The Pittsburgh Pirates' legendary second baseman Bill Mazeroski has gotten the statue he deserves, just like Honus Wagner, Roberto Clemente and Willie Stargell before hi...
Soon after assuming office in 2008, the current board of county commissioners formed a budget advisory committee. Butler officials should be doing the same thing now, co...
It's true that Butler County Commissioner Dale Pinkerton exercised bad judgment when, at a public commissioners meeting on Feb. 3, he stated how many sick days a particu...
Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve, was on the hot seat last week. He was being asked about the Fed's role in missing the housing bubble that set off the 2008...
National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell did not send the right message to the rest of the league's players Friday when he reduced the suspension of Steelers ...
As those responsible for representing the people of Pennsylvania, state lawmakers, even in an election year, should feel obligated to openly and honestly express their v...
It's well understood that when politicians are in campaign mode, they spin just about everything they say. And since Washington, D.C., is pretty much in perpetual campai...
Pennsylvania lawmakers have the power to help financially beleaguered cities in the commonwealth — including Butler — effect a turnaround in their worsening financial ci...
Tremors erupted in Southern California a few weeks ago. The epicenter of the shake-up is in Los Angeles, but the tremors are being felt around the country.
Rather than t...
The proposed rental inspection ordinance that Butler City Councilman Fred Reese plans to introduce and have passed by year's end would be a major asset in the city's goa...
