We need not look far for evidence of that decline. Kmart, the final piece of the Meadville Mall, closed in 2017. A few weeks ago, demolition began at the Shenango Valley Mall in Mercer County.

MEADVILLE — A new grocery store will celebrate its opening in Meadville on Feb. 20. A noon ribbon-cutting ceremony is planned at the Grocery Outlet store at 18993 Park Ave., in the Park Avenue ...

Known far and near as the home of Pennsylvania’s longest nighttime parade at Halloween, Meadville also provides marching occasions more modest in scope, even one that could legitimately be described ...