Efforts to rehabilitate the aging Hays Manor housing facility in McKees Rocks may be sped along by a $450,000 planning grant from the federal government awarded to the Allegheny County…
VIOLENCE SPIKE: Homicide numbers up during past year in Stowe, McKees Rocks
With violent crime soaring throughout the region and the nation at-large, a disproportionate number of homicides have taken place within the communities of Stowe and McKees Rocks since the beginning…
Bleier helps VFW Post 418 score with advocacy day
Former soldier and football legend Rocky Bleier made a keynote appearance as VFW Vesle Post 418 and American Legion Post 618 hosted a Veterans’ Advocacy Day Nov. 21 in McKees…
JOINT OPERATIONS: Working together ensures departments meet national fire call response standards
In response to declining volunteer numbers, three local fire departments have established joint operating procedures to assure each company can meet national response standards. Fire chiefs from Crafton, McKees Rocks…
Get the vote out: Local elections have biggest impacts
Voter turnout statistics for the recent municipal elections suggest our communities are engulfed by disillusionment and apathy. Less than a third of our coverage area’s 38,050 voters expressed any preference…
Data shows uneven growth trends
Preliminary data from the 2020 census shows an uneven range of growth and shrinkage across Allegheny County’s northwestern communities. While suburban areas like Robinson and Kennedy townships witnessed soaring population…
McKees Rocks Council may raise rates to balance sewage account
Council may consider raising sewage rates after holding off last year to avoid hurting residents struggling with the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. Substitute Manager LeeAnn Wozniak said the…


