ALIQUIPPA — Smoke from a cooking fire is believed to have killed a woman in her Western Pennsylvania apartment building for elderly and low-income residents.

The Beaver County Coroner says 56-year-old Loretta Rodgers died in the fire at the Towne Towers apartment building in Aliquippa, about 20 miles northwest of Pittsburgh.

The fire was reported shortly after 5:30 a.m. Thursday. Fire Chief Dave Foringer says the stove was still on and Rodgers was dead on the living room floor.

An autopsy was scheduled, but it's expected to confirm Rodgers died of smoke inhalation.

The fire was confined to Rodgers' unit on the fourth floor of the five-story building. Residents on the top two floors were evacuated, but were being allowed to return early Thursday afternoon.

PITTSBURGH — The trial of a Pittsburgh man charged with fatally shooting three city police officers and wounding several others has been postponed until June because a defense expert witness has been injured.Allegheny County Judge Jeffrey Manning on Thursday delayed jury selection for 24-year-old Richard Poplawski to June 6, with testimony to begin June 20.The trial had been scheduled to begin in April, but the judge delayed it after learning that a key defense witness was hurt in a bicycle accident and is recovering from related surgery.The jury will be selected in Dauphin County and bused to Pittsburgh for the trial.Poplawski faces the possible death penalty if he's convicted of killing the officers who answered a domestic dispute call from his mother in April 2009.

PITTSBURGH — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh has sent a letter to its 100 elementary schools warning coaches and parents they'll be banned from sporting events if they don't control their tempers.The letter reported Thursday by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette refers to “serious incidents” involving “conduct unbecoming Catholic school students, coaches and parents.”But the official who sent it is declining to say specifically what prompted it. Ronald Bowes is the assistant superintendent for public policy and development and also serves as its athletic director.Bowes says two incidents prompted the letter, both involving a student using an insulting name for another student. In both instances, parents and fans yelled and argued.The letter says racial slurs, profanity and displays of anger “will not be tolerated.”

MIDDLETOWN — Pennsylvania lottery officials say an unclaimed $275,000 prize will expire in a couple of weeks if the winner does not come forward.The winning ticket for the Cash 5 drawing held Feb. 17, 2010, was sold at DSK Corp. in Philadelphia. It is only good for a year.The ticket holds the winning numbers 1-3-6-8-18. The jackpot is worth $275,000 minus taxes.Lottery officials said Thursday that if a winner does not come forward by Feb. 17, the money will revert to the general lottery fund.That fund benefits older Pennsylvanians.