“When I was his age” is a phrase usually followed by a negative comment about how much harder life was for the person speaking or how much tougher the world was.
You kn...
Please give credit to the local volunteer and non-paid boards that try to maintain policies to keep the community that they serve prosperous, but also safe, through dili...
Best wishes, Butler School Superintendent Dr. Brian White.
You can talk about “you’re-damned if-you-do and-damned-if-you-don’t” situations, but there is no worse positio...
Some good news came out of Slippery Rock University last week as the school announced it was adding a new health care-centered college to its offerings.
The College of H...
Let the attacks grow stronger. No, not the Taliban vs. Afghanistan attacks, but rather the Left vs. the Right.
Granted, as we normally view it, there is once again plen...
A sincere thank you is owed to the organizers and sponsors of this year’s Saxonburg Carnival.
Even though the event will be smaller than in years past, their efforts in...
Mars, the iconic town in Butler County, is having a celebration. It’s the town’s New Year, after all.
Both the town and the Red Planet have a special place in our hearts...
County residents will soon be able to voice their opinions and make suggestions regarding a matter that will determine who is representing them in Congress.
State Rep. T...
The Eagle has seen its share of storms.
On Tuesday afternoon, power went out for more than two hours at the Eagle as West Penn Power and other companies went to work.
It...
Gov. Tom Wolf extended the state’s disaster declaration for the opioid crisis for the 15th — and final — time this week.
His capacity to do so again is being blocked by ...
