Less than eight weeks from the Nov. 4 election, Gov. Tom Corbett says if he’s reelected he will call a special session of the Legislature to work on pension reform. His ...
Here's a bit of construction-zone humor — and an apparent love story, too.
Pedestrians on South Main Street in Butler on Thursday might have noticed the 3-D cartoon char...
What’s wrong with some more talk about the county sharing some of its gas drilling impact fee money with municipalities?
The Butler County Commissioners considered a sug...
There were no stunning new developments Wednesday night in a speech by President Barack Obama laying out his strategy to “degrade and ultimately destroy” the Islamic Sta...
It doesn’t take a 17-month-long, $144,590 study to conclude that Butler School District has too many buildings for its gradually dwindling enrollment. It’s common knowle...
A hefty hike in road salt prices is to be expected when a particularly nasty winter in 2013-14 is followed by long-term forecasts for another cold one in 2014-15. There’...
There was encouraging news on health care spending reported last week, but it needs to be put in perspective.
The New York Times reported that Medicare spending has actu...
Call it a growing pain, a small hitch in an otherwise good idea.
A program for the disposal of unwanted or unused prescription drugs has proved popular with Butler Count...
There is no shortage of scams out there, with most of them playing on a desire to get rich quick. But there are also scams that play on a person’s heart strings and devo...
It’s been proven once again: We have a terribly lax attitude about drunken driving.
State police over the Labor Day weekend arrested 40 people for driving under the infl...