Renatta Signorini stories, Page 17

A Sewickley Township man is behind bars after state police said he charged at his neighbor over the weekend with a knife, according to court papers. Kurtis C. Baker, 33, was arrested after the neighbor grabbed the knife and held the suspect down until troopers arrived. Baker is charged with...

A Monessen man is accused by state police of connecting a Youngwood woman to a dose of drugs last year that proved to be fatal. Troopers said James M. Cillo Jr., 31, met with Jennifer Vukovich on March 3, 2023, and the pair went to a location in Monessen where...

A man is behind bars after, state police said, he repeatedly beat a dog in South Huntingdon and recorded videos of the abuse. Zachary Robert Hixson, 30, is charged with neglect and two counts of aggravated cruelty to animals. Troopers were called Friday to a home just outside West Newton...

Jeannette’s two police dog handlers claim in a federal lawsuit that the city violated labor laws by not paying them an overtime rate for time spent caring for their canines. Sgt. Jim Phillips and Officer Matthew Painter said in the filing that they spend at least 30 to 60 minutes,...

Customers at the Hempfield Walmart may have already noticed the storewide changes — added self-checkout stations, an expanded pet department and a new mother’s room, among others. Store officials said Friday that the three-month renovation project is now complete. A similar one at the East Huntingdon location is wrapping up....

As Westmoreland County’s top prosecutor, John Peck would go to Mass every day. And then he’d go to work, always well-dressed — even if it was a Saturday. Friends and former coworkers remembered the former district attorney on Thursday as an exceptional trial attorney, someone who they could count on...

A section of a Greensburg alley was closed Thursday after part of the road started sinking into an old street basement access to a building, according to public works director Tom Bell. Part of John D. Reese Way, between Tunnel Way and Otterman Street, was blocked off and a metal...

A sentencing date for the former Greensburg police chief on a drug case has been pushed back to December. The attorney for Shawn Denning, 43, of Delmont, requested more time to prepare for the hearing while in the midst of handling other, unrelated cases, according to court filings this week....

A state police fire marshal has ruled that an April 23 blaze in a Unity shopping plaza was accidental. Trooper Chet Bell said there was an electrical fault or failure where the sign belonging to Roadman’s Country Living Shoppe was affixed to an overhang on the building. He estimated damage...

Mildred Warren is hoping to get a memento — a brick — from the old Fort Pitt Brewery site in her West Jeannette neighborhood. Her father-in-law worked there in the 1970s when it housed Papercraft Corp., a gift wrap manufacturer. But she will otherwise be happy to put the crumbling...

If there are any vermin or felines hiding out in the old Fort Pitt Brewery in West Jeannette, they will soon have to find a new home. Demolition of the crumbling, red brick buildings is set to get underway Tuesday, said Brian Lawrence, director of the Westmoreland County Redevelopment Authority...

The U.S. Secret Service has implemented changes to former President Donald Trump’s security detail after an assassination attempt Saturday at a Butler County rally that resulted in him being wounded and a bystander and the suspected gunman being killed. In a lengthy statement released Monday, the first by Director Kimberly...

Investigators said they were still working Sunday to determine what drove a Bethel Park man to open fire on a political rally the evening before in Butler County, killing a Buffalo Township man and wounding former President Donald Trump. Two others, including a man from Plum and one from Moon,...

Sex assault charges against a former Ligonier Valley police chief are headed to trial after a contentious two-hour preliminary hearing Friday marked by District Judge Allison Thiel admonishing attorneys. The 25-year-old accuser testified at length about how she met John Berger, 52, while they were both patients at a Donegal...

It wasn’t a loaded gun going through an airport checkpoint this time, but loaded luggage, according to Customs and Border Patrol. Officials reported seizing $36,834 from a Columbus, Ohio, man at Philadelphia International Airport recently after the man claimed to have $15,000. The man, a U.S. citizen, flew back into...

Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Friday, July 12: Aliquippa woman faces charges in 3-month-old daughter’s cocaine death An arrest warrant was issued for an Aliquippa woman whose 3-month-old daughter died from cocaine toxicity, according to Aliquippa police and Beaver County detectives. Rachel Dlubak, 40,...

Two Pennsylvania lawmakers are calling on the Pittsburgh Pirates organization to increase spending on player salaries, which, in turn, they said, will result in millions more for the local economy. State Reps. Tim Bonner, R-Mercer/Butler and Jim Gregory, R-Blair, said a report released Wednesday by Pennsylvania’s Independent Fiscal Office showed...

Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Thursday, July 11: Downed power line spark fire Two women were rescued from a home in Pittsburgh’s Spring Hill-City View neighborhood Wednesday after power lines sparked a fire and made it dangerous for firefighters to battle, according to Pittsburgh...

It will cost an estimated $150,000 to fix a portion of Chestnut Street in Jeannette after part of a wall collapsed during heavy rains in late May. City engineer Ed Antonacci said that price tag may cover the cost of lowering the wall, cutting the street in half and putting...

You can now get beer delivered to your doorstep with a Sheetz order. The gas station and convenience store chain has expanded its partnership with DoorDash, and Pennsylvania customers can order brews for delivery at 269 stores in the state, according to an announcement. Orders can be placed through the...

Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Wednesday, July 10: Remnants of Hurricane Beryl likely to miss Western Pa. Damage related to the remnants of Hurricane Beryl is expected miss the Pittsburgh region. The most severe threats, including the potential of tornadoes and damaging winds, will...

A high-tech drone helped Murrysville police quickly narrow down where a domestic assault suspect was hiding Tuesday morning in acres of woods, said Capt. Dave Coleman. He manned the device that tracked Jeremy Rupp, 28, of Penn Hills, off Christy Road and ultimately helped officers on foot find and apprehend...

A man accused of fleeing from a traffic stop over the weekend broke into a Greensburg home in an unsuccessful attempt to escape from police, according to court papers. Authorities reported finding Drew William Lepresti II, 29, of Monessen, inside a Westminster Avenue house. Members of the Laurel Highlands DUI...

No one was hurt when a man fired a gun in a Greensburg neighborhood Saturday afternoon because he was upset to learn about an affair, according to police. Jacques L. Pearsall, 28, of Ambridge, is accused by authorities of pulling the trigger. Authorities were called to White Street around 1...

A Donora man is accused of leading state police on a chase through Rostraver and neighboring communities before being apprehended. Troopers said they seized pills, suspected crack cocaine, paraphernalia and $440 from Andre Louis Wilkerson, 40. While on patrol in Rostraver around 1 a.m. Saturday, police said they saw a...