Seven new stores, a restaurant and a bank-cafe are set to open this year at Ross Park Mall, some of which are new to the region, according to Simon Property Group, the mall’s owner.

A new Crispy Cones location, the first in the state, is set to open this spring along Route 8 in Hampton.

The A.W. Beattie Career Center soon will have a “true-to-life” ambulance simulator in one of its classrooms.

Bellevue

The Kiski Area boys basketball team had payback on its mind Friday night from a six-point loss to Section 2-5A rival Hampton on Dec. 20.

Classical composer Ludwig van Beethoven and singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder are among those being celebrated for their talents and overcoming their disabilities at Unlimited Sound, a free concert set for Feb. 2 at Temple Ohav Shalom in Allison Park.

Despite the freezing temperatures outside, attendees turned out and filled almost every seat in the Zappala Campus Center Square room at La Roche University to hear Dr. Angela Reynolds proclaim this year’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day to be “a day of recommitment and a purposeful decision to not give up hope.”

• Evan Marentay and Clayton Sheleheda were named to the president’s list at Capital University for the fall 2024 semester.

Bellevue

Hampton wrestling has no seniors on its 17-man roster, but the Talbots are aging well.