Recall the iconic “Dewey defeats Truman” photo — the one of President Harry Truman triumphantly holding aloft the Chicago Tribune incorrectly crediting his opponent with...
With Election Day arriving Tuesday, political ads are everywhere and newspapers, television and radio feature interviews with candidates. A common theme will focus on th...
It took a while to get there, but Butler’s city council and redevelopment and parking authorities appear finally to be on the same page with plans for the Centre City pr...
Anyone working on a computer yesterday and using the popular search engine, Google, saw an unusual graphic on the Google search home page.
From time to time, Google feat...
Most Americans have faith in a court system that separates fact from fiction and substance from appearance. Justice can be slow sometimes, but we like to think the court...
It’s time to pay attention to big issues soon to be decided in Butler. The possible closure of as many as seven elementary schools by the Butler School District, and a d...
It's exciting and encouraging to see new commercial development proposed for the junction of New Castle Road and the Route 422 interchange in Butler Township.
Representa...
“The world is a book and those who do not travel read only a page.”
— Saint Augustine
Hearing that a high school student repeated her senior year, most people might susp...
Let’s try to simplify the Butler downtown parking debate by focusing on two questions: What’s it worth to you, and what are you willing to pay for it?
There’s a temptati...
Butler Township Commissioners have borrowed a page from Slippery Rock Borough Council’s playbook — and not a very good page at that.
The township’s appointment of a gas...
