
  Ritenour, Joyce Ann, 79, Coolspring Township
  Wareham, Mrs. Charles E., 98, Sandy Lake

  May 15, 2013

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