Butler City Council approved the promotion of three firefighters from part-time to full-time status at its meeting last week.
This brings the total number of firefighte...
It’s a rare thing of beauty — two very different local colleges locked onto a shared objective and committed to achieving it together. This past week, Grove City College...
With the closure of Viola’s Market in Evans City in late July, Butler County is becoming a “food desert” for many of its residents.
The loss of the longtime market follo...
Whine as though a pine tree is bowing a broken violin,
As though a bandsaw cleaves a thousand thin sheets of titanium;
They chime like freight wheels on a Norfolk Southe...
The region’s two top providers of health care insurance made the right choice this week in signing a 10-year contract that begins this weekend when their consent order e...
Two events this past weekend raised money and awareness for two very important initiatives — one for cancer research and the other to assist homeless veterans.
On Saturd...
Major League Baseball’s latest innovation seems perplexing. No, not the defensive infield shift. That’s old news.
The newest wrinkle in baseball involves the Tampa Bay R...
Hunger knows no bounds.
Despite portions of Butler County seeing unprecedented growth, expansion and a steadily growing tax base, a need remains.
That need is amplified ...
There’s good and bad news regarding security in the Butler School District.
On the one hand, retired state troopers have been eager to take jobs as school security guar...
The pending demise of a cooperative agreement between UPMC and Highmark grabs our attention. It fills us with a sense of dread.
The uncertain future of basic medical ca...
