Judges, justices to speak

Judges, justices to speak
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- Lawrence County's four common pleas court judges and five district justices will be out explaining what they do from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. three nights this week. They will be at Holy Redeemer School in Ellwood City on Monday; in Westminster College's McKelvey Campus Center, Lakeview Room on Tuesday; and George Washington Middle School on Wednesday. The public is invited.
Biology seminar set
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. -- Dr. John Doctor, biology professor at Duquesne University, will give a free talk on tissue engineering at a biology seminar at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Phillips Lecture Hall of the Hoyt Sciences Resources Center of Westminster College. Doctor earned his undergraduate degree from the College of the Holy Cross and his Ph.D. from the University of California, and has done postdoctoral study at the University of Wisconsin. He has earned numerous awards for his research.
Official charged in DUI
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- The city's former deputy mayor has been arrested and charged with drunken driving. Sal Sirabella, 53, was arrested Nov. 8 after returning home from a relative's house, where he'd been watching the Pittsburgh Panthers football game. "I thought I was fine, but obviously I wasn't," Sirabella said. "I shouldn't have been driving." Sirabella said he wasn't speeding and had been pulled over randomly. "I accept responsibility. ... And I'm sorry," he said.
Symposium at YSU
YOUNGSTOWN -- Kala Stroup, president of American Humanics Inc. and a leader in higher education for more than 40 years, will speak Tuesday at Youngstown State University. Stroup will attend at community breakfast at 7:30 a.m. in the Ohio Room of Kilcawley Center. Her presentation, titled "Nonprofit Sector as an Economic Force in Our Society," will begin at 9:30 a.m. Also at the symposium, YSU leaders will talk about the university's new certificate program, which prepares students for roles in nonprofit organizations. For more information, call (330) 941-3068.