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SHANKSVILLE — A woman studying wetlands for an engineering firm was gored by a deer at a hunting preserve.
Jamie Detweiler, 35, of Ligonier, was gored in the leg when the buck charged her at 6 Springs Hunts near Shanksville on Wednesday.
She was taken to Memorial Medical Center in Johnstown, where officials would not release her condition.
ERIE — A man whose infant grandson starved to death was sentenced to two to four years in prison for not reporting his condition, or that of the boy's malnourished twin brother, to authorities.Larry Peace pleaded guilty in July to two counts of endangering the welfare of a child. The 7-month-old twins and their parents lived with Peace when one of the twins, Nathan Rosier Jr., was found dead in his crib Oct. 13. Tyler Rosier was also found to be malnourished, but survived.Peace, 56, of Waterford Township, was supposed to be sentenced last month, but was instead held in contempt of court when he showed up drunk.The twins' mother, Crystal Peace, was sentenced to two years and two months to eight years in prison after pleading no contest to involuntary manslaughter and child endangerment charges.
SHANKSVILLE — An organization of relatives of the victims of Flight 93 on Tuesday bought land near the temporary memorial at the crash site.The Families of Flight 93 paid $3,100 to buy a 0.6-acre tract at a Somerset County tax sale, said Patrick White, the group's vice president.A house on the property burned down in 2003. A garage remains on the land.The National Park Service is considering using the property for modular trailers for temporary visitors' center and Park Service offices during construction of the national memorial, said Joanne Hanley, Flight 93 Memorial superintendent.
