A portion of the Butler-Freeport Community Trail and the Cooper Cabin Pioneer Homestead in Winfield benefited from the helping hands of many volunteers this week during the United Way of Butler County's Week of Caring.

Cooper Cabin hosts cider, sauerkraut day Cooper Cabin Pioneer Homestead will host its annual Cider and Sauerkraut Pioneer Day noon-5 p.m. Sunday.

Set aside money from gas drilling Editor: State Reps. Tim Seip and David Kessler got it right , saying money set aside from natural gas drilling will help to protect local communities and fund the inevitable cleanup of the environment.

Two employees at Concordia Lutheran Ministries have been recognized recently, one for winning an award and another for earning a promotion.

In the following press release Mary Beth Buchanan, United States Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania announced that a nine-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury charges Crystal Spreng , age 38, of 329 Stoney Hollow Road, Cabot, Pennsylvania, with Aiding and Abetting Wire Fraud.

Four federal mortgage fraud cases filed Tuesday in Pittsburgh bring the number of prosecutions to more than 50 since a task force was formed last year to investigate such allegations.

By NAN BROWN As published June 3, 2009 We had good intentions this year of actually taking a real vacation even though it was planned for just four days in Sugar Creek, Ohio.