Butler's second Ring in the Arts New Year's celebration might be challenged a bit by rain and snow showers, but it doesn't appear that winter will pack a potent-enough p...
The reorganization of Butler City Council next week with three new members aboard provides another opportunity for the city to progress. Unfortunately, it also carries t...
Obviously there are no easy answers for Pennsylvania's continuing loss of manufacturing jobs. But state officials must become more determined than ever to find ways to r...
A lawsuit filed last week in Philadelphia Common Pleas Court should shine a harsh light on a business that preys on the poor — and makes lots of money doing it. So-calle...
In those days, a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be enrolled. This was the first enrollment, when Quirinius was governor of Syria.
And all...
NOTE: This is the edited version used in the paper on Dec. 24, 2004. It has been updated for 2005, changing the 107 years to 108 years, in the intro.
Some stories are ti...
A perfect storm is brewing in Washington, D.C., with one story of lobbyist abuses developing at the same time as new revelations of a Texas congressman's wretched excess...
In his speech Sunday, President George W. Bush spoke about the gravity of the war in Iraq. Bush spoke of mistakes and the toll the war has taken. He also spoke of progre...
Those involved in the proposal to move North Catholic High School to southwestern Butler County are using a logical process in evaluating the idea.
The decision to get p...
It's not often that Common Cause, the good-government group based in Harrisburg, has something positive to say about state lawmakers' actions. But last week, Common Caus...
