While their teammates on offense were busy providing blocks, gaining yards and scoring touchdowns, high school football defensive players were halting opposing ...
In the wake of mounting financial strain, Harmony EMS has asked 10 partner municipalities to support a half-mill tax increase next year.
However, the agency’s d...
JEFFERSON TWP -- The township tabled a decision to appropriate more than $601,000 in additional funds to the renovation of SEBCO Pool, the annual summer hot spo...
BUTLER TWP — Valuing possessions is a common theme when it comes to winning basketball games, but it seemed Butler’s boys needed to be reminded of it at halftim...
Staff from the Tamarack Wildlife Center rescued a bald eagle on Thanksgiving in Slippery Rock.
A family contacted the center after seeing the bald eagle entangl...
Butler Eagle Sweet 16 football team 2025: Meet the county’s defensive all-stars
Butler Eagle Sweet 16 ...
Harmony EMS requests half-mill tax bump from 10 municipalities
Harmony EMS requests h...
Fate of SEBCO Pool in flux as bids again go over budget
Fate of SEBCO Pool in ...
Butler boys basketball overcomes sloppy start to beat Bishop Canevin ahead of WP...
Butler boys basketball...
Bald eagle rescued on Thanksgiving in Slippery Rock
Staff from the Tamarack Wildlife Center rescued a bald eagle on Thanksgiving in Slippery Rock.
A family contacted the center after seeing the bald eagle entangled in a fe...
Harmony resident Ron Lalonde’s “Jeopardy! winning streak ended at three in a show broadcast Monday, Dec. 8.
Lalonde — following in the footsteps of his brother, Ray Lalon...
Adams Township residents can rest assured their local tax rate will remain intact for at least one more year.
At a special meeting Monday, Dec. 1, the township’s board of...
A Karns City man is accused of firing a gun outside the Concord Township residence of a person he believes called the police on him a day prior.
Michael K. Freedline, 60...
The North Country Brewing Company is hosting an interactive show in its canning facility in Slippery Rock Township.
Courtney McNamara, the writer of “Murder Mystery Dinne...
Summit Township residents will see their taxes remain the same after the 2026 budget was approved without any increase Wednesday, Dec 3.
According to township secretary R...
ZELIENOPLE — After discussing the merits of supporting emergency medical service funding, borough council approved the borough’s 2026 budget and enacted a dedicated half-...
The following items were collected from various police departments and district courts:
Butler
Dec. 1 — James Isma Goldinger, 44, of Butler, was charged with misdemeanor ...
A Huntingdon man is accused of breaking into a Penn Township residence, assaulting a woman inside and taking her means of calling 911, police said.
Josiah Mical Flores, ...
We are nearing a tipping point with artificial intelligence. Scientists call it the singularity — the moment when machine intelligence surpasses our o...
Women Airforce Service Pilots, Chinese Americans, and real-life Rosie the Riveters all have one thing in common — they have all been honored with the ...
Butler’s City Hall was constructed to be a residence in 1909, and the city purchased the building on the corner of North and Washington streets in 193...
An internal memo written by the Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine regulator offers a concerning glimpse into the future of vaccine regulation...
PepsiCo plans to cut prices and eliminate some of its products under a deal with an activist investor announced Monday.
The Purchase, New York-based ...
NEW YORK — Paramount on Monday launched a hostile takeover offer for Warner Bros. Discovery, initiating a potentially bruising battle with rival bidde...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has suggested that a deal struck by Netflix to buy Warner Bros. Discovery “could be a problem” because of the size...
Boeing said Monday it has completed a $4.7 billion purchase of key supplier Spirit AeroSystems, which builds fuselages for the giant aerospace company...
The Netflix Inc. plans that clinched the deal for Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. started to shape up around Thanksgiving.
A deadline was looming: Warner ...
Imagine sitting down after a few glasses of eggnog and flipping through every saccharine holiday movie on cable, but then, suddenly, the remote is stuck, the plots are me...
Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” scored a leading nine nominations to the 83rd Golden Globe Awards on Monday, adding to the Oscar favorite’s momentum and...
“Five Nights at Freddy’s” has powered up the box office once again. The sequel opened in 3,412 theaters in the U.S. and Canada this weekend and far surpassed expectat...
WASHINGTON — Sylvester Stallone, Kiss and Gloria Gaynor are among the luminaries being celebrated Sunday at the annual Kennedy Center Honors, with Donald Trump hosting th...
Not so many years ago, a typical advent calendar was a basic cardboard box containing some chocolates or other candies behind little daily windows.
Today, advent calenda...
How do you top “Five Nights at Freddy’s,” the video game movie adaptation about murderous anthropomorphic robots? If it’s a battle for insipid nonsense, the answer is bli...
The following is a list of church services to be held in Butler County and the surrounding area on or around the Christmas holiday.
Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh
Catholi...
1. 1971
2. Caspar, Melchior and Balthazar
3. Tiny Tim in “A Christmas Carol”
4. John Boy and Grandpa Walton
5. Jimmy Buffett
6. A Hula-Hoop
7. Paul Giamatti
8. New York C...
With the holidays just around the corner, Santa Claus and his army of helpers have come to town.
One such helper is Al Mazuch, who has acted as Santa’s eyes and ears at M...
A holiday season in Butler County is always ripe with opportunities to explore, gather and give back. Below are just a few events that can put you in the spirit this mont...
Bernice Hook, of Jefferson Township, was born the same year her first Christmas gift was created and both would celebrate their 89th holiday in December, 2010.
“I was bor...
Every morning Irena Tkachenko starts her day the same way: by telephoning her relatives and friends in Ukraine to see if they are still OK.
Tkachenko,...
Three young Ukrainian families who escaped their war-torn hometown of Kharkov think the American holiday of Thanksgiving is a good time to say they ca...
CRANBERRY TWP — Huge, steaming pots of homemade food and endless carafes of coffee and tea sustain 11 adults and children seeking refuge at the crowde...
When it comes to helping those in need, Butler County residents have proven their generosity again and again by donating amounts large and small strai...
Two young Ukrainian families are relieved to be watching the deer and chipmunks frolic on their hosts’ Cranberry Township lawn, and not wondering wher...
HARRISBURG — In the coming years, Pennsylvania will receive more than $1 billion in federal funding to bring high-speed internet access to everyone in...
The Biden administration on Monday continued its push toward internet-for-all by 2030, announcing about $667 million in new grants and loans to build ...
STATE COLLEGE — Before Pennsylvania can spend an almost $1.2 billion windfall of federal funding for high-speed internet, it must figure out how to us...
The Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority is asking for the public’s opinion until Friday, March 10 on two potential action plans for wider int...
CRANBERRY TWP — Pennsylvania is set to get a piece of $42.5 billion in federal money to help expand broadband internet access to underserved areas.
On...
