Tom Davidson stories, Page 48

$500K winning Cash 5 ticket sold in Ambridge

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...
Fetterman: Pennsylvanians mixed on legalizing recreational potVideo

Pennsylvanians have differing opinions on legalizing recreational marijuana, but Lt. Gov. John Fetterman said Monday he’s heard no opposition to the state legalizing medical marijuana. “I have gone down to many different counties and have had hundreds of conversations with Pennsylvanians all across this great commonwealth, and I have not...
Wind storm a ‘hectic’ boon to tree removal servicesVideo

It was a literal logjam Monday, especially for those in the business of cleaning up downed trees. “I’ve probably given 17, 18 bids already today,” said Kevin Kasavage of CLC Tree Service in Lower Burrell. “I’ve had people call me from Murrysville, Bellevue.” “This is the most my phone’s rang,”...
New Kensington medical marijuana dispensary opensVideo

Until Monday, New Kensington’s Darci Brown had to travel a half-hour to Monroeville to get the medical marijuana she uses to treat her mental illnesses. Now, she’s within walking distance of a dispensary. Cresco Labs opened its CY+ medical marijuana dispensary Monday morning at 4 Kensington Square in downtown New...
U.S. Steel Tower earns LEED distinction

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...
Pa. AG Shapiro urges people to be wary of IRS scammers

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...
Hill District residents lament Shop ‘n Save’s closingVideo

Residents of Pittsburgh’s Hill District aren’t happy they will soon be without a grocery store. Again. The Shop ‘n Save in the Centre Heldman Plaza along Centre Avenue will close March 20, a little more than five years after it opened to fanfare as the first full-service grocery store in...
New Kensington business owner has big plans for Fifth Avenue buildingVideo

A New Kensington-based businessman has big dreams for a building he bought in November on Fifth Avenue. Sean Watson bought the building across Fifth Avenue from The Corner, an entrepreneur training center and co-working space that’s one of Penn State University’s innovation hubs it operates in association with its branch...
Upcoming Point Park workshop aims to help veterans re-enter workforce

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...
Raccoon found in North Versailles tests positive for rabies, health department says

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,...
Pittsburgh Public Schools and a few others didn’t close Wednesday. Here’s why.

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...
Ford City’s Layten Bowser, 2018 Rock for Life beneficiary, dies at 7

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...
Programs at Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh get federal funding

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...
Popeyes in Oakland closes for good

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...
Pitt forerunner Western University of Pennsylvania was chartered 200 years ago

Hail to WUP! Before it was the University of Pittsburgh, it was the Western University of Pennsylvania (and Pittsburgh Academy before that). Western University of Pennsylvania was chartered 200 years ago, on Feb. 19, 1819. In honor of the bicentennial, Pitt’s Archives and Special Collections Department is hosting a pop-up...
Repairs on Diana Street started Monday in Spring Hill

A $900,000 project to build a retaining wall and repair a section of Diana Street is set to begin Monday in Pittsburgh’s Spring Hill neighborhood. The city’s Department of Mobility and Infrastructure said the work is expected to take about six months. It will repair the damage caused by a...

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