New crops set to ripen
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A nearly 50 percent increase in vegetable prices that has sent shoppers reeling in the produce aisle should ease in the coming we...
Dismal numbers hurting recovery
WASHINGTON — Home construction in the United States is all but coming to a halt.
Americans are on track to buy fewer new homes than in any...
ERIE — A federal judge in Erie has approved a $22.6 million class-action settlement between an Ohio drilling firm and about 25,000 Pennsylvania landowners who say the co...
Casinos could surpass A.C.
PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania’s growing gambling industry could surpass struggling Atlantic City, N.J., to become the nation’s second-largest gam...
They back Pa. modernization
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania liquor control officials told lawmakers Tuesday that they could support more changes to modernize the state-owned sy...
Cranberry shop opened in 2001
CRANBERRY TWP — The Krispy Kreme Doughnut shop at the Cranberry Mall closed Sunday night after serving doughnuts for a decade.
A closed sign...
U.S. output tremendous
As we celebrate the arrival of spring and the beginning of a new growing season, it is a fitting time to recognize and celebrate the abundance prov...
DETROIT — The United Auto Workers union is meeting in Detroit this week amid a heated national debate over collective bargaining rights.
More than 1,200 delegates are ex...
The Butler County Farm Bureau’s annual spring meeting will be held April 5, beginning at 6:30 p.m. at The Atrium, New Castle Road, Prospect.
This year will be the 60th a...
As I write this, crude oil prices are trading more than $100 a barrel.
Everyone has noticed that gasoline and diesel fuel prices have increased substantially in recent w...
