Furniture, appliance theft

Furniture, appliance theft
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- Someone took large furniture and appliances from an unoccupied house on Pennsylvania Avenue. Police said the owner found his 70-inch television, 25-inch television, a washer and dryer, a couch, love seat, bed and dresser missing Sunday.
Neighbors told police they saw flashlights in the house sometime during the night Jan. 28, but did not call police. Police said the burglar broke a window on the back door to get into the house.
School closings, delays
SHARON, Pa. -- Icy roads caused by freezing rain overnight across northern Mercer County led some schools to close and others to delay the start of classes today.
A power outage along the Sharon/Hermitage line led the Sharon City School District to delay the start of classes until 10 a.m.
Bad roads were blamed for the closing of Jamestown, Greenville, Reynolds and Grove City public schools as well as St. Michael's School in Greenville.
Lakeview, Commodore Perry and Mercer schools were all running on a two-hour delay.
The power outage that affected Sharon schools occurred in a circuit switch in the Boyd Road area, cutting service to 1,470 customers in both Sharon and Hermitage around 5:45 a.m.
Power was restored by 6:30 a.m.
Union Township house fire
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- One firefighter was treated after becoming lightheaded at a fire at 1410 W. Washington Street, Union Township. Officials said Mike Muchicko, 21, was treated and later released from Jameson Hospital. He was fighting a fire at a home occupied by Margaret Carbone.
Union Township Fire Chief Randy Conti said firefighters were called to the fire at 8:23 p.m. Monday by a neighbor. Carbone was inside with Robert H. Taylor, 47, the chief said. Both got out safely. The Pennsylvania State Police fire marshal was called in to determine the cause.
Springfield contract talks
NEW SPRINGFIELD -- Springfield Township trustees are to meet with the township's legal counsel at 4 p.m. today at the township administration building to discuss ongoing contract negotiations.
New Castle pension fund
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- The New Castle pension fund trustees agreed to split their assets between two managers. Board members voted Monday night to give half of the pension investments to American Express Financial Advisors, which is operated in New Castle by Eugene Gabriel, and half to Sky Trust of New Castle. The money had previously been with Morgan Stanley.
There is close to $20 million in the pension fund.
All city employees are part of the pension fund.
'E-Portfolio' technology
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. -- The Westminster College Faculty Forum begins the spring semester with a look at "E-Portfolio" technology at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday in the McKelvey Campus Center.
Kathleen Edmiston, assistant to the director of the Career Center, will give the presentation. Students can enhance their r & eacute;sum & eacute;s by burning information about their accomplishments, experiences and student activities, samples of their work, clearances and other important documents onto a compact disc that can be given to employers.
Board must open meetings
CARLISLE, Pa. (AP) -- The board that governs Penn State University's law school, which is considering whether to move its campus, must open all future meetings to the public, a judge ruled Monday. Cumberland County Common Pleas Judge Edward E. Guido granted a preliminary injunction sought by two newspapers that have sued to open the meetings of The Dickinson School of Law's board of governors.
The board's next meeting is scheduled for Saturday.
The newspapers went to court in November after law school officials said that an "informational meeting" about the school's facilities and location would be closed because the state's open-meetings law does not apply to the board.
LeRoy Zimmerman, chairman of the board, said Monday he expects the board to appeal.