Plan to kill deer draws protesters

MOUNT LEBANON — Opponents of a municipality’s deer-culling program are calling on officials to come up with what they call “more humane” options for dealing with the deer population.

More than two dozen protesters took to the streets Saturday afternoon in Mount Lebanon to oppose the plan to bait, corral and kill deer.

Mount Lebanon officials expect about 150 deer to be killed by the end of the month.

The Pennsylvania Game Commission approved the plan, which advocates call a needed effort to cut down on car crashes and neighborhood nuisances.

Man killed in fire over the weekend

PITTSBURGH — Authorities have released the name of a man killed in fire over the weekend.

The Allegheny County medical examiner’s office says 59-year-old John Liese was pronounced dead shortly before 8:30 p.m. Friday at a Shaler Township residence.

Firefighters were sent to the home just before 6 p.m. Friday and later found the body.

By The Associated Press