Renatta Signorini stories, Page 79

A Nevada man was sentenced Tuesday to 6 1/2 years in a federal prison for traveling to Southwestern Pennsylvania in 2019 in an attempt to have sex with a 15-year-old West Mifflin girl. Renad Bautista, 32, of North Las Vegas, was ordered to spend 10 years on supervised release after...

Signs warning visitors about a harmful algae bloom at the lower lake in Twin Lakes Park are expected to be taken down this week as the conditions dissipate, according to Westmoreland County Bureau of Parks and Recreation director Brandon Simpson. He said the signs were put up a couple weeks...

A Ligonier Township man is accused by police of assaulting an officer who was investigating a domestic violence report, according to court papers. Jonathan O. Hillen, 33, is charged with assault of a law enforcement officer and resisting arrest. Ligonier Valley police were called to his Route 30 home Tuesday...

Virginia authorities investigating the disappearance of a 3-year-old girl believe she died while in the care of a couple police arrested in South Greensburg this month. Augusta County Sheriff Donald L. Smith said the determination came after a Monday search of a Virginia home where the couple lived. Investigators were...

The merits of Pennsylvania’s cash bond system — along with apparent work restrictions for some Westmoreland County Prison inmates — came under scrutiny in court Tuesday during a hearing for a man accused of torching a landmark Murrysville restaurant. Assistant District Attorney Leo Ciaramitaro and public defender Tamara Mahady agreed...

The all-volunteer Mon/Yough Trail Council plans to celebrate its 30th anniversary with events Saturday along the Great Allegheny Passage. Volunteer event coordinator Ken Medved said a family-friendly bicycle ride “Yough n’ Roll” and Community Appreciation Day will kick off at the Boston access of the trail. The ride, a fundraiser...

A Forest Hills man was killed in a motorcycle crash Friday night in Ligonier Township, according to the Westmoreland County coroner. Adam R. Kocher, 45, was driving a Ducati motorcycle west on Route 30 at 9:15 p.m. when investigators said he lost control around a bend in the highway and...

A tent has been erected near the emergency department at Excela Health Frick Hospital in Mt. Pleasant to help treat patients with minor issues as the overall number of patients increases, according to Chief Medical Officer Carol Fox. Hospital officials also have enacted several less visible protocols in an effort...

Two people were flown by medical helicopter Thursday morning to a hospital after a one-vehicle crash in Hempfield, according to a Westmoreland 911 dispatcher. The crash was reported just before 11 a.m. on Route 130 in the area of Slate Run Road and West Point Drive. The vehicle went over...

A Plum woman was sentenced to two years in a federal prison for embezzling $195,000 from a Murrysville family business. Victoria Mazur, 54, was ordered to spend three years on probation after the prison term on a wire fraud charge. She pleaded guilty in November 2019. Mazur worked as the...

A Mt. Pleasant man was sentenced to three to six years in a state prison in connection with a 2019 Jeannette shooting that injured a woman. Elijah T. Miles, 25, was ordered to serve three years on probation after the prison term. He was credited with time served in jail...

A man who was the subject of a police search Wednesday near Laughlintown has been located. The suspect was apprehended in Derry Township, according to a post on the Ligonier Valley Police Department’s Facebook page. Investigators on Wednesday advised residents in the Ligonier Township community to lock their doors and...

The challenges of the coronavirus pandemic didn’t stop Holly Hallman from upping the ante on her project that benefits cancer patients going through chemotherapy. She staggered the assembly of 400 tote bags so local cancer centers wouldn’t be inundated with them during a time of limited space. The final 100...

A North Versailles woman pleaded guilty to a theft charge Tuesday in connection with items missing from a Murrysville home where she worked as a health aide. The amount of restitution Breianna Knox, 31, brings to her sentencing hearing in a few months could sway Werstmoreland County prosecutors to recommend...

A Blairsville man was killed Monday in a motorcycle crash in Indiana County. Mark A. Sprague, 39, was pronounced dead at the scene on Tunnelton Road in Conemaugh Township, east of Saltsburg, according to county Coroner Jerry Overman. Investigators said Sprague was driving a Harley-Davidson motorcycle at 6 p.m. when...

Some students at Greater Latrobe and Derry Area high schools are planning walkouts Tuesday morning to protest the statewide mandate requiring students, staff and teachers in K-12 schools to wear masks. Greater Latrobe organizer Spencer Bowman, a 17-year-old senior, said he hopes the school board will vote to buck the...

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An Irwin man will remain in jail on $150,000 bond after a Westmoreland County judge on Thursday denied a request to lower his bond. Public defender David Mulock said Joshua James Robison, 25, would live in Irwin and have two job possibilities if released. But Judge Meagan Bilik-DeFazio shot down...

The 20th remembrance ceremony at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Somerset County will be closed to the public. State Trooper Steve Limani said Thursday that no one will be permitted to park at the entrance, on nearby roads or along Route 30 in Stonycreek Township during the ceremony. The...

An Arizona couple is being held without bond after Greensburg police said they took their 1-year-old son from a relative when they were not permitted to have contact with him, according to court papers. Zerion A. Brown, 21, and Malay’ja T. Draw, 20, both of Surprise, Ariz., are charged with...

Business owners in Jeannette will have to fork over $50 annually under a new registration fee that goes into effect next year. Chief Fiscal Officer Ethan Keedy said the registration will help city officials keep tabs on what businesses should be subject to the business privilege/mercantile tax. “All this helps...

Greensburg police have two people in custody in connection with an alleged child abduction in the city Tuesday. Sgt. Reginald Harbarger said the parents of a 1-year-old boy took him from a relative’s home at Pershing Square around 1 p.m. The parents do not have custody of the boy. They...

Jeannette is set to receive more than $900,000 in federal funds through the American Rescue Plan, but it may be sitting in the bank for a while. The city got half of its allocation this summer and the rest is expected to come next year, said City Clerk Nathan Bish....