Theft at Prime Outlets

Theft at Prime Outlets
GROVE CITY, Pa. -- Pennsylvania State Police said two employees of the Chicago Cutlery Store at the Prime Outlets factory shops in Springfield Township were the victims of theft Sunday.
Someone stole the wallets and checkbooks from the purses of both women while they were working between 1 and 7 p.m., police said.
Sisters charged
SHARON, Pa. -- Police said two Silver Street sisters face arraignment on charges of simple assault and harassment in an attack on an 18-year-old Oakland Avenue woman Sunday.
Police said the sisters, ages 18 and 20, beat and kicked the victim, leaving her lying in a parking lot along East State Street just west of the Shenango River.
Police said they were interviewing the victim in the emergency room of Sharon Regional Health System when the two sisters arrived, one seeking treatment for an injury to her hand. The sisters were ordered to report to the office of District Justice James McMahon Tuesday for arraignment.
Rental Corral robbery
SHARON, Pa. -- Police said someone kicked in a basement door to get into Rental Corral at 167 E. Budd St. between 5 a.m. and 1 p.m. Sunday. The intruder forced open a cash register and stole an undisclosed amount of cash, police said.
Trailer park fight
JAMESTOWN, Pa. -- One man was hospitalized, a second was jailed and charges are pending against a third after a fight at Hillcrest Mobile Home Park, 126 E. Jamestown Road, around 5:15 p.m. Sunday.
Pennsylvania State Police said Victor L. Luce, 44, who lives in the trailer park, was accused of pointing a shotgun at people in the park.
Two men attacked him with a log and a piece of concrete block and Luce was admitted to UPMC Horizon for treatment, police said. He was in stable condition today.
Police arrested Robert B. Karlovic, 23, who also lives in the trailer park, at the scene on charges of simple assault, aggravated assault, harassment and disorderly conduct. He was arraigned and lodged in Mercer County Jail.
The second assailant, a Transfer man, had left before police arrived. His identity is known, and similar charges will be filed against him, police said.
Luce also faces criminal charges when he is released from the hospital, police said.
Penn State alumni
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- For the fourth straight year, Penn State has had more alumni donate money than any other school in the country.
While former Penn Staters didn't give more money than those of several other schools, the state's largest university had more alumni donors than No. 2 Harvard and No. 3 Michigan, according to preliminary data from the New York-based Council for Aid to Education. Penn State had 71,423 donors, and Harvard had 66,138, according to the council. It total, they gave $50.7 million to Penn State in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000.
The donations are a long way from 1983, when Penn State's endowment stood at about $38 million. In June, its endowment hit $1 billion, making it one of 48 universities with 10-figure or larger endowments, according to the Council for Aid to Education.
A bird in the way
NORTH EAST, Pa. (AP) -- Developers of a proposed $5.1 million racetrack in Erie County said they hope a rare bird doesn't delay their project.
Officials from the state's Department of Environmental Protection said there is some evidence that shows the upland sandpiper is nesting at the proposed construction site of the Lake Erie Speedway.
The bird is a threatened species, so if it is in the area, track developers would not be allowed to disturb the site until after the birds' nesting season is over in August, officials from the Pennsylvania Game Commission said.
Todd Melfi, general manager of Lake Erie Promotions, the track developer, said the construction delay could postpone the speedway's opening until May 2002.
Construction of the track, which would be used for racing, concerts, monster truck shows and other events, was to begin this month, Melfi said.
The commission and the track's developers will determine if the upland sandpiper is nesting at the site, said Tony Ross of the Game Commission.