The Mercer Livestock Auction provided the following report on the Dec. 4 livestock auction.
Commercial bulls, $65. to 99.; commercial cows, 30. to 76.; commercial steers...
LOS ANGELES — Clerical workers and longshoremen at the nation’s largest port complex will return to work today, eight days after they walked out in a crippling strike th...
Military faces financial hit
WASHINGTON — House Republicans’ “fiscal cliff” counteroffer to President Barack Obama hints at billions of dollars in military cuts on top of...
WASHINGTON — A measure of U.S. home prices rose 6.3 percent in October compared with a year ago, the largest yearly gain since July 2006. The jump adds to signs of a com...
PARKER — Bob Sterrett has announced his retirement from the Central Electric Cooperative board of directors.
He has represented Venango County for 40 years as a voting ...
Farmers face the challenge of striving to make a living as well as applying conservation measures to ensure continued productivity of the land.
Many times a farmer is fo...
Youths competed in performance, production classes
Butler County 4-H horse club members earned 11 awards at the 53rd annual State 4-H Horse Show held at the Farm Show Co...
DETROIT — Ford’s Lincoln luxury brand is reintroducing itself with a new name and a new midsize sedan.
The brand will now be known as Lincoln Motor Co., a change intende...
FREEPORT — PNC Bank has announced it will close its Freeport branch at 236 Fifth St. in February.
Fred Salmon, a spokesman for PNC, said the bank is consolidating the Fr...
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...
