He was such a good player that the Baseball Writers’ Association of America changed its Hall of Fame rules after his death, to make sure he got in, but Roberto Clemente’s...
While the larger steelmakers saw the most upheaval in the 1970s, facing increasing competition from foreign makers and other structural issues, Armco in Butler County saw...
There had been rumors swirling about Butler’s Pullman-Standard plant for months. In December 1981, its entire 2,800-member work force was laid off. But Pullman-Standard h...
Despite what they said at the Dew Drop Inn, Nick Perry always maintained he’d had nothing to do with what would become known as the Triple Six Fix.
Perry, a longtime Pitt...
She was supposed to be the first teacher to go into space, but instead she because part of one of NASA's worst tragedies.
The breakup of the Challenger space shuttle in J...
Butler graduate Bill Hohn needed the confidence to make important calls during his time as a Major League Baseball umpire.
The difference between right and wrong comes do...
World of Little League Museum
Address: 525 US-15, South Williamsport, Pa.
Phone: 570-326-3607
Open: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday through Monday
Of Note: The ...
While much has changed in Clinton Township since its formation in the 1850s, a visitor would see echoes of its past.
The township, 23.8 square acres, was created in 1854 ...
An error in judgment during what should have been a routine flight in April 1991 took the lives of seven, including a senator at the height of his political career.
Sen. ...
OMG, it’s the 1990s, a decade of relative peace and prosperity, grunge and hip-hop culture, and something called the “World Wide Web.”
In New York’s Times Square, reveler...