County Commissioner Jim Eckstein says his often bizarre behavior has a point: he’s trying to reform county government.
Heaven help us if he ever succeeds. But he won’t....
Debbi Ruth describes herself as “a tough old bird.” She proved how tough she can be last week when she chased an accused armed robber out of her store and down Butler’s ...
It’s unlikely Pope Francis has ever heard of state Rep. Daryl Metcalfe, but when the pontiff sat for his first interview, which was published last week, several of his s...
Five years ago this month, Wall Street’s banks were staggering and the global financial system strained under the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. Sinc...
Cheers to Helen Meaders and the rest of the congregation of St. John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Church, 105 Kohler Ave.
The church is celebrating its centennial this...
In more ways than one, Soviet immigrant Emmanuil Kaidanov is the Joe Paterno of collegiate fencing. Now you can call him that for another reason.
Like Paterno, Kaidanov,...
When tragic events, like Tuesday’s mass shooting at the Navy Yard in Washington, happen, the pain is sometimes reduced by thinking the incident occurred somewhere far aw...
You can’t please everyone when it comes to sweeping health care reform. It’s apparent Gov. Tom Corbett hasn’t even pleased himself with the proposal he introduced Monday...
Butler Area Rural Transit had no choice but to contract the management of its bus drivers.
But as it turns out, the only option appears to be a good one.
BART’s bus driv...
Slippery Rock University President Cheryl Norton describes the state school’s looming debt crisis as a “perfect financial storm” — a convergence of flat state funding, n...
