PITTSBURGH — Former Pennsylvania Gov. Dick Thornburgh has been hospitalized in Pittsburgh after suffering a mild stroke.

His wife Ginny Thornburgh said the stroke happened Saturday at their weekend home in Ligonier.

She says a doctor told her that 81-year-old Dick Thornburgh “will do well from a recovery point of view.” She says he's resting comfortably at UPMC Presbyterian hospital.

As governor in 1979, Thornburgh led the state during the Three Mile Island nuclear crisis. The Republican later served as U.S. Attorney General under both presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush.

PITTSBURGH — Public safety officials broke up 15 fights, ferried 34 people to hospitals and responded to at least 150 emergency calls related to a Luke Bryan concert in Pittsburgh, Mayor Bill Peduto said Sunday in calling for event organizers to pick up part of the tab.About 50,000 fans descended on Heinz Field for Saturday night's show by the country superstar. Tailgaters arrived up to nine hours before the event, leaving behind mounds of trash in parking lots, surrounding neighborhoods and in the Allegheny River, Peduto said.At least seven people were arrested, and public works employees were still cleaning up Sunday morning, Peduto said.“The continued trashing of our city has to stop,” Peduto said. “There is no reason ... (for taxpayers) to bear the burden for outsized amounts of garbage removal and public safety response.”While acknowledging the economic benefits of big concerts, the mayor said the city will begin billing promoters and related private parties for public money spent on cleanup and safety efforts. Representatives for the stadium's parking lot management company and Bryan's promoter were not available to comment.

PITTSBURGH — A financially strapped Western Pennsylvania group that provides river-based education programs for schoolchildren and the public is thinking about pooling its efforts with another organization.RiverQuest is exploring a merger with Rivers of Steel Heritage, a Homestead-based preservation and redevelopment group. A consulting study on the idea is to be done over the next 30 to 60 days.RiverQuest President Jim Roddey said in April that without a merger, the organization would shut down at the end of this month. The group was founded in 1991 as Pittsburgh Voyager.August Carlino, president and CEO of Rivers of Steel, said the two groups may decide on something other than a merger, such as some kind of strategic partnership in which each preserves its own independence and identity.

BEAVER — A carnival in Beaver, Pennsylvania, isn't using live rabbits as prizes after a Humane Society agent halted the practice.The the animal welfare agency fielded several complaints after people were handed the rabbits at the carnival in Quay Park.Reports said an animal enforcement agent found 12 rabbits in a case deemed too small to hold them. State law prohibits the use of any animals except fish as prizes for drawings, contests or games.The fair operator, Dreshler Amusements of Wellsville, Ohio, didn't return a request for comment.