Cory Murphy is a happy exception to a very grim rule: Few heroin addicts ever kick their habit.
Murphy, a Butler native, remembers the last time he did any kind of drug ...
April 2015 was a watershed month for natural gas producers. Marcellus Shale gas wells in Butler County are a big part of the reason why.
For the first time ever, natural...
Buying an emergency radio communications system seems a little like buying a mattress. The options and labels vary from store to store, even for the same manufacturers. ...
President Obama’s negotiated nuclear agreement with Iran is encountering skepticism, even within his own Democratic Party. Republicans say they’ll reject the deal. That ...
The baseball heavens must have been in perfect alignment over Pittsburgh this past weekend. Or maybe the Pirates are simply that good.
The Pirates snatched three out of ...
The Pennsylvania budget standoff has begun to resemble an octopus wrestling match. There are so many arms and legs involved, nobody can be sure who’s winning or losing.
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Cheer
Cheers to Butler-born rocker Brett Michaels.
Thousands of fans flocked to the Big Butler Fair on Wednesday night to hear Michaels perform for the second strai...
The official figures confirm what we already knew. We’re becoming a nation of drug addicts.
And Butler County is just as prone as anywhere to the menace of addiction.
He...
For all the right reasons, Saturday’s fireworks display at Kelly Automotive Park was a memorable one — particularly after the exhibit had been canceled three months earl...
Keep your eye on Turkey. The moderate Islamic democracy is surrounded by global mayhem and its long-standing friendship with the United States is fraying. A quick look a...