HAZLETON — Hazleton Mayor Lou Barletta, who is best known for a local crackdown on illegal immigration, has been named Mayor of the Year by the Pennsylvania State Mayors Association.

Barletta is a hands-on mayor who has been on location at crime scenes, said Lititz Mayor Russell Pettyjohn, the chairman of the association's six-member award committee. The immigration crackdown was another reason for Barletta's unanimous selection, Pettyjohn said.

The Hazleton City Council approved the Illegal Immigration Relief Act in July 2006. The law sought to deny business permits to companies that employ illegal immigrants, fine landlords who rent to them and require tenants to register and pay for a rental permit. A federal judge struck down Hazleton's ordinance as unconstitutional.

Barletta, a three-term Republican mayor, is trying to unseat Democratic U.S. Rep. Paul Kanjorski. He is continuing to use the immigration issue in his congressional campaign.

PHILADELPHIA — A teen whose MySpace page boasts of exploits with drugs, booze and fast cars is charged with striking two teachers, one fatally, after they watched their beloved St. Louis Cardinals play in Philadelphia.The Missouri women, friends Cindy Grassi, 43, and Sandra Wacker, 36, traveled to a different ballpark each summer to watch the Cardinals play.They were crossing the street after a July 10 afternoon game at Citizens Bank Park when 19-year-old Joseph Genovese Jr. ran a red light and struck them, police said.Grassi died of her injuries two days later, while Wacker remained hospitalized. She suffered permanent injuries including possible paralysis on one side, an investigator said.