Considering the long stretch of winter weather, some people might have expected Butler’s downtown business district to look more littered than it appears to be.
That’s t...
Normally, Main Street merchants are at odds with giant, national companies like Wal-Mart, Target, Home Depot and other big-box retailers. But when it comes to the sales ...
Middlesex Township officials understandably are embarrassed over “irregularities” that an annual audit turned up in the municipality's financial books. In response to th...
On Pennsylvania’s public education front, the question now is whether local Pennsylvania State Education Association bargaining units will heed the message of James P. T...
With the world’s attention focused on the earthquake- and tsunami-caused disaster at the nuclear power plant in Japan, there is renewed awareness of the risks of energy ...
Cranberry commuters will have an alternative to driving into Pittsburgh and paying for parking if a plan by Lenzner Coach Lines of Sewickley goes forward. The plan would...
It’s no surprise that James P. Testerman, president of the Pennsylvania State Education Association (PSEA), is predicting dire consequences for school districts across t...
There are many streets and other roadways in and around Butler needing extensive repairs, including pothole patching, despite the commendable amount of improvements made...
While adultBasic, the bare-bones health insurance program for the working poor in Pennsylvania, ended last week, the final word on the program has not been heard.
On Thu...
One of the female jurors in the aborted corruption trial of state Sen. Jane Orie, R-40th, and her sister, Janine Orie, was on target Thursday when she lamented the trial...
