While not surprising, it is nevertheless discouraging to learn how ineffective federal efforts have been to prepare for another terrorist attack.
Most discouraging, perh...
The fact that the Middlesex Township supervisors voted Thursday to disband the municipality's police department and use most of the money saved for badly needed road rep...
As much as state lawmakers might hope that the pay-raise controversy would go away, that is not likely to happen anytime soon. Last week, news reports focused on how man...
Five northern Butler County municipalities merit positive notice for their decision to create a multi-municipal plan. That plan would take stock of each municipality's i...
State police Trooper Jonathan Bayer of Butler didn't let the fact that he was off duty keep him from helping Pittsburgh police halt a burglary in progress and possibly s...
The Pennsylvania General Assembly had an alternative to diverting a big chunk of money to Medicaid from tobacco-prevention programs across the commonwealth, including on...
Zelienople borough officials should heed a warning about possibly having to increase the property tax in 2007 or 2008.
The 5.8-mill levy is targeted to remain unchanged ...
A new wave of scandals at the national, state and regional levels gives the impression of widespread corruption and abuse of power. Of course, most politicians don't sel...
Butler prides itself in being a church-going community, but the spate of purse thefts at St. Paul Catholic Church on North McKean Street during the past week has added a...
Now that the state legislature has repealed the controversial pay raise that was voted on at 2 a.m. on July 7, many lawmakers are giving back the extra money they receiv...
