One day in 1975, Fran Hogan’s late husband Ed responded to a newspaper ad placed by a community health organization in need of a volunteer handyman to help with odd jobs. (Photos)
Robinson roadhouse played prominently in Westwood murder trial
Martha and Jimmy Westwood with two of their four children. James “Jimmy” Westwood, a handsome, popular Justice of the Peace in McKees Rocks in the 1920s and 30s, believed he…
‘I Am an American Day’ was renamed ‘Citizenship Day’ in 1952
→ Did you know that on Sept. 17 Americans will celebrate Constitution Day and Citizenship Day? This day commemorates the signing of the U.S. Constitution in Philadelphia on Sept. 17,…
Historically linked: The twin sycamore trees of Sheraden
→ Did you know about the conjoined twin sycamore trees on Bergman Street in Sheraden? These trees have been notable community icons since the late-1930s, when William Sheraden Bockstoce, the…
Fabricator’s Forge: A gamer’s gathering place
Dom Metzger, an IT contractor based in Crafton, used time saved working from home during the coronavirus lockdown to set up a gaming store in Coraopolis. Fabricator’s Forge offers a…
Disabled students help selves, community through OVR work experience program
Seventeen year-old OVR student Mark Pryor helps pack the local food pantry with canned goods. Three local students have spent eight weeks of summer helping their community, and in the…
NFL Hall of Fame enshrines Crafton native among football greats
Crafton native and former Carlynton linebacker Bill Cowher was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Aug. 7. The Pro Football Hall of Fame weekend this year wound…







