For Zelienople, it's an unsettling realization that the borough might have an arsonist living in or near the community.
The May 10 blaze that destroyed two buildings and...
There are many tools that state lawmakers use to remain in office. The power of incumbency gives lawmakers name recognition, and political advertising, in the guise of c...
At a time when many volunteer fire departments across Pennsylvania are experiencing declining membership, the past weekend's 57th annual Butler County Fire Chiefs Associ...
The blatant use of legislative staff by state House Democrats for political, re-election purposes appears to have been as bad as most people imagined — or maybe worse.
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The summer of 2008 is shaping up as a summer to stay home, or at least close to home. Traditional summer vacations involving highway or air travel will be more trouble, ...
Early summer is the traditional time for planting. And activity in the city of Butler has been unusually busy in recent weeks with three planting projects, all involving...
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court didn't do the state's municipalities a favor when it issued its ruling Wednesday on a 2005 milling and repaving project involving five str...
The Butler County Farmers Cooperative market off South Chestnut Street in the city is observing the 50th anniversary of its incorporation this year, despite its scale of...
Pennsylvania's state lawmakers can make mischief anytime they are in session. The notorious 2 a.m. pay-raise vote of July 2005 and the 2001 pension grab in which lawmake...
The states of West Virginia and Colorado are moving ahead with plans to garnish the winnings of casino gamblers who are delinquent on child support. Such plans should sp...
