FORD CITY — The Army Corps of Engineers is lowering the water level at Crooked Creek Lake as police search for a hunter reported missing in Armstrong County.

Authorities say 46-year-old Patrick Fitzgerald of Vandergrift called his family on Tuesday to say he was going to canoe upstream from the lake in Burrell Township where he planned to hunt deer.

Authorities said they have since found his boat trailer and vehicle but there is no sign of the hunter.

Crews called of the search for Fitzgerald when darkness fell Wednesday night, but they began searching for him again at daybreak today.

FORKSVILLE — A search for a missing hunter continues in Sullivan County.It's been going on since around seven o'clock Tuesday evening in Elkland Township.Authorities say 61-year-old James Ott of East Petersburg in Lancaster County failed to return to a hunting cabin and crews from Sullivan, Lycoming and Bradford counties have been searching around the clock for him.Chief Randy Rosbach of the Eldersville Fire Company said more volunteers with dogs would be sent out on Thursday.

GIBSONIA — A woman says the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center billed her insurer $135 for a $22 flu shot.Janice Mekovsky of Hampton Township tells a Pittsburgh newspaper she was prepared to pay $22 for the shot at UPMC Passavant hospital last month when a nurse told her that insurance would cover it.Mekovsky said her carrier was billed $135 before negotiating a lower price, $64.98. However, the insurance isn't covering the shot and Mekovsky expects a bill any day. UPMC officials say they bill all insurance companies $135 for the shots, but aren't saying why.UPMC spokesman Frank Raczkiewicz says no patient will be liable for more than $22 and that the hospital network is reviewing its policies.