Kristy Gales

[naviga:h3]Mars National Bank adds assistant VP[/naviga:h3]

MARS — Kristy A. Gales has joined Mars National Bank as an assistant vice president, retail banking.

She will be in the Cranberry Township office at 20246 Route 19.

She brings more than a dozen years of retail banking experience, mainly in Butler and Allegheny counties.

Gales is involved in a number of business and charitable organizations and is a graduate of Leadership Butler County. She also has been a high school soccer coach at St. Alexis School.

[naviga:h3]5 airlines probed for price-gouging[/naviga:h3]

WASHINGTON — Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said Friday the government has opened a price-gouging investigation involving five airlines that allegedly raised airfares in the Northeast after a deadly Amtrak crash in Philadelphia in May disrupted rail service.

The Transportation Department released letters to five airlines — Delta, American, United, Southwest and JetBlue — seeking information Friday.

“The idea that any business would seek to take advantage of stranded rail passengers in the wake of such a tragic event is unacceptable,” Foxx said.

The department is exploring whether the price hikes violated federal regulations prohibiting airlines from engaging in unfair and deceptive practices.

Eight people were killed and about 200 were injured in the May 12 crash in Philadelphia, temporarily disrupting service.

For reasons still unknown, the train accelerated to 106 mph in the minute before it entered a curve.