A fundraising campaign update provided by United Way of Butler County last week provided a glimmer of hope about the prospects of raising an additional $200,000 to help ...
In the 2006 elections, Pennsylvania voters rejected state Rep. Frank LaGrotta, D-Lawrence; Rep. Mike Veon,D-Beaver Falls; and Sen. Robert Jubelirer, R-Altoona. Others, i...
Anyone who ever has been involved with something new understands the risks of growing pains associated with that new endeavor.
It's therefore no surprise that some of th...
The dispute over funds for Pennsylvania's need-based educational grant program is doing nothing to enhance the state's image.
On the one hand, the chief executive of the...
Can the born-again reformers in Harrisburg be believed? That is the question that comes to mind when reading this week's news reports that House Majority Leader H. Willi...
It's been less than two months since Butler County taxpayers learned that the county commissioners failed to divulge a theft of $2,270 last August at the Alameda Park Po...
United Way of Butler County has witnessed the generosity of many since its current annual fundraising campaign began last fall.
Unfortunately, with just about four weeks...
At a time when politicians of every stripe are falling all over themselves to show support for the troops, the conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center Building 18 ...
For weeks, the media have been reporting daily developments in the trial of Lewis "Scooter"Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney's former right-hand man. The case involves t...
Teachers throughout Butler County and some places beyond are no doubt watching developments in the contract negotiations between the Mars School District and its teacher...
