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...
Faced with deepening crises in the Middle East and Ukraine, U.S. Commander in Chief Barack Obama put the brakes on the notion American military power can solve either co...
Cheers to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and Gov. Tom Corbett. Federal officials announced Thursday they have approved the proposed waiver to expanding Medicaid, allow...
Butler County Judge William Shaffer correctly called it one of the most heinous crimes he’s presided over in 14 years as a judge.
Edward Myers pleaded no contest Tuesday...
Wednesday’s front-page report about MarkWest Energy Partners’ construction project in Butler County offered a peek at the massive profits being generated by the natural ...
“Elections have consequences.” So said President Barack Obama soon after his Democratic Party in 2008 wrested control of both chambers of Congress as well as the White H...
