PITTSBURGH — A school district in Allegheny County has agreed to pay $52,500 to the family of a former third-grade student whose parents said she was paraded from class to class after being falsely accused of stealing $5.

Ryan and Jennifer White sued the Elizabeth Forward School District accusing former William Penn Elementary principal Marlene Whitby of humiliating their daughter, Katy, in September 2005. The girl had been accused by a classmate who later recanted his story.

According to court documents, $35,500 of the settlement will be put into an interest-bearing account for the girl until she turns 18. The remainder will go to the family's attorney, Alan Perer, who said he was pleased with the settlement but was barred from talking about it.

The Whites alleged that Whitby failed to investigate the accusation before punishing Katy. They accused district officials of not adequately disciplining Whitby, who was ordered to make a public apology and was suspended for three days. She later resigned.

A spokeswoman for the school district declined to comment on the settlement.

HARRISBURG — A Harrisburg teenager might have been well on his way to earning his driver's license if he hadn't hit the brick house.Quenton Gann practiced parallel parking, changing lanes and making turns for months. He says he may need more practice on ice.Gann and his cousin were on the way to his road test Thursday in a borrowed car. The 16-year-old turned left, hit some ice, and the car landed on its side, wedged between a utility pole and a row house porch.Christina Sears says her house shook, and "It scared my cat so bad, the hair on his back stood up."Gann and his cousin climbed up out of the passenger's-side window, uninjured. But the car needed a tow truck. Gann says, "I'm going to leave driving alone for a little bit."

PUNXSUTAWNEY — A volunteer firefighter shopping at a Wal-Mart store on Valentine's Day wound up helping deliver a baby in the greeting card aisle.David Hau says he was at the store in Punxsutawney Thursday morning when the store made a public announcement seeking a doctor or anyone with medical experience.Hau has been with the Elk Run Volunteer Fire Co. for three months and is trained as an emergency medical technician.Hau says he asked the woman if she could wait until an ambulance arrived, but she said this was her seventh child and delivery would be no problem.The store gave Hau a pair of gloves and 15 minutes later, the woman delivered a baby boy.