Still attending the annual Butler County Tourism and Convention Bureau celebration via Zoom, 66 advocates for county tourism celebrated a bright spot in a year of shutdo...
In 1948, George Orwell wrote a book, “1984,” about a future where surveillance technology eliminated any sense of privacy people had. Anywhere people went in this depres...
After a year of frustration over long waits for checks, jammed phone lines and confusing online filing procedures, Pennsylvania’s Department of Labor & Industry is promi...
More than 3.5 million Pennsylvanians are fully vaccinated, and the number of people getting their first doses keeps increasing rapidly.
This is great to hear, but there...
Robin’s Home has been honored and awarded $40,000 by the Daughters of the American Revolution for its outstanding work in the community.
Last week, the residence providi...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has outlined a plan to extend a free school-lunch program for every K-12 student to the spring of 2022.
The USDA’s National School Lu...
An article in Sunday’s paper leads with the news that Slippery Rock borough police recently increased its staff, bringing local coverage up to “99.9%,” which means an of...
A new law went into effect this week that stiffens penalties against drivers who fail to slow down or move out of the way for emergency responders.
The state’s Move Over...
During a recent protest at the Sunnyview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, demonstrators wielded various signs.
On some were written:
Respect Seniors, Respect Caregive...
It may have been overshadowed during the past year by COVID-19, but opioid abuse has been one of the region’s most consistent problems in recent years.
So, it’s great to...