RONKS — A man from the heart of Pennsylvania's Amish country faces charges in a drive-by shooting that killed a horse pulling a buggy with five people inside.

Timothy Antonio Diggs Jr., 22, of Ronks, Lancaster County, was charged Wednesday with reckless endangerment, cruelty to animals and a weapons charge.

Diggs has been behind bars since Dec. 3 on unrelated burglary charges.

Police said an Amish man reported on Nov. 23 that as a car passed his buggy he heard a firecracker noise but continued to his farm, unaware that the noise was a gunshot.

After arriving home, he discovered his horse was shot in the side. It died before a vet arrived.

The people in the buggy — an Amish couple and their three young children — weren't hurt.

PITTSBURGH — A judge says a University of Pittsburgh medical researcher jailed on charges he fatally poisoned his neurologist wife with cyanide can use money in his own bank accounts to pay for his defense.Judge Jeffrey Manning ruled Wednesday that 65-year-old Dr. Robert Ferrante can use about $2.2 million in several bank accounts without the court's approval. Allegheny County prosecutors argued in a pretrial hearing Monday the money should remain frozen unless the court specifically approves defense expenditures.Ferrante is charged with poisoning an energy drink belonging to his wife, 41-year-old Dr. Autumn Klein. Ferrante has denied that.Police charged Ferrante last July after revealing he had purchased more than a half-pound of the poison just two days before Klein fell suddenly ill.

STATE COLLEGE — A Penn State sorority is shutting down a year after a photo of members wearing sombreros and holding offensive signs circulated on the Internet.One of the signs in the photo of Chi Omega sisters said “will mow lawn for weed + beer” and another said “I don't cut grass I smoke it.” The women holding signs are wearing fake mustaches and others are wearing sombreros and ponchos.The sorority was placed on probation in December 2012.Meaghan DeMallie, president of the university's Panhellenic Council, said Wednesday the decision to close was made by the Chi Omega national organization and the local chapter.Chi Omega national president Letitia Fulkerson said the closure is necessary to protect the national organization. She cited unspecified concerns that “continue to persist” with the chapter.