GLENSHAW — Shaler High School has reopened one of two gymnasiums now that duct work similar to that which collapsed onto students in an elementary school cafeteria has been reinforced.

Shaler Superintendent Wes Shipley said Thursday that workers installed additional supports on the ductwork suspended from the high school's gym ceiling.

Similar work is being done on ductwork at a second gymnasium which has remained closed since April 4.

The gymnasiums were closed a day after similar duct piping fell on fourth graders in the Shaler Elementary School cafeteria. About 300 students were eating lunch when the duct fell on a table, injuring eight students and four adult staff.

The Allegheny County District Attorney is investigating the accident.

PITTSBURGH — Some Pittsburgh motorists can say goodbye to jingly pockets.The city parking authority awarded a $7 million contract Thursday to a Florida company to install 500 new electronic meters covering about 3,500 spaces.The new meters will accept credit cards along with coins and use driver-entered license plate numbers to keep track of who has time left.Parking authority executive director David Onorato says the new meters in the downtown, South Side and Oakland neighborhoods are a pilot program that could expand to the rest of the city. The new meters should be installed by August.The city currently has 60 electronic meters but they require a receipt to be displayed on the parked car's dashboard. The rest of the city's paid spaces are marked by single-space coin-op meters.

ALLENTOWN — The state’s top health official has assured doctors that Pennsylvania’s new Marcellus Shale gas drilling law will allow them to talk to their patients about proprietary chemicals used in the hydraulic fracturing process — and share the information with public health agencies and regulatory bodies as they see fit.The Pennsylvania Medical Society started questioning the new law almost two months ago, and on Wednesday issued a statement saying that Health Secretary Dr. Eli Avila had clarified the issue in a letter.The Associated Press reported last week that doctors worried the confidentiality provision was too vague, and on last-minute negotiations that stripped up to $2 million in new Health Department funding for research on the public health impacts of gas drilling.