Thanksgiving was proclaimed by President Abraham Lincoln in 1864 with these words:
"It has pleased Almighty God to prolong our national life another year . . . to favor ...
With so much unfinished business, the Pennsylvania General Assembly was wrong in adjourning its two-year session prior to the constitutionally mandated Nov. 30 close. La...
Friday's ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Summit Intersection project focused the spotlight again on Butler County's good fortunes over the past seven years on the roadwa...
The Butler Area Public Library has demonstrated much energy and determination in its yearlong campaign to raise $100,000. As of the past week, a total of $79,640 had bee...
Despite foot dragging at the United Nations, the lid will be blown off the oil-for-food scandal through which Saddam Hussein scammed more than $20 billion. Even if the U...
Many Butler County taxpayers might be wondering how much longer the county commissioners' penchant for keeping a healthy end-of-year budget surplus will last.
With the n...
U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum shouldn't expect the Penn Hills School District in suburban Pittsburgh to pay for his children's cyberschool education.
Although he is required t...
The City of Butler's financial problems should not discourage planning for future initiatives to move forward. Residents must not view as naivete, city officials' ongoin...
Pennsylvanians have a right to be nervous this month. The reason has nothing to do with a shortage of flu shots or the approach of winter weather. The reason many state ...
People hearing what two of Pennsylvania's top state legislative leaders have been saying over the past week might already have reached the conclusion that the time is ri...