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Three weeks ago, a retired telephone company worker named Ethelda Lopez watched as her dream retirement home was auctioned on the lawn outside the county courthouse in downtown Merced.

Here is a look at the top stories of local interest published in The Indiana Gazette during the week of Jan. 31-Feb. 6. An Allegheny County man was held in the Westmoreland County Jail following his arrest on drug charges, state police reported.

Welfare groups in Young say there has been a huge increase in demand for food hampers and rent assistance after hundreds of workers were sacked from the town's abattoir, Burrangong Meats, last week.

Wetherly Capital and Markstone Capital agree to pay a combined $19 million and adhere to a code governing access to public pension money. The firms were not accused and did not admit wrongdoing. Two Los Angeles companies embroiled in a New York state pens

RISMEDIA, February 6, 2010—(MCT)—If you have a good job and good credit, the next few months might be a good time to go house hunting. Fence-sitters take the risk that Congress may let a rich tax credit expire, and that…