Daycare center TT’s ToyBox was recently awarded a suite of new technology devices through Comcast’s RISE program. The McKees Rocks daycare center is one of four businesses selected from the…
Fire department secures federal funding
A $134,590 federal grant awarded in late August will enable the McKees Rocks Volunteer Fire Department to replace its aging supply of oxygen tanks. The pressurized tanks, known as Self…
Anti-blighting efforts spurred on by $2.3 million grant funding
Government officials gather with local stakeholders in front of the former Bank of McKees Rocks site at 602 Chartiers Ave. during an Aug. 20 press conference. Efforts to rehabilitate the…
Stowe Tunnel, West Park traffic island set for makeovers
Work crews reconstruct a traffic island in Stowe, capping off a 10-year streetscape venture that previously brought new sidewalks, trees and streetlights to the Broadway Avenue business district. In addition…
I-79 NEVILLE ISLAND BRIDGE
WATCH FOR DETOURS – Construction crews are about a third of the way through a $43 million I-79 Neville Island Bridge renovation project that got underway last August and is expected…
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…





