Barring a significant change in their negotiations stances, the Mars School District and its teachers and support personnel unions are facing intense uncertainty regardi...
Most of last week’s election coverage was focused on the recall election in Wisconsin, where first-term Republican Gov. Scott Walker survived a superheated effort by org...
After more than a month, a window broken out of the south stairwell of the tier garage in Butler still has not been replaced.
The large broken window, with glass shards ...
Leading up to Tuesday’s recall election in Wisconsin, political pundits were calling the vote this year’s most important voter action, other than the presidential electi...
For decades, many parents of children attending Butler Catholic have wished that the school offered instruction beyond eighth grade.
Over the years, thousands of student...
A tight state budget has state lawmakers contemplating funding reductions that will cause hardships for people in education and those needing various social and human se...
Butler County’s hotel/motel room tax generates $1 million annually for the county’s tourism promotion efforts. That total will increase with new facilities currently und...
In campaign advertisements and in speeches recently, President Barack Obama has criticized Republican Mitt Romney’s experience at Bain Capital, the private equity firm h...
The city of Butler could make great strides in many ways if the success of the police dog effort could be realized in other endeavors.
Many city residents never imagined...
For a long time, the city of Butler has needed new ideas for trying to attract businesses.
The city’s 7-mill business privilege tax on gross receipts, the highest in the...
