All of Pennsylvania's state lawmakers should have their noses to the grindstone with the goal of assembling a 2008-09 budget that's in the best interests of the state an...
Iraq isn't the big story this month. Gas prices are. In May, the Associated Press reported, U.S. military deaths plunged to the lowest monthly level in four years and ci...
There was a mix of satisfaction and excitement in the air earlier this month at the groundbreaking for Butler Health System's $167 million renovation and surgical tower ...
The Butler County commissioners were wrong in not attending a public meeting Wednesday evening at Butler County Community College dealing with their tax ratio plan.
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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...
