Tom Davidson stories, Page 47
As pressure mounts on Boeing, Pittsburgh’s top airline will keep flying 737 Max 8
Pittsburgh International Airport’s leading airline said Tuesday it will continue flying its Boeing 737 Max 8 airplanes as aviation authorities in some countries grounded that model of aircraft following Sunday’s Ethiopian Airlines crash that claimed 157 lives. At least 24 Southwest Airlines flights using the 737 Max 8 came through...
Beechview woman earns high school diploma 47 years after dropping outVideo
Bonita Guesman is living proof that it’s never too late to go back to school. The 63-year-old Beechview resident can, at long last, say she’s a high school graduate. “I’m glad I did it,” Guesman said. She earned a high school diploma from the Career Online High School as she...
TribLIVE Podcast Network to debut with ‘Obligatory PSU Pregame Show’
A podcast about all things Penn State will be the first production to air on the new TribLIVE Podcast Network. Trib Total Media is partnering with Blue White Media to distribute “The Obligatory PSU Pregame Show,” a weekly video podcast. The latest episode will launch Thursday. Brandon Noble, a standout...
Jurors in Michael Rosfeld case won’t fit normal mold, experts predict
Prosecutors and defense attorneys in Michael Rosfeld’s homicide trial could seek out jurors each side would otherwise avoid, legal experts following the case told the Tribune-Review. Defense attorneys, who typically look for jurors suspicious of police, might want to pack the jury with people sympathetic to law enforcement. While prosecutors,...
Study shows Penn State New Kensington contributes about $28.7 million to A-K Valley’s economy
In terms of dollars and cents, Penn State New Kensington contributed $28.7 million to the Pennsylvania economy and supported just under 400 jobs during the 2017 fiscal year, according to a study. But those numbers don’t begin to reflect the campus’ role in the Alle-Kiski Valley, according to Chancellor Kevin...
Chelsa Wagner, husband give their side in confrontation with Detroit police
Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner and her husband on Saturday recounted their version of what happened early Wednesday during a confrontation with Detroit police. Their story contradicts the way Detroit police Chief James Craig characterized the encounter, in which Wagner’s husband, Khari Mosley, was handcuffed after being locked out of...
Some Peoples Gas customers in Moon might not get service back until Monday
Nearly 1,000 Peoples Gas customers in Moon lost service Saturday morning because of a gas leak, and it might not be restored until Monday morning. A leak at a meter on Western Avenue was repaired Saturday afternoon, Peoples spokeswoman Jackie Ziemianski said. But gas company workers must go to each...
Vandergrift seeks loan to keep its pool open this summer
A chronic problem with the Vandergrift pool is prompting council to apply for an $80,000 loan to buy a pool liner. Councilman Pete Basile, the recreation committee chairman, pleaded with his council colleagues to take some action to keep the borough-owned Joseph A. Petrarca Veterans Memorial Pool running with summer...
Cash 5 jackpot for Thursday’s drawing is $2 million
The Thursday night jackpot for Pennsylvania Lottery’s Cash 5 drawing is up to $2 million, tied for the largest top prize offered in the 27 years the lottery has offered the game. The previous $2 million jackpot was split by three people in January 2017. No one has won the...
#1 Cochran acquires former Kenny Ross dealerships in Butler County
Two Zelienople-area dealerships are again locally owned, as #1 Cochran announced its purchase of the Kenny Ross Chevrolet and Nissan stores on Perry Highway. The dealerships have been renamed #1 Cochran Chevrolet and #1 Cochran Nissan Cranberry. Both are on Perry Highway (Route 19) on the border of Zelienople and...
Pittsburgh’s Cinderlands in running as nation’s top new brewery
Cinderlands Beer Co. in Lawrenceville is one of 20 new breweries in the country in a competition to be voted the best in the land. The brewery and restaurant landed on USA Today’s list of the top 20 new breweries in the country. It was ranked No. 6 on the...
Allegheny County launches Adopt-a-Roadway program
Roads owned by Allegheny County are now up for adoption, so to speak. The county has launched a new Adopt-a-Roadway program that will allow people and organizations to pledge to keep sections of roads clean of litter. Litter on the roads is especially visible during this gray time of year....
How Ash Wednesday ashes are made
Editor’s note: This story originally published in 2019, but the process of making ashes remains the same. The ashes smudged on people’s foreheads to mark the Christian holy day Ash Wednesday were made from the blessed palm fronds distributed at last year’s Palm Sunday services, which mark the beginning of...
As Lent begins, Valos Chocolates gears up for busiest time of the yearVideo
They never give up chocolate here. Especially during Lent, which, beyond its religious aspects, is the run up to Easter, the busiest holiday of the year for Valos Chocolates in Arnold, according to owner and chief chocolatier John Mandak. At the company’s factory on Fifth Avenue, gallons of molten chocolate...
Port Authority to add more trips to 4 Oakland bus routes
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...
5 bakeries you may not have heard of but need to try
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...
No new deal from latest New Kensington-Arnold teacher talks
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....
Sign removed at Schreiber Industrial Park
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...
New Kensington native to be honored for teaching career in Colorado
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...
Pop-up cat cafe coming to New Kensington Arts Center
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,...
Elizabeth Street in Dravosburg to close Monday for landslide repairs
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 names Roger Davis as president
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...
Thousands, many in the A-K Valley, still waiting for electricity after brutal wind storm
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,...
Crews rescue fat rat wedged in manhole
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...
WYEP returns to the air after power outage
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...
