All it takes is one discerning eye to find flaws, even in the most carefully-crafted and seemingly comprehensive of statements.
So it is with Wednesday’s disaster emerge...
If we can be candid about one fact of life in the community of Slippery Rock, it is that student tuition dollars grease the skids of everyone’s existence.
There’s no get...
“Nice guys finish last,” Hall of Fame baseball coach Leo Durocher supposedly said; the quote is probably made up, but the sentiment is universally understood.
And so it’...
Auditor General Eugene DePasquale’s decision to give the Pennsylvania Turnpike an earlier-than-expected audit is the right call, given the state of its finances.
Drivers...
It was time well spent by the Butler County commissioners when they got up early Thursday morning to ride on a Butler Transit Authority bus to Pittsburgh and talk with p...
The coming launch of Pennsylvania’s medical marijuana program, which state officials have said should begin operating sometime this year — should be a subject of pride a...
There’s no legitimate defense of drunken driving. It’s a poor decision under any circumstance. It puts people in danger.
A new Pennsylvania law takes effect next week th...
There are a lot of folks like Travis Frenchak in Butler County. His generous spirit is one of the reasons we like to call it home.
When Frenchak learned that a burst wat...
Love it or hate it, 2017 was a year of big changes in Pennsylvania. Here are some of the things the state’s General Assembly got right and wrong last year.
The good:
- E...
As the final hours of 2017 dwindle down toward the new year, here is an overriding wish for Butler County in 2018.
Let’s all strive to be a community. Let us be gracious...