WASHINGTON — After a rocky year for U.S.-Chinese relations, Defense Secretary Robert Gates heads to China today in hopes of strengthening relations with the rising milit...
WASHINGTON — Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid is dismissing the tea party as short-lived, saying it will “disappear” once the economy gets better.
The Nevada Democrat pre...
LAKEWOOD, Colo. — A gunman fired on police as he holed up in a Lakewood home with a woman and three young children for more than five hours before being arrested Saturda...
WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress today that there’s increasing evidence that a “self-sustaining” economic recovery is taking hold, but he...
Butler County commissioner Jim Lokhaiser is running for re-election in the May primary.
Lokhaiser, 75, is the sole Democrat among the three commissioners. The Center Tow...
A new computer system caused billing problems for T.W. Phillips Gas and Oil Co. in Butler, which caused billing woes for its customers.
Jay Dawson, company solicitor and...
Four union have voted to accept new contracts with Butler County.
Workers from four bargaining units on Thursday approved new four-year contracts with an average 3 perce...
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama today appointed Gene Sperling as his director of the National Economic Council, placing a Washington veteran with a bipartisan track ...
SAXONBURG — Medrad, a medical device manufacturer, has laid off employees at its Saxonburg facility as part of a companywide workforce reduction.
Medrad, which is based ...
WASHINGTON — Freshman Congressman Mike Kelly of Butler was sworn into office today at the start of the 112th Congress.
Kelly is one of 64 Republicans who are new House m...
