For many people, 2016 was the real-world manifestation of Judith Viorst’s iconic 1972 children’s book “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.”
If y...
It was an alarming development that the Washington Post broke over the weekend. The story would have been compelling even without some embellishment, which there unfortu...
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Happy New Year, Butler County! Let’s set our expectations high in 2017.
The natural gas industry is about to take off, now that the OPEC ma...
Here’s a happy reminder, the best New Year’s Eve advice you’ll get this year. We wish you didn’t need to hear it.
Go fill the gas tank of every vehicle you own. Do it to...
Exactly 100 years ago today, one of the 20th century’s most iconic figures, inventor Alexander Graham Bell, wrote a letter of greeting to another celebrity of his day, a...
“I am a Pennsylvania State Trooper, a soldier of the law. To me is entrusted the honor of the force. I must serve honestly, faithfully, and if need be, lay down my life ...
Here’s the lay of the land in Butler for 2017: a municipal property tax hike for residents, rising expenditures in the budget, and $50,000 that will need to be borrowed ...
Midway into his four-year term as governor, Tom Wolf is finally getting it.
Wolf this week said he’ll reverse course when he presents his next state budget. This time, h...
If Santa had a dime for every child who’s getting a bicycle, skateboard or rollerskates without the necessary safety helmet ... well, Santa could move south and retire w...
Everybody loves a snow day off school. In Western Pennsylvania you might call snow days the cost of doing business — they happen, and people have to adjust accordingly.
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