WASHINGTON — For decades, conservative lobbyist Grover Norquist vowed to drive Republicans out of office if they didn’t pledge to oppose tax increases. Many lawmakers si...
Paving planned before winter
JACKSON TWP — Two warehouse buildings are nearing completion and work on a third building may start soon as part of the changing landscape at...
NEW YORK — Black Friday was no match for Sandy.
Major retailers such as Kohl’s, Target and Macy’s on Thursday reported weak sales in November as a strong start to the ho...
Downtown group holds meeting
Butler is welcoming new businesses at a pace of almost two dozen per year, and a few new business owners in the city spoke Wednesday about wh...
PORTALES, N.M. — Farmers in a revered peanut-growing region along the New Mexico-Texas border should be celebrating one of the best harvests in recent memory.
Instead, m...
Competition forces move
BUTLER TWP — Friedman's Freshmarket is closing its Point Plaza store on New Castle Road.
Carole Bitter, president and CEO of the grocery store cha...
NEW YORK — The start to the holiday season was solid. ShopperTrak said that customer visits were up 8.2 percent for the four-day weekend, starting with Thanksgiving, whi...
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama plans to make a public case this week for his strategy for dealing with the looming fiscal cliff, traveling to the Philadelphia subur...
LOS ANGELES — More Americans fell behind on their auto-loan payments in the third quarter, when back-to-school shopping and other needs traditionally put a strain on con...
Farmers and farm owners in Local Administrative Area (LAA) #3 which encompasses the following townships in Butler County — Cranberry, Jackson, Adams, Forward, Middlesex,...
