As the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency closes its books on the Craig Farm Drum Superfund Site, it’s a good time to consider lessons learned from the ordeal with an ...
There's a move afoot in the Pennsylvania Legislature to abolish the current system of per diem payments for lawmakers' travel expenses and require them instead to submit...
This year’s winner of the Butler Eagle Bowl at the Butler Farm Show offers a lesson that can help more people feel closer to farming.
Most people would assume farmers wo...
There remain a number of unknowns about a proposed new Butler County government services annex.
It’s no secret Commissioners Bill McCarrier and Dale Pinkerton want to bu...
Americans tend to know full well what they think of government surveillance programs of the sort that Russian immigrant Edward Snowden exposed to public scrutiny before ...
Amid all the recent rancor among Butler County horse owners over the proper care of their animals, there are two key points that nobody disputes.
The first point is that...
The Pyrotechnics Guild International, a 3,000-member organization of fireworks artists, is conducting its 2013 “BOOM & a Blast” convention this week in Butler County.
A ...
The School District of Philadelphia is so big and modern, it has a web page dedicated to its opening day. Such communication channels must be necessary in a metropolitan...
Who would have guessed the remains of nearly two dozen military veterans lay unclaimed in dark corners and basements of funeral homes across Butler County?
When they st...
The stories rarely make front page news, but recent reports of legal actions against the big Wall Street banks at the heart of the 2008-09 financial crisis suggest feder...
