Holiday has quite a history
Lighted trees, midnight Masses, advertising blitzes — we know Christmas when we see it, hear it, smell it and feel it.
And in the glowing good...
Churches use religious symbols to celebrate season
When members of St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Butler gathered to decorate for Christmas this year, they adm...
NEW YORK — Headed into the primary season, Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Rudy Giuliani are scoring the highest ratings among American Jews affiliated with the ...
FRESNO, Calif. — The holidays often are a time when we renew friendships and visit with family. But if the get-togethers are going to be at your home, that means a quick...
Spray-colored types becoming popular
FORT WORTH, Texas — Feeling a little blue this holiday season? So, it seems, are poinsettias.
If you're not tied to tradition, the bl...
FORT WORTH, Texas — I have absolutely no justification for this project. Christmas ornaments are, by definition, ornamental.
They are shiny, gaudy harbingers of a someti...
FREEPORT — The Freeport Library, 428 Market St., will host a clearance sale from noon to 4 p.m. Jan. 6 and 7, and 8 a.m. to noon Jan. 8.
Items left from the library's Ne...
Chef helps boy with cancer cook
JEFFERSON TWP— With two chickens and the trunk of his car full of supplies, chef Bill Atkinson granted an 8-year-old's wish.
Kolten Hilter...
Three hunting buddies show off their deer in front of the Butler Eagle on Nov. 27, 1967, after hunting together the previous day in the Moraine State Park area. From lef...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — For Jennifer Myers, staying warm in winter means a white cashmere knee-length wrap coat.
"It's not too practical," but it works for her, says Myers wh...
