Apart from the state's budget crisis, one of the more controversial issues Gov.-elect Tom Corbett will face is Marcellus Shale gas development in the state. The day afte...
At the 1952 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois Gov. Adlai Stevenson, who was drafted as his party's standard-bearer, told the convention that when the t...
With few exceptions, individual candidates were less a factor in yesterday's election than the wave sweeping the country. This year, voters' discontent over the weak eco...
County election officials expect a 50 percent turnout for today's election. That's better than normal, thanks to having local businessman Mike Kelly in a race for Congre...
Former state Rep. Mike Veon, now serving time in prison for his role in the Bonusgate scandal, was back in the news last week. With his appeal of his original restitutio...
Sunday is Halloween, the day equated with ghouls, ghosts, goblins, zombies and other ugly, scary beings.
But if people want to talk about something ugly, they need only ...
Evans City officials should always be looking for ways to make the community's annual Oktoberfest celebration and other events more friendly.
Friendly, in this instance,...
It's probably too much to expect, but Pennsylvania's politicians should quit playing politics over a natural gas extraction tax.
While some legitimate political differen...
The controversy over illegal parking during the Oct. 2 Mars Applefest could have been averted by better pre-festival planning.
Prior to the event, the borough should hav...
Judging from Thursday's city council meeting, Butler residents have little cause for anything greater than cautious optimism about the council's ability to solve the cit...
