17% hike smaller than proposed 28%
HARRISBURG — Natural gas rates for Peoples TWP customers have increased 17 percent for 2014.
The state Public Utility Commission on Dec...
125 Descendants of founders sought
SLIPPERY ROCK — Slippery Rock University is looking for descendants of its founders in honor of its 125th anniversary.
In the late 1880...
Harmony celebrates heritage, coming of 2014
HARMONY — More than a thousand revelers said an early goodbye to 2013 as fireworks exploded above the small borough Tuesday ni...
MUDDY CREEK TWP — An unknown masked robber held up a convenience store New Year’s Day night, state police said.
The bandit about 9:50 p.m. Wednesday walked into the Last...
Jan. 1 dip is wintry tradition in Parker
PARKER, Armstrong County — On a bright, snowy New Year's Day, a countdown echoed through a large crowd of scantily dressed people...
Butler County land owners don’t face a property tax hike in 2014.
The county commissioners on Tuesday adopted a nearly $194.7 million budget keeping the tax rate at 24.6...
1. Hearty observers of the New Year take the plunge in the frigid waters in Parker and in Harmony on Wednesday.
2. A Zelienople woman returns from a medical mis...
A fire from a train derailment burns uncontrollably Monday west of Casselton, N.D. No one has been reported hurt in the derailment or fire. By late Monday afternoon, the...
He puts 32 years in Pa. Legislature
HARRISBURG — After 32 years in the state Legislature, Sen. Bob Robbins, R-50th, will retire.
Robbins, 69, of Salem Township, Mercer Co...
Police nab 2nd such group in December
CRANBERRY TWP — Police last week broke up another retail theft ring targeting a Marshalls department store in the township.
The gro...