2 backed Seneca tax hike

--It would have raised additional $736,000

JACKSON TWP — By excluding a proposed 2-mill increase from the 2008-09 preliminary budget, the Seneca Valley School Board Monday made about a $700,000 impromptu decision.

Driver charged in VFD incident

EAST BUTLER — Dave Bruner has never been known to take things easy. When called on, friends say, he gets involved.

FROZEN BY FEAR

Myanmar mistrusts aid during disaster

BANGKOK, Thailand — In the eyes of Myanmar's military rulers, everyone is a potential enemy. Even foreign aid workers.

Hotline targets underage drinking

Butler County has a hotline to report underage drinking.

Texas town prepares for Jenna's wedding

Jamie Burgess, manager of the Red Bull Gift and Gallery, hangs a banner Thursday congratulating the upcoming marriage of Jenna Bush and Henry Hager in Crawford, Texas. President Bush arrived Thursday for Saturday's wedding, while first lady Laura Bush was already at the family's 1,600-acre ranch getting ready for the outdoor wedding.

Woman gets 2 to 4 years

--Prison sentence for stabbing

An Erie woman, who was sentenced Thursday to serve 2 to 4 years in state prison for assault, spoke in court about the night she stabbed her ex-boyfriend nine times on a Butler street.

Write-in candidate's petition considered

--Olesnevich wants 47 votes counted

Democratic hopeful John Olesnevich was waiting until today to find out if he will be on the ballot in November for the state House of Representatives' 12th District.

Ruling junta seizes supplies; U.N. halts aid

YANGON — Myanmar's junta seized U.N. aid shipments today meant for a multitude of hungry and homeless survivors of last week's devastating cyclone, forcing the world body to suspend further help.