Crash in Slippery Rock

Crash in Slippery Rock
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- An Enon Valley woman is in fair condition at Allegheny General Hospital after her car crashed into a tree. Pennsylvania State Police said Tammy L. Brocklebank, 36, of Petersburg Road was driving west on Frew Mill Road, Slippery Rock Township, at 5 p.m. Thursday when she veered off the right side of the road. She lost control of the car, which crossed to the left side of the road and crashed into a tree. She was flown to the Pittsburgh hospital.
Fund raiser canceled
SHARON, Pa. -- The Community Advisory Board of Penn State Shenango Minority Affairs has canceled its music and comedy night fund-raiser scheduled for 6:30 p.m. today in the campus auditorium.
Child rape investigation
EDINBURG, Pa. -- Pennsylvania State Police said they are investigating reports that an 8-year-old girl was raped on April 11 in the Edinburg area of Mahoning Township, Lawrence County. Police said the suspect is a 14-year-old boy. No other information was available this morning.
Traffic fatality
GREENVILLE, Pa. -- State police were investigating a traffic fatality on state Route 58 north of the borough early today. The accident occurred around 4 a.m. and resulted in the spill of about 75 gallons of truck fuel. Emergency management officials were called to the scene to contain the spill. Details of the crash were not available this morning.
Counselor retiring
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- Union Area School Board has accepted the resignation of school guidance counselor Richard DuBrasky, who is retiring. He has worked for the district for 39 years. Also Wednesday, the board announced it will accept bids for work to be done at the girls softball field until 3 p.m. May 16.
No clemency for inmate
HARRISBURG (AP) -- Gov. Tom Ridge has denied clemency for a prison inmate who informed on members of the New York mob for nearly eight years. Ridge acknowledged that Michael Lloyd helped convict figures of organized crime and probably saved the lives of federal prosecutors targeted for assassination, but he said Lloyd should not be freed because he held a knife to a prison guard during a 1983 escape, The Patriot-News of Harrisburg reported. "To give the extraordinary gift of clemency to an inmate who so violently attacked a correctional officer -- a fellow Pennsylvanian who puts on a public service uniform every day to protect his fellow citizens -- would, in my judgment, send exactly the wrong message to thousands of Pennsylvania men and women who work in this difficult and dangerous environment," Ridge wrote. Lloyd, who has a lengthy criminal history, was seeking relief from a state bank robbery sentence.
School shooting threat
CARLISLE, Pa. (AP) -- A ninth-grader was arrested Wednesday for threatening to shoot black students at a central Pennsylvania high school, authorities said. The 15-year-old white student said he planned to take a gun to Carlisle High School and shoot as many black students as he could before being shot, authorities said. Blacks make up about 7 percent of the school's 1,500 students. Carlisle is about 20 miles from Harrisburg.
Girl Scout cookies
NILES -- Last call for Girl Scout cookies.
All varieties can still be ordered, but time is running out. The deadline is May 1.
Call the Lake to River Council at (800) 362-9430 or inquire in person at the council office, 980 Warren Ave. The cookies won't be available again until next March.
Poland zoning changed
POLAND -- Village council has approved a zone change for the plot on which Bruster's Ice Cream shop, behind the Old Stone Tavern on U.S. Route 224, now stands. The zoning has been changed from historical commercial district to village center commercial district. The ice cream shop can now remain open later in the day because there is no time restriction on business in the village center commercial district.