ALTOONA — A Penn State student who plummeted eight stories from her dorm room window has died.

The death of the 18-year-old woman from Herndon, Va., was ruled a suicide.

The woman was found Tuesday morning in a grassy area below her Tener Hall dorm room. She was airlifted to a hospital in Altoona, where she died Wednesday afternoon.

IRWIN — A Westmoreland County girl will learn whether she can keep her pet rooster on Dec. 4.That's when the North Huntingdon Township zoning hearing board will decide whether to grant 14-year-old Melissa Hensler an exception to zoning rules.The township in September told the girl to get rid of her pet rooster, Sundae, after a neighbor complained. The township doesn't allow chickens or other farm animals in residential areas smaller than 20 acres.

PITTSBURGH — Allegheny General Hospital says it plans to renovate a long-abandoned Civil War-era building next to its campus on Pittsburgh's North Side.The building, which features a wraparound porch, a grand staircase and interior courtyard, was bought in 1909 by William Aerberli. The family ran a funeral home until the house was sold to the hospital in 1973.Allegheny General used the building for a few years before boarding it up. It has been vacant for more than two decades.