Tom Smith, Seven Fields borough manager, in asking the Butler County commissioners to implement a 311 phone system to complement the county’s 911 emergency network, is m...
Now that Gov. Tom Corbett has come forward with his plan for imposing an impact fee and tightening regulations on Marcellus Shale gas drilling, it’s time for lawmakers t...
The U.S. steel industry was hit hard in the 1980s, primarily by more profitable domestic mini-mills and improved steelmaking technologies overseas. Competitors with lowe...
It’s a few years overdue and could go further, but the bill placing passenger restrictions on teenage drivers passed by the state Legislature is nonetheless welcome. It ...
The Butler County commissioners should not rush hastily into construction of a building to resolve the county government’s growing office space shortage — and, commendab...
Though unwelcome news, it comes as no surprise that Bank of America plans to charge customers a fee of $5 a month to use the bank’s debit cards. A recent debit-card refo...
To anyone with family and friends buried at Butler cemeteries — or those who expect to be buried in one of them eventually — the news that someone had dug up a grave ove...
Rebecca Smith, known as “Becky” to those with whom she worked on downtown Butler's behalf, wasn't here very long.
It was only in July 2008 that she came on board from he...
The $600,000 cut in state funding that the Butler County Medical Assistance Transportation Program must endure for 2011-12 is unfortunate. It will make the program’s job...
Butler County is all too familiar with the tragedy that can ensue when a trailer or equipment breaks loose from the vehicle towing it.
In 2006, a Cranberry Township man ...
