Nov 8, 2018 2 min read

Pitt faculty member to give lecture at W&J

Dr. Cori Richards-Zawacki of the University of Pittsburgh will discuss what frogs and their fight against the disease chytridiomycosis can teach us about ecology, evolution and climate change in her lecture “A Fungus Among Us.” The lecture is at 7?p.m. today in Room 100 of Dieter-Porter Hall. More information is available at https://www.washjeff.edu/public-lecture-dr-cori-richards-zawacki.

Woman admits stealing from Swissvale company

PITTSBURGH (AP) – A former financial manager for a Pennsylvania-based economic development organization has admitted she embezzled more than $82,000.

U.S. Attorney Scott Brady said 46-year-old Nicolette Gizzi pleaded guilty to two counts of fraud Friday at court in Pittsburgh. Prosecutors said Gizzi embezzled $82,061 from the Swissvale-based Steel Valley Authority.

Investigators said the funds taken were primarily public funds. The authority obtains its operating funds via grants from the U.S. Department of Labor.

Gizzi had a prior federal court conviction in South Carolina for embezzling from an employer, which prosecutors said she concealed from the Steel Valley Authority. She is scheduled to be sentenced in March and faces up to 50 years in prison.

Wrong-way crash on turnpike extension kills 1, injures 2

PARRYVILLE (AP) – Authorities said a wrong-way crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike’s Northeast Extension killed a man.

State police said a car traveling south in the northbound lanes in Carbon County’s Franklin Township struck a northbound car shortly before midnight Tuesday.

Police said the car that was struck spun around and was hit a second time by another northbound car traveling behind him.

Fifty-year-old Paul Gerrity, the driver of the first car struck, was pronounced dead at the scene. The southbound driver was taken to a hospital with serious injuries. The other northbound driver was treated for a minor injury.