Today is a traditional holiday of sorts in rural Pennsylvania. It’s the first day of firearms deer hunting season. Today through Dec. 8, licensed hunters are allowed to ...
Butler County is blessed with a multitude and variety of individuals whose talents catapult them into national and international forums. Amesh A. Adalja, M.D., is one of...
Just three weeks ago, Butler County’s only synagogue swelled to contain what was probably its largest gathering ever.
The occasion was a memorial vigil for 11 people sho...
The Thanksgiving traditions might seem a little strained this year. That’s OK.
Some of the foods we all love and look forward to all year might be missing from the holid...
I was feeling pretty smug on Thursday night as I watched the Tampa Bay Lightning beat up on my Pittsburgh Penguins.
For once, my little house in Penn Township would have...
The scenario started innocently enough. It always does.
Last year, Kate McClure and her boyfriend Mark D’Amico praised a homeless man who spent his last $20 to get McClu...
A winter storm coming can be compared to a pending childbirth or maybe Forrest Gump’s box of chocolates. You never know what you’re going to get. And you’re never certai...
Picture this outlandish scenario: CNN White House correspondent Jim Acosta attends a South Butler School Board meeting. He picks a fight with the board over their propos...
“A wise man makes more opportunities than he finds.”
This quote is attributed to Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626), one time attorney general of the British crown, lord high...
In the world of food production, organic certification must be considered important; otherwise, farmers and food processers would not put out the added expense and extra...
