It deserves mention that the state’s instant background check system for gun purchases worked as intended recently when four would-be illicit buyers were arrested Butler...
The latest numbers on the diabetes epidemic are alarming, but hardly surprising.
The World Health Organization reported Wednesday that type 2 diabetes cases have mushroo...
The battle is on.
Butler Mayor Tom Donaldson’s demotion of Fire Chief Nick Ban Jr. to lieutenant has ticked off some city council members and firefighters. They think Do...
In what was billed as a first in Butler County, authorities are moving to seize a two-story house on American Avenue in Butler under the state’s asset forfeiture law.
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It was praiseworthy when the new Butler County commissioners — all political newcomers — came aboard in January pledging not to make any rash decisions and risk aggravat...
Cheer
The news that Butler Transit Authority would have its own compressed natural gas fueling station operational by 2019 likely didn’t make waves, but it is a major s...
When a young man working in a trench at a personal care facility in Penn Township died on the job last fall, it was a tragedy.
Now, a federal investigation has called th...
As a registered nurse from Williamsport, Charles Kiessling has seen his share of tragedy from heroin abuse. Recently a friend asked Kiessling to talk to her son about ge...
Just a few years ago, Major League baseball teams began employing the “overshift” defense — disproportionately loading fielders onto the one side of the field where a pu...
Voters might have to wait until November’s general election to decide whether or not Pennsylvania’s mandatory retirement age for judges should be raised from 70 to 75. T...
