Like all counties in Pennsylvania, Butler County has its share of repeat drunken-driving offenders.
While it gets tougher to be forgiving when a person, having been conv...
Butler County Commissioner Jim Eckstein's service in his elected position is based on good intentions. First and foremost, he is seeking to represent the taxpayers' best...
As completed federal income tax forms filled out by millions of Americans — or their paid tax preparers — head to the Internal Revenue Service this week for processing, ...
Sports marketing offers many exciting possibilities for the city of Butler and the rest of Butler County. But while efforts expand in terms of marketing, the city and co...
The Butler School District’s projected $6.4 million 2012-13 budget deficit requires that the school board make tough decisions prior to June 30, the end of the current f...
As President Barack Obama gears up for the fall election, he and congressional Democrats are planning to press for passage of the so-called Buffett Rule that would impos...
Rick Santorum defied the predictions of most veteran political observers when he won Iowa’s leadoff caucuses in January.
But even having achieved that victory, few thoug...
It’s no secret that the city of Butler is flirting with the possibility of bankruptcy or state Act 47 fiscally distressed status in only a couple of years.
The city’s cu...
Again for the 2012-13 school year, Pennsylvania’s Taxpayer Relief Act won’t be providing the magnitude of relief and taxpayer control that was envisioned when the law wa...
The Butler Eagle’s decision to step down as primary sponsor of the Spirit of Christmas parade must not doom the holiday event.
More than seven months out from what would...
