Motorcyclist injured

Motorcyclist injured

GREEN

The Ohio State Highway Patrol Canfield Post is investigating a two-vehicle crash in Green Township that injured a motorcyclist at 1:09 p.m. Saturday on U.S. Route 62.

The driver of the motorcycle, Dominic Talanca, 56, of Warren, was transported to St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital for treatment. Eric Stroup, 31, of Austintown, driver of the car involved, was not injured.

According to the OSHP, Stroup was traveling southwest on Route 62 and tried to turn left into a private driveway when he was struck by the motorcycle, which was trying to pass his car.

Goshen Police Department, Mahoning County Sheriff’s Office, and Green Township Fire Department assisted with traffic control around the crash.

Police say 3-year-old boy shot to death

TOLEDO

Police in Toledo say a 3-year-old boy has died after being shot.

Police in the northwest Ohio city said they responded Saturday afternoon to a reported shooting at a residence and found the wounded boy. He was pronounced dead at a hospital.

Police say they have interviewed several people and are still investigating.

Man killed, woman wounded in Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH

Authorities in western Pennsylvania say one person is in custody in a shooting in Pittsburgh that killed a man and wounded a woman.

The Public Safety Department said the two were walking in the Marshall Shadeland neighborhood shortly after 9:30 a.m. Saturday when they were approached by a male they knew.

Officials said words were exchanged and the male fired several rounds, hitting the 28-year-old man at least twice in the head. He was pronounced dead at Allegheny General Hospital.

The 29-year-old woman was reported in stable condition at the hospital with a gunshot wound to the leg.

Officials said a “person of interest” was in custody but no charges were immediately filed.

Program teaching Ohio fertilizer dealers to cut runoff grows

TOLEDO

A voluntary program that trains agricultural retailers how to reduce farm runoff that feeds harmful algae is being expanded across all of Ohio.

The Ohio AgriBusiness Association says the program will be open to all farm fertilizer sellers and service providers beginning next year.

The program was launched in early 2014 following an increase in algae blooms in Lake Erie and other waterways in Ohio.

It set out to train fertilizer sellers in the western Lake Erie area where the algae problems have been concentrated.

Researchers have estimated that two-thirds of the phosphorus that helps the algae grow comes from farm runoff.

Man charged after Ohio motorcyclist killed in crash

CINCINNATI

Authorities in southwest Ohio say an Indiana man has been charged with aggravated vehicular homicide after crashing his pickup into the rear of a motorcycle, causing fatal injuries to its operator.

Hamilton County Sheriff Jim Neil says 21-year-old Brandon Bernhardt of Sunman was also charged early Saturday with leaving the scene of a fatal crash. Court records didn’t show an attorney for Bernhardt.

The sheriff says speed and alcohol were factors in the crash, on Interstate 74 at 3:10 a.m. EDT in Whitewater Township west of Cincinnati. The sheriff says both vehicles were eastbound, and that 55-year-old James Lamb of Cincinnati was ejected from his motorcycle.

Authorities say Lamb died at the scene. They say Bernhardt fled on foot, but was found in a wooded area by a K9 unit.

Staff/wire reports