The news that the state has allocated $7 million for infrastructure and other work at the vast Trinity Industries site in Butler's West End is a big boost to the local r...
Butler County Commissioner James Kennedy put forth the right logic when he suggested that if a county job has been vacant for an extended period of time, then that posit...
While Pennsylvania remains the only state without a lobbyist disclosure law, Gov. Ed Rendell took a step in the right direction by signing an executive order last week t...
The state House of Representatives did the right thing early Tuesday evening in voting to end the requirement that slot machines be purchased from an in-state supplier. ...
The Butler County commissioners' borrowing and investing decisions tied to the new prison and other projects were discussed again on Tuesday at a county prison board mee...
More than a few taxpayers are grumbling, with the April 17 deadline for filing federal income taxes just one month away. Filling out a tax return can be a chore, and sen...
Monday's Butler Eagle contained more news about vandalism of vehicles. The latest round of reports dealt with incidents in Summit, Jefferson, Penn, Franklin and Center t...
The anti-incumbency movement that sprang up in reaction to state lawmakers' unconscionable pay-raise action last July is alive and well in some places in Pennsylvania. U...
To motorists who travel Route 8 north of Butler, the news that the state Department of Transportation is "fast-tracking" reconstruction of the Route 8 bridge over Route ...
The Freeport School Board met Tuesday to transact district business. Unfortunately, some of that meeting skirted a serious issue.
The board and district administration d...
