Tom Davidson stories, Page 21

A water main break Sunday evening in Blawnox left some of the borough’s customers without service. The break happened shortly before 8 p.m. near the intersection of Maple Way and Cable Avenue, according to a tweet from Allegheny County. The county tweeted that officials were requesting a water buffalo to...

Authorities were searching for a man who fell into the Ohio River on Saturday night near Neville Island, according to Ohio Township police. The 23-year-old was fishing with friends on a dock on Neville Island fell into the river late Saturday, police said in a Facebook post. Numerous agencies searched...

People driving on Washington Boulevard on Thursday morning may be delayed as Pittsburgh Public Safety workers test the road’s emergency flood gates. The testing, done quarterly, will be done between 8 and 8:30 a.m. The road will be temporarily closed. People should expect delays and avoid the area during that...

A Penn Hills man was arrested Wednesday morning on charges of stealing $19,500 on Dec. 30 in Kennedy from a vehicle parked by an automated teller machine, police said. Luis Carde, 48, is accused of smashing a window of the vehicle and stealing the cash. The vehicle belonged to a...

Pittsburgh Public Schools have spent more than $2.6 million because of the covid-19 pandemic and the district is projecting a loss of as much as $82 million in revenue this year. “As we do not know the effect covid-19 will have on state and federal budgets, it is too soon...

Temperature checks at the door as well as masks, gloves and gowns to protect people from exposure to the coronavirus are some of the things parents can expect at day care centers as they reopen in the region. Kids shouldn’t bring their favorite stuffed animal, blanket or toy to the...

A $1 billion-plus overhaul of Pittsburgh International Airport is indefinitely on hold because of the coronavirus pandemic, Allegheny County’s aviation chief said Monday. But the project remains necessary for the airport’s future, Allegheny County Airport Authority CEO Christina Cassotis said. Her assessment was echoed by national aviation experts. The airport...

People can’t be evicted from rental properties and mortgage foreclosures will remain halted through July 10, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf said Thursday. But rents, including back rent, and unpaid mortgage payments still will need to be paid, Wolf and state Attorney General Josh Shapiro said in a joint livestream. A...

Turf wars among rats that are resorting to cannibalism because of less available garbage to scavenge isn’t something just happening in New York, New Orleans or some other far-away metro areas during the coronavirus pandemic. “It is no different here in Pittsburgh as just like these metro cities, with restaurants...

Robots beaming out ultraviolet lights soon will be disinfecting floors and handrails at Pittsburgh International Airport to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus. The airport has been working with Lawrenceville-based Carnegie Robotics to mount ultraviolet lights on robotic floor scrubbers to clean the terminal for more than a year,...

A 16-year-old from McKees Rocks surrendered to police Monday in connection with the Sunday afternoon shooting in Stowe that killed a Pittsburgh man, police said. Peyton Wiser is charged with aggravated assault and possession of a gun by a minor, Allegheny County police said. Police said he surrendered Monday afternoon....

The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office identified a woman who was found dead inside a refrigerator in a McKees Rocks home Monday morning Police found the body of Kristy Jefferson, 38, of McKees Rocks inside a refrigerator that was sitting in a second floor hallway of a building in the...

Allegheny Health Network is expanding drive-up covid-19 testing to patients of non-AHN affiliated health care providers. The patients will need a doctor’s order to be tested. The drive-up testing started in March and is now available at seven locations in the region. “At AHN, drive-up testing for covid-19 is part...

A Transportation Security Administration employee at Pittsburgh International Airport has tested positive for covid-19, officials said. The person last worked April 25, according to the TSA website. It is the only covid-19 case that’s been logged by the TSA at Pittsburgh’s airport. Across the country, there are 516 TSA employees...

The U.S. Postal Service is hiring temporary workers in the Pittsburgh area for jobs that pay $17.95 per hour. The deadline to apply is Saturday, the postal service said in a news release. The available positions are mail processing assistants at the USPS Pennwood Place processing center in Warrendale and...

A $400 million federal boost to help cover increased election costs nationwide this year because of the coronavirus pandemic is far less than the actual amount needed, according to a report authored in part by a University of Pittsburgh researcher. The report, “Ensuring Safe Elections: Federal Funding Needs for State...

When Allegheny Health Network doctors studied images of Mark Romutis’ brain, they made an unusual but significant discovery. The covid-19 disease afflicting Romutis, the interim police chief of Ambridge, had somehow triggered blood clots. The doctors likened them to a traffic jam in the bloodstream. “It’s as if the Fort...

A Pittsburgh-based veterans organization is prepared to distribute 300 boxes of food Tuesday to veterans in need during the coronavirus pandemic. The Veterans Leadership Program is partnering with the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank, Giant Eagle and Sysco to provide the food. The distribution will start at noon and will...

A man was critically wounded after he was shot in the stomach Monday afternoon in Pittsburgh’s South Side Slopes neighborhood, police said. A ShotSpotter alert came over at about 1 p.m. in the 1400 block of Eleanor Street. Police said they found the man near Eccles Street. He was conscious,...

First National Bank’s parent company, FNB Corp., is donating $50,000 to the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank for use in its covid-19 emergency food relief effort. The donation, announced Monday, is part of FNB’s $1 million commitment to support efforts throughout the seven states the Pittsburgh-based bank serves. “Providing food...

Jim Coen isn’t going to let the coronavirus pandemic and a four-alarm fire that heavily damaged his Strip District business stop him from selling all things black-and-gold. “We’re going to rebuild,” Coen said Thursday. “We’re just waiting to see what we’re going to be able to do.” The Wednesday night...

A Pennsylvania appeals court Wednesday denied bail for a 54-year-old Israeli citizen in the Allegheny County Jail awaiting sentencing for a 2004 sexual assault involving a 15-year-old girl in Dormont. Moshe Journo, formerly of Beechview, was to be sentenced in March on the charges, which he pleaded guilty to in...

Two more members of the 911th Aeromedical Staging Squadron based in Moon were mobilized Wednesday as part of the response to the coronavirus pandemic. The airmen left Wednesday for New Jersey. They will join more than 150 other reservists who will be sent to locations across the country in support...

Another emergency food distribution will be held Friday outside PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh. This is the second distribution hosted there and it’s coordinated by the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank with help from the Pittsburgh Penguins, Allegheny-Fayette Central Labor Council and Pittsburgh police. It will be held from 10...