Amish woman dies

Amish woman dies
STONEBORO, Pa. -- An Amish woman hurt when the buggy in which she was riding was struck by a pickup truck has died of her injuries.
Fannie Miller, 77, of Slater Road, died Tuesday in St. Elizabeth Health Center, Youngstown. Her husband, Levi, 79, was driving the buggy and remained in critical condition today in the same hospital.
Pennsylvania State Police said Miller pulled from Slater Road into the path of a pickup truck on District Road in Lake Township about 4:30 p.m. Monday.
The truck hit the buggy from behind. The truck driver, Kyle Clayton, 19, of Sandy Lake, wasn't injured, police said.
Fire damages house
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- Fire Chief Jeff Scrim said there was about $30,000 damage to 713 Brooklyn Ave. in an early morning fire.
The fire apparently started in a second floor bedroom in the southeast corner of the home.
The Pennsylvania State Police fire marshal has been called to investigate. Scrim said the blaze started at 3 a.m. in the house occupied by Sandra Taylor. The owner was not known this morning.
Fire fighters said a passer-by saw the smoke and helped Taylor, who was passing her children out a second story window.
Firefighters were unsure how many children were inside the house, but Scrim said he believes there were at least three children, ages 14, 10 and 2. He said one or two may have been taken to the hospital for burns, but he had no details.
2 injured in I-80 accident
WEST MIDDLESEX, Pa. -- Pennsylvania State Police said two people were seriously injured when the car in which they were riding slammed head-on into a tractor trailer on Interstate 80 in Lackawannock Township.
The accident occurred at 11:45 a.m. Wednesday in the westbound lanes at the 7-mile marker. Police hadn't released the names of the injured as of this morning. They said both were flown by helicopter from the scene to St. Elizabeth Health Center, Youngstown. Their condition was unknown.
Police said the car was eastbound when the driver apparently lost control, moved across the grass median and into the path of a westbound tractor trailer driven by Leonard Hensch, 38, of Sheboygan, Wisc.
He was wearing a seat belt and suffered only minor injuries, police said.
Girl suffers head injury
COCHRANTON, Pa. -- Pennsylvania State Police said a 13-year-old Cochranton girl was hurt when the all-terrain vehicle she was riding overturned on Miller Road in French Creek Township, Mercer County.
Police didn't release the girl's name. She was taken by ambulance to Meadville Medical Center with a head injury.
She wasn't wearing a helmet in the 4:30 p.m. Wednesday accident, police said.
Police said she was riding south on Miller Road and lost control of the vehicle, which overturned.
Weapons violation charge
HERMITAGE, Pa. -- Police said a Niles woman picked up on a retail theft charge turned out to be wanted by U.S. Marshals on a weapons violation charge in Roanoke, Va.
Police were called to Shop N' Save at 2191 E. State St. at 2:50 p.m. Wednesday after store workers detained a woman accused of trying to leave the store with $160 worth of baby formula without paying for it.
Police identified her as Aisha Salaam, 42, of Nash Street, Niles, and said she also had drug paraphernalia in her possession.
A records check turned up the warrant out of Roanoke and the U.S. Marshals' office said it will extradite her, police said. She is being held in Mercer County Jail on that warrant.
Yard Sales Days
NORTH JACKSON -- The North Jackson Citizens' Association will hold Community Wide Yard Sales Days beginning at 9 a.m. Friday and Saturday.
More than 100 yard sales are slated to be held throughout the community.
Maps to the yard sales will be available Friday and Saturday at local businesses and at 11349 Mahoning Avenue.
Road safety project
MORGAN, Pa. (AP) -- A winding road that becomes clogged with commuters and school buses could soon be both straighter and safer, officials say.
South Fayette Township has bought two of the four properties it needs to begin a $1.5 million project to repair and redesign the road, which is the main artery to the South Fayette School District campus.
The suburban Pittsburgh township still needs to buy a home and a Veterans of Foreign Wars post before work can begin, which may happen as early as next summer.