Claridge News

State police have arrested a second man allegedly involved in the severe beating of a homeless man in Hempfield last month and have requested an arrest warrant for a third.

State police have charged one of three men who allegedly beat a homeless man with poles and clubs as he slept in a tent in a wooded area of Westmoreland County.

State police allege that three men who severely beat a homeless man living in woods behind the Lynch Field athletic complex had stalked him along the railroad tracks before the assault.

Authorities are continuing to investigate the cause of a fire that destroyed a newly renovated Penn Township home a day before the residents were to move in.

The Tribune-Review can be reached online or at 412-321-6460. Two people were killed in a head-on collision on Route 130 in Penn Township this afternoon, emergency officials said.

The damage left behind after Wednesday's severe weather has prompted officials in Westmoreland County to declare a state of emergency.