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The true test of a person’s character — of a community’s character — is what they do when disaster strikes.
Disaster struck Butler on Wednesday night, when torren...
Tom Ridge never put up with shenanigans from emergency management officials. We should not put up with it, either.
Old-timers will recall Ridge’s earliest days as a cong...
If you’re a cynic, you would probably say we were always destined to end up here: one week into the state’s new fiscal year with an unsigned budget, a looming structural...
Should we just expect every single one of President Donald Trump’s initiatives to be rolled out in the most bumbling, inept and self-defeating way possible?
The latest e...
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is a letter written by John Adams to his wife, Abigail, on July 3, 1776, in Philadelphia. It was the day after the Declaration of Indepe...
John Tumpane has one of those jobs that blend in. It’s the kind of job that only draws attention when done poorly; and when done to perfection, the performer is virtuall...
Another one bites the dust.
Pennsylvania is no stranger to corrupt politicians, but it’s especially discouraging to see Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams plea...
It will get a little warm this weekend in Gettysburg. Officials are bracing for protests coinciding with the 154th anniversary of the Civil War battle July 1 through 3.
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Three times every day in Butler, a great audial disturbance erupts above us. Few people even notice.
At 9 a.m., noon and 6 p.m., the church bells and school bells peal a...
We’re certain the contenders see themselves engaged in some bitter knock-down brawl for the future of Pennsylvania’s economic health. It’s more like a shadow box — with ...
