Butler’s ranch sits atop federally owned, below-ground mineral rights that the Interior Department has leased out, and he charges drilling, fracking, pipeline and other crews for the right to cross ...

While fracking is raising concerns in other parts of Ohio and the country, it’s not an issue in Butler County or other areas where the Great Miami Aquifer, which provides drinking water for many area ...

“Promised Land” doesn't live up to its promise. The motion picture, which opens in San Antonio today, stars Matt Damon as a natural gas company land man buying up leases in rural Pennsylvania. It's ...