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Butler football kicks off PIAA heat week and avoids thunderstorms: See photos from Day 1 of practice
BUTLER TWP — Storms rolled through Butler County on Monday, offering a not-so-welcoming start to the PIAA football preseason. But the Butler Golden Tornado caug...
78th Butler Farm Show officially opens with traditional worship service
CONNOQUENESSING TWP — Festivities for the 78th annual Butler Farm Show got underway Sunday, Aug. 9, as families led their prize animals into their respective te...
Gray, wet week ahead for Butler County
More flash flooding anticipated
Meet the 12 boys and girls golfers to watch during the 2026 PIAA golf season
The PIAA golf season tees off Thursday, Aug. 13, jump-starting a two-month quest for local golfers and teams to bring home big wins and maybe district and state...
Glade Run Food Truck Festival features Touch-A-Truck event
ZELIENOPLE — Glade Run Lutheran Services executives have figured out small children plus big trucks with even bigger horns equal a big turnout. The nonprofit h...
Butler football kicks off PIAA heat week and avoids thunderstorms: See photos fr...
Butler football kicks ...
78th Butler Farm Show officially opens with traditional worship service
78th Butler Farm Show ...
Gray, wet week ahead for Butler County
Gray, wet week ahead f...
Meet the 12 boys and girls golfers to watch during the 2026 PIAA golf season
Meet the 12 boys and g...
Glade Run Food Truck Festival features Touch-A-Truck event
Glade Run Food Truck F...
Top Headlines
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s 500 school districts will share $565 million to help fill education “adequacy” gaps and ease higher tax burdens. Lawmakers have included suppl...
August 10, 2026 Local News
The manufacturer of a lithium battery-powered robotic pool vacuum recalled in April is being sued for more than half a million dollars over a June 2025 fire that an insur...
August 09, 2026 Crime & Courts
PENN TWP — Dozens of families from across Butler County came out to Succop Nature Park on Sunday, Aug. 9 to honor their departed loved ones by releasing butterflies into ...
August 09, 2026 Community
CRANBERRY TWP — Divine Grace Parish’s yearly Family Festival returned on Friday at 4 p.m., kicking off a weekend of family oriented attractions. From carnival rides and a...
August 08, 2026 Local News
Work on Main Street part of larger Route 8 paving project
August 05, 2026 Local News
News
A pedestrian was struck by a vehicle Monday morning, Aug. 10, in Zelienople, according to Butler County Emergency Services dispatch. The call came in just before 11:30 a...
August 10, 2026 Local News
Multiple emergency services responded to a vehicle rollover after it was struck by a semitruck Monday on Route 228 in Adams Township, according to Butler County Emergency...
August 10, 2026 Local News
A Lyndora man charged with administering substances that resulted in a woman’s death will be released from jail while awaiting trial after he waived his Monday, Aug. 10, ...
August 10, 2026 Local News
The Connoquenessing Volunteer Fire Department is ready for the construction of its new station to begin. The department is holding a groundbreaking ceremony at 4 p.m. Aug...
August 10, 2026 Local News
Charges of arson are pending against a Kittanning woman accused of setting a residential structure fire following a domestic incident in Armstrong County, state police sa...
August 10, 2026 Local News
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Community
Today's Verse
Today in History
 
The Butler YMCA will give away backpacks filled with school supplies Aug. 20. The annual B...
August 07, 2026
A clothing sale will be held Aug. 17 on East North Street in Butler. Butler Global Methodi...
August 07, 2026
‘When I sew, my head is straight’
August 07, 2026
Senior centers at Butler, Chicora, Cranberry Township, Evans City, Slippery Rock, Mount Ch...
August 06, 2026
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Sports
Eric Christy remembers practicing under a blanket of heat while the dried grass and dirt t...
 
