Pennsylvania’s voters simultaneously are getting identical twin urgent warnings — one from the top down, the other from the bottom up: Junk your unsecure voting machines...
At first glance it might seem silly attempting to draw parallel between a pair of political “October surprises” — big-news revelations that fall like missiles from the s...
Good judgment and restraint should not be underestimated as Judge Marilyn Horan is promoted to the federal bench and the process begins for selecting her successor in th...
On balance, economic news for Butler and its surrounding counties in recent years has been positive: falling poverty rates, rising media household income and a slow and ...
Cheer
Four decades is a long time for anything to endure, whether that’s a marriage, a bridge — or a festival.
So The Butler Fall Festival definitely deserves kudos for...
Public education doesn’t get very many “here’s an overlooked success” stories these days. Particularly in Pennsylvania. A pension crisis, angst over how the state distri...
Some people didn’t appreciate seeing Mars High School students dressed in red, white and blue attire for America theme night at last Friday’s home football game.
Some p...
Nearly everyone has at least one social media account these days — whether it’s Facebook, Instragram, Snapchat or any of the dozens of other digital platforms that provi...
Case solved.
Those two words are powerful tools of comfort to friends, family and loved ones of victims whose cases — whether kidnapping, assault or killing — go unresol...
If you say you’ve never noticed homeless people living among us, you’re in good company.
The chronic homeless tend to be very adept at blending in. They work hard at not...
