HAZLETON — A school board member says a four-day week could save $1.2 million dollars a year in his eastern Pennsylvania district.

Hazleton Area School Board member Tony Bonomo says he's not ready to recommend the change but thinks it's worth looking into because of the potential savings.

One trade-off might be that a four-day week would require longer hours on those four days to meet state attendance requirements.

Bonomo's estimates are that the district's $106 million-a-year budget would be reduced by $550,000 in transportation costs, $500,000 in utility costs and $150,000 in money paid to secretaries, aides and maintenance personnel.

PITTSBURGH — Allegheny County's juvenile detention center is operating on a provisional license after state public welfare officials refused to recertify the facility.Kevin Evanto, spokesman for county Executive Dan Onorato, says officials outlined several concerns and issues at the Shuman center in Pittsburgh during the most recent inspection.Inspectors cited violations of minimum staffing and staff training requirements, inadequate fire drills, poor health record documentation and disrepair.

PITTSBURGH — The wife of a Western Pennsylvania state senator was charged with stealing thousands of dollars from a nonprofit she headed by inflating her salary and denying retirement benefits to two employees — including her sister — to pad her own pension.Darla LaValle, 68, of Rochester, was arraigned Thursday on 11 charges of stealing or misappropriating funds related to the Voluntary Action Center between 1987 and March 2007, when she resigned as executive director amid questions about the agency's spending.She later repaid more than $47,000 in salary that the group's board says she shouldn't have received. Investigators believe LaValle still owes the agency money but would not disclose how much, said attorney general spokesman Kevin Harley.