McKees Rocks News

MCKEES ROCKS, Pa.Associated PressReferences to television pitchman Bill Mays' trademark image were everywhere at his funeral Friday near Pittsburgh.Most mourners wore stickers showing a cartoon image of his distinctive bearded face.

Death of a Salesmen In pure Billy Mays fashion, all of Billy's pallbearers wore OxiClean button up shirts during his funeral in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania today.

Mays, 50, was found dead at his home in Tampa, Fla. on June 28, where a medical examiner says he likely died of a heart attack, though test results to confirm that are pending.

An Allegheny County man considered one of the area's Most Wanted Fugitives by the U.S. Marshal's Western Pennsylvania Fugitive Task Force was arrested Thursday while sitting in a vehicle on Fifth Avenue near Stanwix Street, Downtown.

An anonymous e-mail tip is being credited for leading sheriff's deputies to a McKees Rocks mother and son fugitive team on Allegheny County's "Most Wanted" list.

Oxy Clean pitchman Billy Mays made his pitch to the Daily News in Times Square earlier this month.

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Billy Mays, the burly, bearded television pitchman whose boisterous hawking of products such as Orange Glo and OxiClean made him a pop-culture icon, has died.

The Tribune-Review can be reached online or at 412-321-6460. A McKees Rocks man was killed in a motorcycle accident Saturday afternoon in Moon, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner's Office said.

A West End man accused of being a "violent fugitive" by the Allegheny County Sheriff's Department was apprehended after being found hiding in a home in the Hays Manor housing community in McKees Rocks.

A fugitive who was on the run for 10 months was arrested Tuesday night in McKees Rocks.

A water main break buckled a street in McKees Rocks during the morning rush on Tuesday.

He hailed from McKees Rocks, earning the nickname of "The Pittsburgh Kid" while rising to become a boxing champion only to have personal demons knock him back down to the mat.

When Michael Komichak speaks to members of Pittsburgh's Ukrainian community, they listen.

Come See Spadaforda and Whitaker Posted by Joe Roche on 06.18.2009 "The Pittsburgh Kid" and "Sweat Pea" in public workout and autograph session.

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The Allegheny County Department of Human Services and Juvenile Court will hold the final of four public meetings on Monday, June 22 at 1:00 p.m. in Community Center of Focus on Renewal, located at 701 Chartiers Avenue in McKees Rocks, PA 15136.

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A busy bridge will close Wednesday at 7 p.m. and will not reopen until late August.

McKees Rocks has received a $120,000 federal grant that will be used to buy digital surveillance cameras.