FRANKLIN TWP — Ryan Pinkerton was determined to golf in the Butler Eagle County Amateur to...
August 09, 2026
Mother nature got one last laugh in Friday, Aug. 7, with storms canceling Fab4 racing at L...
August 09, 2026
PITTSBURGH — Bo Bichette went 5 for 5 with a three-run double and scored three times, Luis...
August 09, 2026
My client for the day, Evan Hoover, made a short cast into the deep, rock-infested pool wh...
August 09, 2026
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Editorial
It’s hard to stock up for school supplies before the start of each school year, but organizations like the YMCA and the school districts themselves ar...
August 10, 2026 Editorial
The time has come for the voices of independent voters to be heard in Pennsylvania! Gallup polls show 45% of Americans identify as independents (regar...
August 08, 2026 Letters to the Editor
A little history on Graham Park pickleball courts: The six original courts were partially funded by public donations and were free to all. Today, ther...
August 08, 2026 Letters to the Editor
August 07, 2026 Cartoons
Since its beginnings in the late 1940s in Meridian, supporting the future of agriculture in Butler County has been at the heart of the Butler Farm Sho...
August 07, 2026 Our Opinion
Business
WASHINGTON — U.S. health officials on Monday proposed a rule change that would require food manufacturers to notify regulators before introducing new...
August 10, 2026 Business
Taylor Fresh Foods, parent company of Taylor Farms, is voluntarily recalling some products that include jalapenos because of worries about a possible ...
August 10, 2026 Business
President Donald Trump has revived his threat to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook over unproven allegations of mortgage fraud, according to a l...
August 09, 2026 Business
OMAHA, Neb. — Berkshire Hathaway's new CEO Greg Abel spent a significant chunk of the company's massive pile of cash as it invested $10 billion in Goo...
August 09, 2026 Business
Canadian negotiators are trying to secure a deal with the United States before 50% tariffs on a wide range of goods threatened by President Donald Tru...
August 09, 2026 Business
Weekend Entertainment
Friendship Presbyterian Church’s Second Saturday Concert will take place at 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 8, at the church’s community center, 866 New Castle Road, Slippery Rock....
August 05, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
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Arts & Entertainment
LAS VEGAS — Almost 30 years after rap legend Tupac Shakur was gunned down near the Las Vegas Strip, the former gang leader accused of ordering the killing went on trial ...
August 10, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” continued its blistering pace in theaters, collecting $144.5 million domestically over its second weekend, according to studio esti...
August 09, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
Dave Malarkey was more than just a narrator on the radio informing residents of the news of the day. His love for Butler and its residents, and the individual impact he h...
August 08, 2026 Local News
HALBERSTADT, Germany — A small organ in eastern Germany is the headliner of the world’s slowest concert. It has been playing the same piece of music by composer John Cage...
August 07, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
“The Purge” for sex is the best way to describe the premise of “One Night Only” unless you prefer Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” for one-night stands. As the movie anno...
August 07, 2026 Reviews
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Special Sections
The Butler Farm Show office is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday and from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday. All gates open at 8:30 a.m. DAILY ADMISS...
August 05, 2026 Special Sections
Live music is a staple at the Butler Farm Show. This year, several bands return to the stage for the first time in years, while two bands return from last year. All of t...
August 05, 2026 Special Sections
Almost every morning before school, Nolan, Dylan and their mother, Misty, Thurber head down the lane of their Fenelton family farm and, before they hit Route 422, they tu...
August 05, 2026 Special Sections
One of the most exciting events at the Butler Farm Show is the annual cheese auction, which takes place Wednesday, Aug. 12, at 8 p.m. The cheese auction is not only spec...
August 05, 2026 Special Sections
In 1947, a plowing contest was held on the Jack Roe property in Meridian. This was the birth of an idea to get the city folk, business owners and farmers together to bett...
August 05, 2026 Special Sections
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Seeking Refuge
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,...
February 24, 2023 Local News
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...
November 23, 2022 Local News
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...
July 16, 2022 Local News
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...
June 20, 2022 Local News
Two young Ukrainian families are relieved to be watching the deer and chipmunks frolic on their hosts’ Cranberry Township lawn, and not wondering wher...
June 18, 2022 Local News
Digital Divide
HARRISBURG — In the coming years, Pennsylvania will receive more than $1 billion in federal funding to bring high-speed internet access to everyone in...
August 30, 2023 Pennsylvania News
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 ...
August 22, 2023 National News
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...
July 18, 2023 Pennsylvania News
The Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority is asking for the public’s opinion until Friday, March 10 on two potential action plans for wider int...
February 27, 2023 Local News
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...
February 17, 2023 Business

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