The power of commercials and community in celebrating small businesses like ours
West Hills Gazette will be celebrating all month long as part of the “Going to Bat for Small Business” campaign. You'll get to know the digital news source's Read more.
Guess who is ‘Going to Bat’ for the West Hills Gazette?
The West Hills Gazette is one of six area businesses selected to participate in the Pittsburgh Pirates' Going to Bat for Small Business program. The Gazette will Read more.
Denise Zellous, survivor and nonprofit founder, dies at 70
Denise Darcell Zellous, known as "Missy," passed away on March 7, 2025. A Sto-Rox graduate and mother of five, she founded the Zellous Hope Project, assisting at-risk Read more.
A Christmas Eve lesson learned while loafing around ‘The Rocks’
On Christmas Eve, the author recalls fond childhood memories shared with her son at Mancini's Bakery. The piece highlights Nick Mancini-Hartner's impressive bread Read more.
Whom do you call when a T. rex has a dental emergency?
When West Hills Gazette Editor Sonja Reis encountered a toothache-stricken T. rex outside Fred Rogers Productions in Pittsburgh's South Side Works, she contemplated Read more.
You don’t know what you’re missing till it’s gone | FAREWELL
By Sonja Reis Editor, Mentor, Friend & Publisher (Journalist at Heart) Since 1892, the town of McKees Rocks has had a newspaper of record. That ended today, Read more.
‘Mayors’ Monarch Pledge’ helping to reverse decline in butterfly population
Most code enforcement officers penalize homeowners for growing yards full of “weeds,” but Crafton’s Season Ciechanowski, code enforcement officer and native Read more.
Wargo family reunites to celebrate Purple Heart Day in McKees Rocks
A World War II-era Purple Heart military decoration reunited with the family of McKees Rocks resident and amateur boxer Nicholas P. Wargo has again changed hands. Read more.
Flea market find returned to family of McKees Rocks World War II casualty
Retired Army Sgt. Nate Railing was wandering through the sales booths at Rogers Community Auction and Flea Market in Ohio. when a purple ribbon caught his eye on Read more.
Food pantries brace for increased need as SNAP benefits decrease
In March, all recipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits will be losing an additional monthly payment at the same time about 249,000 households Read more.