HARRISBURG — The State Agricultural Land Preservation Board recently added 2,064 acres on 22 farms in 17 counties to its preservation program.
In Butler County, the Amy,...
Automatic zone control may fix problem
QUESTION: Some rooms in our house are too hot or too cold and someone is always complaining. What can we do to even out the roo...
The Tri-County Workforce Investment Board has named Quality Life Services as Butler County's 2012 Employer of the Year.
Quality Life Services is a family-owned company t...
Largest drop since 1983
HARRISBURG — A survey of Pennsylvania households in November found the biggest monthly drop in joblessness in nearly 30 years, although a separate...
L.L. Bean CEO pitches in
FREEPORT, Maine — With the final retail push under way, L.L. Bean CEO Chris McCormick is playing Santa’s helper against a backdrop of conveyor be...
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says he’ll press ahead with Congress to prevent across-the-board tax increases set to strike taxpayers Jan. 1 after House GOP leaders...
WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of 3.1 percent over the summer as exports increased, consumers spent more and state and local governments added to g...
The Mercer Livestock Auction provided the following report on the Dec. 18 livestock auction.
Commercial bulls, $73. to 90.; commercial cows, 40. to 76.; commercial steer...
DETROIT — The U.S. government has slapped Toyota Motor with a record $17.4 million fine for failing once again to quickly report problems to federal regulators and for d...
MILWAUKEE — As the nation inches toward the economic “fiscal cliff,” anxiety is growing in farm country about an obscure tangent of the Washington political standoff tha...
