The relief the state budget impasse was solved in only two weeks this time was short-lived, at least here in Butler County.
That’s because for the second year in a row, s...
Pennsylvania has a budget for the upcoming fiscal year passed earlier this month, “just” 12 days late; but to make that happen required the members of the General Assembl...
Butler County is taking a new approach toward the issue of student truancy through the creation of a Truancy Court Program, established by the county’s Common Pleas Court...
Will the nation’s biannual ritual of moving the clock backward and forward an hour soon be a thing of the past? Perhaps, but it’s no sure thing.
The House last week passe...
Our community deserves a representative who actually shows up, listens and answers to the voters. For too long, we have been left without real access to our leadership in...
Congrats to everyone involved in making “Butler Magic,” the silent film celebrating the spirit of Butler shown during the Steeples & Stacks Heritage Weekend.
The product...
In all the media and discussions about the 2020 election, everybody forgets the abhorrent treatment of the COVID-19 pandemic that was grossly mismanaged by Pres. Donald T...
News from the most recent Butler County Prison Board meeting should be raising alarms.
At the meeting, it was revealed numerous inmates were admitted to the hospital suff...
Every summer, communities across rural Pennsylvania come together to celebrate agriculture, tradition and the hardworking families who help feed our nation. Local fairs a...
The former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Tip O’Neill, is credited with the phrase, “all politics is local.”
That’s been evident last week as municipal mee...
