Tom Davidson stories, Page 47

There will be more trips available on four bus routes in Oakland as part of service updates that begin on March 17, the Port Authority of Allegheny County said. The trips will be added to the 71B-Highland Park, 71D-Hamilton, 75-Ellsworth, and 83-Bedford Hill to reduce overcrowding and rider pass-ups, according...

There’s something sweet about a trip to a bakery. The parking woes at the new Oakmont Bakery are a testament to that, as people flock to the new location in search of the fresh-baked goodness that’s made there. But Oakmont’s not the only shop in the region that’s worthy of...

Teachers in New Kensington-Arnold School District will continue working without a contract through at least April 11. Negotiations between the district and the New Kensington-Arnold Education Association held Thursday did not produce an agreement, according to association spokesman Phil Cope, and the next bargaining session isn’t scheduled until April 11....

Workers from Shurina Brothers Landscaping used cutting torches, a front loader and some old-fashioned elbow grease to remove the sign Friday afternoon at Schreiber Industrial Park. The New Kensington Redevelopment Authority bought the park last year. The aluminum giant Alcoa employed 7,000 people at the site in its heyday. Public...

A New Kensington native now living in Colorado will receive an award Saturday honoring her career as a teacher. Jamie D. Johnson will receive The Education Center’s Lifetime Educator of the Year 30 Year’s award during a banquet Saturday. Johnson, who still has relatives in the area, was born in...

A pop-up cat cafe is planned Saturday at the New Kensington Arts Center to help raise funds for the center and the charitable New Kensington-based pet foundation Frankie’s Friends. Arts Center board member Autumn Walker said the event will feature some of Frankie’s Friends more personable cats inside the center,...

A road in Dravosburg will close Monday and remain closed until mid-May to build a retaining wall after a 2018 landslide, the Allegheny County Department of Public Works said. Elizabeth Street will also be paved as part of the $506,133 project. Traffic will be detoured using Elizabeth Road, Maple Avenue,...

Community College of Beaver County named Roger W. Davis as its ninth president. Davis had been interim president since May 2018, when Christopher Reber left the Center Township-based community college for a similar post in New Jersey. Davis also served as an executive vice president and provost of CCBC, a...

There were more than 2,800 West Penn Power customers who remained without power Wednesday night — and some of them might have to wait until Saturday before their electricity is restored. As of 9:45 p.m. areas where customers still didn’t have power included Lower Burrell, Harrison, Leechburg, Ford City, Cranberry,...

Once upon a time (Sunday) … in a town far, far away (Germany) … there was a damsel in distress. “She had a lot of winter flab and was stuck fast at her hip — there was no going forward or back,” animal rescuer Michael Sehr told local media, according...

The Morning Mix had been nixed so far this week for those who listen to 91.3 WYEP on their car, home or office radios. The reason why was blowin’ in the wind, literally. But it was fixed midway through the morning Tuesday, when power was restored to the WYEP transmitter...

Someone who stopped at a Beaver County convenience store and bought a lottery ticket is $500,000 richer. A winning Pennsylvania Lottery Cash 5 ticket was sold at the Circle K on Duss Avenue in Ambridge. The ticket matched the all five winning numbers that were drawn on Friday — 02-33-37-41-43...

Pittsburgh’s tallest building is also now among the most environmentally-friendly. The U.S. Steel Tower is now LEED Silver O+M certified. LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design and O+M means the building earned for its operations and maintenance. The certification measures how existing buildings perform in the areas...

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro has issued a warning for people to be aware of scams involving IRS impersonators out to get personal information. The attorney general’s Bureau of Consumer Protection has already received 15 complaints already in 2019. It received 536 IRS scam complaints in 2018. “Scam artists are...

Veterans and their spouses who want to sharpen their job-finding skills can attend a day-long workshop next month at Point Park University. “The Starting Point to a New Career” will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 9. The event runs through 3:30 p.m. and is free for active-duty military...

A raccoon found in North Versailles is the latest animal to test positive for rabies this year, the Allegheny County Health Department said. The raccoon was discovered near the intersection of Maryland Avenue and Westbury Road in North Versailles and was brought to a health department facility earlier this week,...

Woodland Hills Superintendent James P. Harris hears complaints about every weather-related decision he makes in the district. That made Wednesday a tough morning for Harris, who had until about 5:30 a.m. to make the call whether to cancel school, delay it or operate classes on the normal schedule as a...

A Ford City boy who for three years battled an advanced form of nerve cancer died Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019, at UPMC Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh. He was 7. Layten Bowser had been the beneficiary of the 19th Rock for Life held in August. His mother, Angelyn Waldor of Ford...

The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh’s Family Self Sufficiency Program was one of several funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, which awarded Pittsburgh $350,339 this year. It’s a renewal grant, but there are no guarantees that each year’s funding will be approved, according to...

The Popeyes restaurant in Oakland on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh permanently has closed, the Pitt News reported Monday. No reason was given for the closure of the restaurant, located at 3616 Fifth Ave., but a sign was placed on the door said another location on the South...