JEANNETTE — A school district charged 12 parents with theft for failing to pay for their children's school lunches, with some debts dating to the 2006-07 school year.

Officials with the Jeannette School District say the parents owe anywhere from $30 to $263. The total owed by all 12 parents is about $3,000.

Students have personal identification numbers that let the district track how much money is in their account.

The parents are scheduled for a preliminary hearing June 17.

School board president Randy Highlands said the district is pinching pennies and felt it couldn't turn a blind eye to the $3,000 debt.

GETTYSBURG — The National Park Service approved a permit for a white supremacist group to hold a rally at Gettysburg National Military Park next month.The Aryan Nations group planned a rally June 19 near the old Cyclorama Center.Park spokeswoman Katie Lawhon said the park is obligated to make the land available to the public to exercise their free speech rights guaranteed by the Constitution.The group has said it plans speeches and discussions of current issues such as immigration and homosexuality.Some other Adams County groups have announced plans for a "celebration of diversity" on the same day. In 2006, a Community Unity Day was held to counter a rally by the World Knights of the Ku Klux Klan at the battlefield.

BETHLEHEM — The city of Bethlehem became the sixth in the commonwealth to ban the use of cell phones by drivers.The Bethlehem council voted 5-1 Wednesday night to allow police to pull over drivers using cell phones even if they have not broken any other traffic law. When the law goes into effect June 1, police will issue warnings for the first two months and begin fining motorists between $50 and $100 in August.

ERIE — Two surgeons from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's Children's Hospital will perform orthopedic surgery at Erie Shriners Hospital for Children under an agreement.The surgeons will treat outpatients at the hospital three days a week. One surgeon will begin Monday, and the other will join him in July.Erie Shriners has had a shortage since its two full-time surgeons resigned in 2007, forcing the hospital to cut 39 support staff. Adding the UPMC doctors will enable the hospital to see 170 more outpatients and schedule five to seven more surgeries each week.Erie Shriners Hospital provides free orthopedic care to children in the Great Lakes region.

PITTSBURGH — The American Civil Liberties Union's legal director in Pennsylvania said he is working on a lawsuit on behalf of some protesters who were arrested during the Group of 20 summit in Pittsburgh.Witold "Vic" Walczak announced his intentions Tuesday when he and seven other attorneys received an award from the Thomas Merton Center in Pittsburgh for helping protesters work out legal issues during the Sept. 24 to 25 event.Walczak said the suit is a work in progress and will likely be filed before the one-year anniversary of the summit.Walczak said the suit will focus on those arrested on or near the University of Pittsburgh campus the night the summit ended. More than 100 people were arrested in a clash with police that night.

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania's chief elections official is leaving the Rendell administration for a job in the private sector.Secretary of State Pedro Cortes announced Wednesday he will take a job with San Diego-based Everyone Counts, a company involved in helping soldiers, overseas residents and the disabled vote.He has been a member of Democratic Gov. Ed Rendell's Cabinet since 2003.Cortes said he will help the company develop its Latin American business and will remain based in Harrisburg.His last day is June 11. A successor hasn't been named.