West Virginia University Health System has agreed to keep Independence Health System hospital open for at least five years and negotiate in good faith with insu...
A Butler Township man was sentenced Tuesday, Sept. 1, in U.S. District Court to four years in prison followed by three years of supervised release after pleadin...
ADAMS TWP — A.J. Myers & Sons, the transportation company that serves Mars and Butler area school districts, as well as others throughout the region, announced ...
SLIPPERY ROCK — Even after a proposed 287(g) agreement between the borough’s police department and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement was voted down by co...
JEFFERSON TWP — Freeport’s girls volleyball team had a few aces up its sleeve Tuesday night.
The Yellowjackets had plenty, actually.
“That’s what won us the mat...
WVU Health System agrees to patient, insurance protections
WVU Health System agre...
Butler Township man sentenced to 4 years in prison for threatening Trump, ICE
Butler Township man se...
Local school bus provider A.J. Myers & Sons being sold
Local school bus provi...
Slippery Rock residents speak minds on rejection of ICE agreement
Slippery Rock resident...
Trio has electric night serving, blasting 14 aces in Freeport girls volleyball’s...
Slippery Rock Area School District administrators will temporarily oversee operations at Moraine Elementary after its principal voluntarily transferred to a newly created...
Water issues at Rolling Valley Estates mobile home park in Connoquenessing Township have drawn the attention of a state legislator.
State Rep. Aaron Bernstine, R-8th, cal...
CRANBERRY TWP — The legitimacy of skill games was at the center of a lengthy dialogue at the township supervisors’ Thursday, Aug. 27, agenda preparation meeting.
Supervis...
Butler County Family YMCA has announced it intends to close its third childcare location at the HIS Kids Christian School building in Jefferson Township and consolidate i...
Despite some delays, work toward the demolition of 123 S. Main St. in Butler is still ongoing, city officials clarified at a Monday, Aug. 31 meeting.
City Mayor Bob Dando...
CRANBERRY TWP — Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday made an appearance at Walmart in the township on Tuesday, Sept. 1, to celebrate the second anniversary of his of...
Parking will be restricted on eight streets in Butler between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 2, for street cleaning.
The roads affected are Beckert and Madison avenue...
West Nile virus was found in mosquitoes collected from Butler, according to the Mercer County Conservation District.
This is the ninth sample to test positive for the vir...
A Penn Township man is facing DUI and other charges after witnesses told state police he wrecked his motorcycle and then hid in the woods.
Nicholas Dav Kristophel, 36, wa...
State police are reminding people to remain vigilant and never send money — whether cash or gift cards — to unknown individuals as residents continue to lose significant ...
Democrats and Republicans, in Congress and the White House, once collaborated on fraught legislation to address major public policy and fiscal challen...
Speaker Jam, the annual gathering of Butler County social service agencies and nonprofits, couldn’t have come at a more opportune time.
The event, whi...
This letter is in praise of Dr. Prasad Vemala’s recent editorial in this newspaper (“The state has a partnership shortage, not a worker one, Aug. 2, P...
In the early morning hours of Saturday, Aug. 8, Congress couldn’t agree that people need proof of citizenship to vote. The Fourteenth Amendment prohib...
Butler-based telecommunications company Armstrong is launching its ninth annual Avenge Hunger Month campaign to fight hunger across its service area.
...
NexTier Bank, headquartered in Butler, has officially completed a legal merger with an Ohio-based bank.
As of Aug. 31, NexTier has merged with Riversi...
Construction is currently underway for UPMC’s specialty care location at the Clearview Mall in Center Township.
The facility is expected to be complet...
A petroleum distributor has filed suit in federal court alleging it supplied $4 million worth of gasoline sold to multiple Freedom Fuel Network gas st...
WASHINGTON — Besides a social media post from President Donald Trump, the White House has said little about what he is calling “THE BIGGEST OIL DEAL I...
A Patriot Day concert dedicated to those who lost their lives in the terrorist attacks Sept. 11, 2001, will be held on the 25th anniversary — Sept. 11 — in Cranberry Town...
NEW YORK — Dolly Parton is not done yet. The estate behind the icon, who died of cancer last week at age 80, has announced Dollyfest, a two-day festival to be held in Nas...
Evoking the same do-it-yourself pop-rock feminism of her '90s musical influences, Olivia Rodrigo raised $20 million for women's well-being with a benefit show that activa...
NEW YORK — Three years after Warner Bros. abruptly canned “Coyote vs. Acme,” the Looney Tunes feature film that was given a new lease on life by Ketchup Entertainment deb...
NEW YORK — Dolly Parton was many things: A country star, actor, philanthropist, entrepreneur, theme park enthusiast, Christian who centered acceptance in her personal th...
Smiling on the January 1987 cover of Ms., the magazine co-founded by feminism pioneer Gloria Steinem, are its 12 Women of the Year. They include a U.S. senator, a renowne...
Antique barns and wide-open green space accommodate the increasingly popular rustic theme many future spouses seek. Butler County venues host plenty of them each year.
“M...
Big church weddings with fancy receptions in the once-popular month of June are quickly becoming a thing of the past with couples starting their futures together.
Some c...
The following are first-place winners from the Butler Farm Show, which ended Saturday, Aug. 15.
Rabbit Breeds
Dwarf Papillion – Blue/Sr. Buck, Cora Schneider, Ellwood Cit...
Slippery Rock University senior and commuter student Samuel Kightlinger said that for his 10 a.m. class last year, he had to arrive to campus at least an hour early to fi...
The following are first-place winners from the Butler Farm Show, which ended Saturday, Aug. 15.
SHEEP
Border Leicester
Yearling Ram Lamb, Willem Meiser, Butler
Champion R...
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...
