Tom Davidson stories, Page 42
5 ducklings rescued by Pittsburgh officials at The Waterworks
Five little ducks went down a grate. Mama duck left, she could not wait. The little ducks chirped and men arrived. They rescued the ducks and kept them alive. It wasn’t a nursery rhyme — just another day in the lives of Pittsburgh Animal Care and Control officers, who spent...
New Kensington police seek teen suspected of firing gun on Fourth Avenue
New Kensington police are looking for the 17-year-old who they say fired a gun Friday about 4 p.m. in the 500 block of Fourth Avenue at Fifth Street. John’Tai Cannon is originally from Ohio but has been staying in the New Kensington/Arnold area, police Det. Sgt. Matt Saxman said. “He...
Harrison’s rescued Burtner House offers history lesson as strawberry fest
A 20th century road and a 19th century relic were on a collision course in 1972. The road was the Route 28 expressway, the often-delayed gateway from Pittsburgh to the Alle-Kiski Valley and places north. The relic, the Burtner House, is a three-story homestead started in 1818 and finished in...
Canonsburg man is first recipient of Brian Shaw Memorial ScholarshipVideo
In life, Brian Shaw embodied the characteristics a police officer needs to possess: humility, integrity, dedication and compassion. Shaw, a Lower Burrell native, was a 25-year-old rookie on the New Kensington police force when he was killed during a Nov. 17, 2017, traffic stop. In death, Shaw’s legacy lives on...
Pittsburgh self-driving safety firm Edge Case announces $7 million in funding
A Pittsburgh company working to make self-driving cars see better and ultimately be safer announced Thursday it raised $7 million in its first round of investment funding. Edge Case Research, based in Lawrenceville, said the money will be used to expand its Hologram software that helps identify bugs in the...
East Liberty man pleads guilty to robbery, conspiracy charges in 2016 killing
A 19-year-old East Liberty man pleaded guilty to robbery and conspiracy charges for his part in a 2016 drug deal gone bad that resulted in the killing of a 17-year-old Homewood girl, the Allegheny County District Attorney’s office said Thursday. Steven Cansler pleaded guilty in exchange for prosecutors withdrawing more...
Former fire chief convicted in Armstrong County sexual assault case
One of two Armstrong County men accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy in 2016 was found guilty by a jury. Mark Alan Feeney, 56, was convicted Wednesday on charges of statutory sexual assault, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, unlawful contact with a minor and corruption of minors. Feeney is a...
Construction on $18.2M Wesley Family Services complex starts in New KensingtonVideo
Site preparation work has started on the Pioneer Apartments complex being built by Wesley Family Services in a former parking lot between 10th and 11th streets and Fourth Avenue and Cherry Alley in New Kensington. The four-story, 36-unit building is expected to cost $18.2 million. Construction is expected to be...
U.S. Attorney Scott Brady named to federal domestic violence study group
There will be a voice from Western Pennsylvania voice on a new federal group that aims to keep guns away from those convicted of domestic abuse. U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania Scott W. Brady was named to the Domestic Violence Working Group by U.S. Attorney General William...
Arnold mayor fined $10,000 for state ethics violations
Outgoing Arnold Mayor Karen Peconi has been fined $10,000 by the State Ethics Commission for violations of ethics laws during her time as a city official. The Ethics Commission ruled that Peconi violated state ethics laws when she intervened in her son’s application to the city’s police department and failed...
Allegheny Health Network to relocate urgent care services in New Kensington
Those needing medical care that doesn’t require a trip to a hospital emergency room will have a new option come July 1 in New Kensington. Allegheny Health Network will open an Express Care clinic at the United Physicians practice at 305 7th St., just across the street from the main...
Monthslong closure planned for Broadlawn Drive project in Elizabeth
A section of Broadlawn Drive in Elizabeth will be closed from June 20 through October for a $760,340 improvement project, Allegheny County’s Department of Public Works said in a news release. The road will be closed from just east of Ridge Road to about a half-mile west of Greenock Buena...
