Let’s not forget Moina Belle Michael’s lasting contribution to Memorial Day.
She was born just after the Civil War in 1869, in Good Hope, Georgia, about 60 miles east of...
If we’re going to discuss the National Football League’s change in policy about standing or kneeling for the national anthem, we should know what we’re talking about. Fo...
When we talk about homeless veterans, it’s not often female homeless veterans that first jump into our minds.
That doesn’t mean they shouldn’t. According to the U.S. Dep...
The Pennsylvania State Senate is doing what the state House, hamstrung by an obstructive committee chairman, cannot.
On Tuesday the chamber’s State Government Committee,...
The communities of Santa Fe, Texas, and Butler, Pennsylvania, have a lot in common.
Butler is a traditional railroad town of about 13,000 people, situated on the outskir...
It’s a struggle to find someone who thinks Philadelphia’s tax on sugary drinks has been a good idea.
Yes, according to news reports it raises dozens of millions of dolla...
It seems almost foolish now, but six months ago we took a swipe at the Butler Transit Authority when it converted to compressed natural gas-powered coaches and leased a ...
Well that was fast.
The ballots had hardly been tallied in Pennsylvania’s primary election Tuesday when the mud started to fly. From the campaign of Gov. Tom Wolf, a Dem...
“Closely watched”; “hotly contested”; “hard fought.”
Use whatever descriptors you like to describe the primary election contests Tuesday that set up a national fight thi...
Volunteer fire companies across Pennsylvania have been beating the warning drum for a number of years now. Membership is falling and active members in many departments a...
