Renatta Signorini stories, Page 116

A Hempfield volunteer firefighter allegedly set up a meeting for sex with who he thought was a 14-year-old boy through a social media messaging service, according to court papers. But when Tyler Richard Byerly, 21, arrived at the planned meeting spot Thursday in Hempfield, he was arrested by agents from...

A Derry man is believed to have a serious injury after being hit by a car in a parking lot on Monday, according to state police. Troopers said in a news release issued Friday that Roy R. Yost, 71, was walking through Eastgate Plaza in Hempfield at 1 p.m. when...

No, Ligonier Beach is not open. The shuttered pool, however, has been the site for the last few days of filming for an independent movie about the sinking of the Titanic and its aftermath. The familiar summertime sight of the pool full of water caught some off guard, Ligonier Township...

A new song featuring late rapper and Point Breeze native Mac Miller was released Thursday by music producer 88-Keys. The song, titled “That’s Life,” also features musician Sia. The song originally was recorded by 88-Keys and Miller while they were in a New York City studio. In an announcement, 88-Keys...

Indiana County saw damage from its fourth tornado in less than a month on Sunday, according to the National Weather Service in Moon. A damage assessment team visited Green Township on Wednesday and determined that the EF1 tornado — capable of moderate damage — touched down at 7:55 p.m. The...

State police are attempting to determine whether the driver of a tri-axle dump truck crossed into oncoming traffic Tuesday and hit a pickup head-on, killing three people who are members of the same family. Investigators identified the victims as Kayla Nicole Burwell, 21, of Smithfield; Ronald Burwell, 53, of Uniontown;...

An Export man was seriously hurt Monday after crashing head-on into another vehicle while driving west in the eastbound lanes of Route 22 in Salem Township, according to state police. Troopers said David J. Foti, 71, started driving in the wrong direction near the intersection of routes 819 and 22...

A man jailed in Cambria County for a probation violation is accused of killing a woman in his East Pittsburgh basement earlier this month and taking off with her cellphone and credit card before confessing to a therapist two days ago, state police said Wednesday. Delrico Trevo McClinton, 28, is...

About half of those committed to a Pennsylvania state prison in 2017 were jailed because of a probation or parole violation, according to figures released Tuesday. Around 7,400 people are in state prisons on any given day for a supervision violation, amounting to an annual cost of $334 million for...

A minor crash Tuesday morning on Interstate 70 westbound in South Huntingdon Township caused traffic backups. A Westmoreland 911 dispatcher said the crash happened at the Yukon exit at 8 a.m. There were no injuries reported. Traffic was moving freely by about 10 a.m., according to a PennDOT traffic map....

The Allegheny National Forest in Northwestern Pennsylvania was among the top camping destinations in the country during the past year, according to Hipcamp.com. The state’s only national forest ranked second on a top 10 list of camping destinations, being beat out for the top spot by Cape Cod, Mass. The...

Counselors will be available at Yough Senior High School after a student died in a crash over the weekend in Sewickley Township. Graydon Hoffman, 14, died Saturday at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh from injuries he sustained in the crash, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner confirmed Monday. State police said...

A Greensburg man who claimed to be joking when he pulled a gun on a store clerk Friday is behind bars on a robbery charge. Police identified a male suspect who tried to rob the Dollar General store on South Main Street as Brandon Joseph Giron, 19, by watching surveillance...

A new four-year contract with Jeannette’s three paid firefighters has been approved. The contract, which expires Dec. 31, 2022, calls for an hourly pay increase of 50 cents for each year of the agreement. Council approved the contract last week after the previous agreement expired at the end of 2018....

State police are investigating after a bullet apparently was shot into a Youngwood home, according to a news release issued Monday. The incident happened Tuesday sometime between 7:20 a.m. and 4 p.m. at a South Fifth Street home. Police said the .30-caliber bullet originated from the northeast and entered the...

With Western Pennsylvania as its backdrop, the Washington Post recently examined chronic wasting disease in deer and the possibility that it could spread to humans. The article, published Friday, visits Allegheny and Westmoreland counties while chronicling the steps Pennsylvania Game Commission wildlife biologists are taking to track the the fatal...

Joseph Bonomo IV’s creativity on an unfamiliar subject netted the Hempfield boy a big honor. An essay he penned about the women’s suffrage movement — from the perspective of a family discussing the matter over Thanksgiving dinner in 1919 — was named the National Society of the Daughters of the...

A Greensburg man set a fire at his house Saturday evening and then went to stay at a nearby hotel, according to police. Jeremiah Nathanial Morgan, 40, was arrested shortly after firefighters extinguished the flames at his Franklin Drive home. He was arraigned Sunday morning on arson and related charges....

A Penn Hills man was identified as the driver of a dirt bike who was killed on Interstate 79 this week in Washington County, according to Coroner S. Timothy Warco. Steven F. Macauley, 33, was riding northbound in North Strabane Township at 8:20 p.m. Thursday when he began to get...

A Pittsburgh policeman fatally shot a dog that was attacking him Sunday while the officer was trying to help an unconscious man in Sheraden, according to police. First responders were called to Ashlyn Street about 12:25 a.m. for a report of an unresponsive man who may have been having a...

One person was killed and two injured Saturday when one vehicle tried to pass another on a Sewickley Township road, according to state police. A Hutchinson man, who was a passenger in one of the vehicles, died from injuries he suffered in the crash. Police did not release his name....

Bees aren’t the only ones who play a role in making sure we have foods like blueberries and pumpkins. Birds, butterflies, bats and other bugs are just as important in moving pollen among flowers, but many are facing a decline in habitat, said Pam Curtin, education coordinator at Historic Hanna’s...

Three people were injured in a one-vehicle crash Saturday in Sewickley Township, according to a Westmoreland 911 dispatcher. The vehicle crashed into a tree and utility pole at about 1:50 p.m. on Mars Hill Road near Kunkle Road. At least one victim had been ejected from the vehicle. A person...

At first, Charles Colarusso thought he heard a bolt of lightning. But when the front of his house was ripped off Friday afternoon just feet away from where he was sitting in his living room, the Greensburg man realized it wasn’t a storm, but a pickup truck. He came outside...

A woman fled the scene after a vehicle crashed into a home in Pittsburgh’s Hill District on Saturday morning, according to city police. Officers were called to Bentley Drive at about 7:30 a.m. and found a red car that apparently had slammed into a bay window. The car was empty,...