ROSTRAVER — The owner of the ice skating rink where a roof collapsed won't reopen anytime soon, though a pub and banquet facilities could reopen soon.

Rostraver Ice Garden owner Jim Murphy says he believes excessive snow over the past 10 days appears to have caused a wooden truss to break on Sunday afternoon.

The rink was hosting a youth hockey tournament at the time, but no one was injured. About 100 people were inside at the time.

Murphy says a building inspector was expected Monday. He didn't have a cost estimate of damages.

The rink is in the middle of facility, which was built in 1965, and is flanked by a banquet hall and a pub. Murphy says those sections weren't damaged.

GREENSBURG — The mother of a woman charged with torturing and killing a mentally disabled woman tried to sell her daughter in 1994 for $10,000.Twenty-year-old Amber Meidinger, of Greensburg, and five others are charged with homicide in last week's death of 30-year-old Jennifer Daugherty. Her body was found in a parking lot.Meidinger's mother, Flora Meidinger, pleaded guilty in Westmoreland County Court in 1995 to trying to sell Amber in May 1994, when Amber was 4.Meidinger, who changed her name to Flora Haase, said she needed money for bills. Police arrested her in a sting. She was sentenced to two years of probation and had to undergo a mental evaluation.Amber Meidinger and the other defendants are in the Westmoreland County prison.

PITTSBURGH — Former Pennsylvania treasurer and auditor general Barbara Hafer says she has decided to enter the race to succeed the late Rep. Jack Murtha.Hafer told a Pittsburgh newspaper and the pa2010.com Web site on Monday that after talking with Democratic leaders, she has decided to go forward with a campaign. Hafer said she would never be able "to fill Murtha's shoes, but would be honored to follow him."She said, however, she would change her mind if the late congressman's widow, Joyce Murtha, were to decide to run.Other possible Democratic candidates include former lieutenant governor Mark Singel, state Sen. John Wozniak and Westmoreland County Commissioner Tom Ceraso. Possible GOP hopefuls include retired Army Lt. Col. William Russell, who ran against Murtha in 2008, and Eighty Four businessman Tim Burns.