Tom Davidson stories, Page 37

The American Red Cross and other social service agencies stepped up to help those displaced by an apartment complex fire in Pittsburgh’s West Oakland neighborhood, the president of the tenants’ council said Tuesday. “They have brought us clothes, brought us food, gave us medical supplies, personal supplies,” said Mischelle McMillan,...

A 6-year-old boy started a fire in the laundry room of a second-floor apartment Saturday afternoon, causing a blaze that displaced nearly 80 people from a West Oakland apartment building, Pittsburgh Public Safety officials said Monday. The boy, who isn’t being identified or charged by police, told investigators he used...

A 6-year-old boy started a fire in the laundry room of a second-floor apartment Saturday afternoon, causing a blaze that displaced nearly 80 people from a West Oakland apartment building, Pittsburgh Public Safety officials said Monday. The boy, who isn’t being identified or charged by police, told investigators he used...

The sounds of the city now include strings, woodwinds and horns. The Port Authority of Allegheny County, in response to a summer of increased violence in Downtown Pittsburgh, started playing classical music through speakers outside its Wood Street station. The music harmonizes and sometimes contrasts with the sounds of buses...

Allegheny County officials are taking a statewide effort to give people who have been charged with or convicted of low-level nonviolent offenses a fresh start to another level. Called “Project Reset,” the county’s program will help Allegheny County residents learn whether the crimes on their criminal records can be sealed...