Hearing set in stabbing

Hearing set in stabbing
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- A preliminary hearing is set for Wednesday in Lawrence County Central Court for a woman accused of stabbing her husband.
Police charged Kimberly McKnight, 33, of D Beech Street with aggravated assault, simple assault and recklessly endangering another person. Police said they found her husband, Richard, 39, on the sidewalk outside their home at 4:53 a.m. Tuesday. He had a stab wound to his chest.
Police said they think the stabbing was the result of a domestic dispute. Mrs. McKnight and her three young children were taken to the Lawrence County Women's Shelter, and she was later arrested, police said. Richard McKnight was taken to Jameson Hospital and later transported to a Pittsburgh hospital. His condition was not available. Mrs. McKnight is in county jail after failing to post a $10,000 bond.
Former Sharon man killed
SHARON, Pa. -- A former city man was shot and killed in the province of Laguna in the Philippines. Wire reports and a published obituary said Christopher P. Seliga, 38, a 1982 graduate of Sharon High School, was shot and killed while inspecting the construction of a golf course in Laguna Province. Seliga was coordinator of the project.
Wire reports said that he was shot by a security guard during an argument Saturday afternoon and that the gunman remained at large. Seliga's family still lives in the Sharon area. There will be no local services.
Planners OK land swap
SHARON, Pa. -- The city planning commission has approved a small subdivision that will allow the expansion of Donna's Diner at 10 W. State St. Owners Jim and Donna Winner want 560 square feet of land from the adjacent Veterans Walkway owned by the city and will give the city 621 square feet of land they own, also adjacent to the walkway but farther from the diner. The Winners need the city land for a 1,970-square-foot addition.
The planning commission approved the plan but said it is contingent upon the Winners erecting a life-size bronze statue of an American soldier on the walkway and providing permanent lighting for it. Those terms were part of the original land-swap deal worked out for the project three years ago.
Search for missing man
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- City police are searching for a 32-year-old man who has been missing since Nov. 21. Police said David Alchino Greer was last seen by his girlfriend at their Sankey Street home. Greer is 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighs 135 pounds, with brown hair and eyes. Police said he was last seen wearing gray sweat pants, black and white shoes and white socks. Anyone knowing his whereabouts is asked to call the New Castle Police at (724) 656-3588.
Weapons seized at home
SHARON, Pa. -- Police seized weapons and other evidence from the home of Charles S. Panko, 42, of Spruce Avenue.
Police arrested Panko at his home around 2:20 p.m. Wednesday on charges of aggravated assault, unlawful restraint and false imprisonment.
He was arraigned before District Justice James McMahon and lodged in Mercer County Jail on $50,000 bond.
Police said he is accused of holding two young men, one 18 and the other 16, at gun- and knifepoint in his home for about an hour Saturday night. The two had gone to the house to visit with some girls spending the night at Panko's home with Panko's 17-year-old daughter, police said.
Panko ordered the two boys onto their knees and threatened them with a short-barreled shotgun and a large knife before they were able to escape, police allege. Police said they recovered a shotgun and several knives and swords from the residence.
Infant-death case attorney
YOUNGSTOWN -- Atty. Ronald Yarwood was appointed Wednesday by Judge Maureen A. Cronin of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court to help defend John Drummond, who is charged with aggravated murder in the March 24 shooting death of 3-month-old Jiyen C. Dent Jr. If he is convicted, Drummond could be sentenced to the death penalty. The case is set for trial Jan. 12. Atty. James Gentile is lead defense lawyer.