Animals stranded in broken trailer on Parkway East rescued by county officer
Animals bound for home north of Pittsburgh had to spend the night at stables in Allegheny County’s South Park after their trailer broke down on the Parkway East. The three miniature horses, four lambs and four goats were in a trailer headed to Franklin, about 85 miles north of Pittsburgh,...
Leaning South Side home was condemned, should be demolished soon
A South Side house that appears to be tipping over should be demolished shortly, city officials said. The two-story structure was posted with a notice of imminent danger in February and charges were filed in March against Soroka Sales Inc., which owns the leaning building at 140 S. 25th St....
Richland man charged in connection with McCandless overdose death goes on trial
Testimony began Monday in the trial of a man who is charged with selling the heroin that killed a McCandless man in 2016. Robert Keller, 32, of Richland, is charged in connection with the Sept. 11, 2016, overdose death of Clay Richwalls, 44, of McCandless. Police found four stamp bags...
Relay for Life of Apollo marks 24 years of fighting for cancer cure
They’re old pros at the Relay for Life of Apollo. Too windy to keep the purple-and-white inflatable arch up at the track? Take it down. The T-shirts belong here, the luminarias over there. The signs and banners lined the fence around the Apollo-Ridge High School track Saturday in Kiski Township...
All things jeep celebrated at Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival in Butler County
Jeep owners and those who enjoy the storied history behind them are flocking to Butler County this weekend for the Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival, which runs through Sunday at Cooper’s Lake Campground in Worth Township, near Slippery Rock. The festival is organized by the Friends of the Bantam Jeep Association...
Driver rescued after car plunges down hillside at Kennywood Park
A car went over a hillside Friday night near Gate 2 of Kennywood Park and the driver was taken to a hospital with minor injuries, authorities said. It happened at about 10 p.m., when Duquesne police said the driver, described as an elderly man, appears to have put the car...
New Kensington Subway damaged in December crash to reopen soon
The Subway restaurant in New Kensington’s Parnassus neighborhood, closed since a car heavily damaged the building in December, is expected to reopen in two weeks, the building’s owner and franchise holder said. “I’m happy to say they’re coming back to New Kensington and we’re glad they’re coming back,” said Jay...
Pittsburgh 1 of 3 cities where Walmart will deliver groceries to your fridge
Big Brother, meet Uncle Sam. As in Sam Walton, the late Walmart founder who would be astounded at the lengths the retail giant is now going to please its customers. The Arkansas-based company announced its latest endeavor Friday and it will be coming to Pittsburgh and two other cities in...
Airport authority to cut 16 jobs at Pittsburgh International
More than a dozen jobs are being cut at Pittsburgh International Airport, officials confirmed Thursday. “While we do not take decisions that impact jobs lightly, the aviation industry and nature of our work at Pittsburgh International Airport has changed over the past several years,” said Allegheny County Airport Authority CEO...
U.S. authorities monitoring probes into American deaths in Dominican Republic
Travel agencies and the U.S. State Department are monitoring the situation in the Dominican Republic after three Americans, including a Pennsylvania woman, died while vacationing there. The Caribbean nation is a top travel destination for Liberty Travel customers, according to Allison Wallace, a spokeswoman for Flight Centre Travel Group, Liberty’s...
ScareHouse on hiatus for 2019 but plans to return in new location for 2020
ScareHouse announced Thursday that its flagship haunted house won’t be opening this year on Locust Street in Etna. ScareHouse spent 12 Halloweens inside a 104-year-old building that formerly was a bank and Elks lodge and is stopping because it’s found a new, as-yet-undisclosed location and has big plans for the...
Paul O’Neill awarded medal for public service by President Ford foundation
Former Treasurer Secretary Paul H. O’Neill is the 2019 recipient of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation’s Medal for Distinguished Public Service. O’Neill, 83, of Pittsburgh, was awarded the medal because of his “demonstrated personal and professional qualities,” according to President Ford’s son Mike, who serves as chairman of the...
Wesley Family Services to start $18.2M project in New Kensington
Work is set to start this month on a long-awaited complex in New Kensington that will provide affordable housing and behavioral health services under one roof. The Pioneer Apartments is being built by Wesley Family Services on a former parking lot between 10th and 11th streets and Fourth Avenue and...
