Pennsylvania reached a troubling milestone on Monday. Worse, if inaction on a state natural gas drilling tax or “impact fee” continues, Monday’s dubious accomplishment c...
Butler officials should have arranged for an evaluation of the city fire department’s operation prior to the start of contract negotiations last year, rather than now, w...
Retiring Slippery Rock University President Robert Smith has been awarded the prestigious recognition of president emeritus.
Awarded by the board of governors of the Sta...
Unless the Butler County commissioners are planning to reduce nonunion county employees’ salaries, in which there would be no loss of revenue for the county’s coffers, t...
A highly anticipated business decision expected in a few weeks could provide a big economic spark to Western Pennsylvania that creates thousands of jobs and possibly spa...
State Rep. Daryl Metcalfe, R-12th, in taking aim at the Seneca Valley School District’s application for a waiver to allow a big 2012-13 property tax increase without vot...
Butler Eagle readers over the past few days have seen more evidence of why it’s time for the Pennsylvania General Assembly to toughen punishment for those who drive whil...
If the bond underwriting company Janney Montgomery Scott wanted to meet with the Butler County commissioners to only gather information about possible construction of a ...
If handed the task of appointing someone to a Butler School Board vacancy, it would be best if county President Judge Thomas Doerr appointed an independent thinker — som...
Among the items on state lawmakers’ agenda in 2012 is shale gas legislation. The last legislative session ended without action, despite plenty of promises over a year or...
