Gunman robs women at Hermitage business

HERMITAGE — Someone robbed two female employees at gunpoint about 10 p.m. Tuesday at a business in the 2400 block of East State Street, police said.

A black male between the ages of 40 and 50 pulled a car up next to the women while they were walking to their cars after closing the store, police said.

He pointed a gun at the women and demanded they give him their purses and the night deposit bag. After the women did as he asked, the man drove away, police said.

Neither woman was hurt, police said. Police did not say how much money the man took.

Police said the car the robber was driving was found a short time later behind the plaza near Cinema 8 Theater and it was stolen from Sharon.

Sharon police said the car was stolen between 6 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. from the parking lot at the American Legion on East State Street.

Penn State-Shenango gets scholarship funding

SHARON — The Penn State Alumni Association has pledged a gift of $2.1 million to support students across the university, including those at the Shenango Campus.

In support of the university’s new fundraising drive, “For the Future: The Campaign for Penn State Students,” the gift will establish 35 Penn State Alumni Association Trustee Scholarships, each endowed at $50,000 in 12 colleges, at 20 campuses, and three additional undergraduate units.

Trustee Scholarships are based on financial need and awarded to students who typically come from families whose household income is below $40,000.

The $2.1 million pledge will be paid over seven years, at the rate of about $300,000 per year.

The first $50,000 payments for six Penn State Alumni Association Trustee Scholarships will be made in 2008-09 and will go to: Penn State Shenango, Penn State DuBois, Penn State Fayette, Penn State Schuylkill, Division of Undergraduate Studies and the Office of Educational Equity.

The campuses were chosen because they have the highest proportion of students who qualify for Trustee Scholarships.

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