The $76,000 in donations that the City of Butler received during 2005 from individuals, businesses and groups was appreciated by the cash-strapped city government.
But t...
As the nation's taxpayers look forward to — or anticipate with dread — this year's federal income tax filing deadline, they have a right to be troubled by disclosures fr...
Action probably should have been forthcoming sooner, but Mars School District officials are right in their current effort to address a traffic-congestion problem on the ...
By way of its project to aid victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the Butler Rotary Club proved how much positive impact a single organization can have in the wake ...
Fuel efficiency is a feature most car buyers are concerned with, following months of gasoline prices drifting between $2 and $3 a gallon. Window stickers on new cars inc...
Back in May, Butler County property owners were dismayed to learn that the price tag for the new county prison would be nearly $10 million more than the original estimat...
Pennsylvanians reacted with appropriate outrage over the July 2005 pay raise that lawmakers awarded themselves — with a 2 a.m. vote preceded by no debate and no public d...
Board members of the Pennsylvania Public School Employees' Retirement System, who up to now have experienced little, if any, public scrutiny of their official travel dec...
With last week's swearing-in of new Butler Mayor Maggie Stock and new city council members Mike Kelly and Kathy Kline, the city begins the new year in an appropriate atm...
The decision of the Liberty Township supervisors in Mercer County to do away with the property tax for 2006 cannot go unnoticed, despite the fact that the township doesn...
