Author: Jamie Wiggan
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During an Oct. 13 McKees Rocks business meeting, Councilwoman Liz Delgado inquired about the borough’s refusal to share public police records with Gazette 2.0, saying it reflects badly on the town’s elected officials. “I don’t like the newspaper saying McKees Rocks doesn’t do such and such when a lot of us didn’t have a say,”…
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-Moon Landing- President Donald Trump revived talk on energy and manufacturing as he addressed a crowd in Moon Township six weeks before election day. “Your steel mills would be closed if I hadn’t been elected,” he said. In 2016, Trump became the first Republican presidential candidate to win Pennsylvania since George H. W. Bush’s 1988…
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Schools are looking to loosen up on attendance limits for sporting events. While politicos wrangle over virus regulations, area school districts are exploring whether they can safely increase crowd participation limits at sporting events. “We’re advising districts in the area that it’s up to each district if you want to flex a little bit… as…
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The McKees Rocks Council discussed harmful rodent activity, troublesome businesses and police department conduct during a busy Sept. 15 business meeting. Rodent infestation McKees Rocks homeowner Tiaunna Woodson told council she may have to sell her home and leave the borough if she doesn’t get help with a rodent infestation stemming from a nearby vacant…
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McKees Rocks council struck a compromise within an ongoing dispute over amusement taxes Sept. 15, by voting to reduce the rate on admissions fees from 10% to 5%. Questions first arose about the enforcement of the borough’s 1983 amusement tax ordinance soon after 1,400-capacity music venue Roxian Theatre opened in May 2019. Several months later,…
