The West Virginia University Health System expects to close a transaction in which it will acquire Independence Health System in late-September or early-October, the health systems announced Tuesday, June 2.
The health systems have signed a definitive agreement related to the impending transaction, which is pending certain remaining regul...
Smoke could be seen throughout the area as crews responded to a fire that destroyed a mobile home Monday night, June 1, in Clay Township.
Fire crews were on th...
Two people shot at a July 2024 rally for then-presidential candidate Donald Trump are suing the federal government saying injuries suffered in the incident are ...
BUTLER TWP — Butler Area School District is filing a complaint with the Pennsylvania Department of Health over a medical cannabis dispensary located right by Pu...
A man being served a warrant on Sunday, May 31, in Center Township pulled out a firearm and allowed a state trooper to leave the Sunflower Road home just before...
CRANBERRY TWP — At Thursday’s board of supervisors agenda preparation meeting, township manager Dan Santoro provided updates to the ongoing improvement project on Frankli...
Emergency crews responded to a motorcycle crash Monday morning, June 1, in the 700 block of East Butler Road, according to Butler County Emergency Services dispatch.
The...
SLIPPERY ROCK — The farmers market drew a good turnout the sunlit morning of Saturday, May 30.
The Slippery Rock Farmers Market, which opened this year on May 9, is slate...
BUTLER TWP — Butler Area School District’s board approved accepting a multimillion dollar endowment that will help it fund a dual enrollment coursework partnership with B...
A Butler County man is suing his vehicle insurance company over compensation for serious injuries he sustained in a motorcycle crash.
Alexander Kukieza, of Zelienople, fi...
The following items were collected from various police departments and district courts:
Butler
May 20 — Kaylynn Rose Ford, 30, of Chicora, was charged with misdemeanor DU...
In Clinton Township, tar-and-chip work will take place during the first or second week of June on Monks, Jack and Spring Valley roads from Route 228 to Kozy Korner. Two s...
Forward Township begins paving work on Oak Drive, Birch Street and Lloydmont Boulevard, as well as Marburger Road, between Tuesday and Friday, June 2 and 5.
The work wil...
Earlier this spring, the House Ways and Means Committee confronted hospital CEOs with horror stories Americans know far too well. Chairman Jason Smith...
As Seneca Valley once again considers a tax increase for the fourth year in a row, it’s time to ask: are yearly tax increases becoming the new normal ...
The Democrats and Republicans envision two different futures for America. When you sift through all the opposing policies and mud-slinging, it all com...
Wexford Hospital, part of Allegheny Health Network, has earned the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology’s Center of Excellence designatio...
DAKAR, Senegal — When Senegalese farmer Abou Sow first watched U.S. missiles strike Iran on social media, he had a sinking feeling it would soon affec...
WASHINGTON — In the latest action to undo Biden-era regulations on climate change, the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday proposed repealin...
Blue Origin experienced a fiery setback Thursday when its New Glenn rocket exploded on the launchpad in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
The Kent, Washington-...
The economy, inflation and how those forces could impact the lives of Americans were front and center over the past week. Trips to the grocery store o...
A community choir — a group that formed under the umbrella of the Butler County Symphony Orchestra — will perform two shows this weekend.
The EchoPoint Chorale debuts at ...
NEW YORK — Dua Lipa and actor Callum Turner are married, local officials in London confirmed to the Associated Press.
They tied the knot Sunday at Old Marylebone Town Ha...
Young audiences turned out in droves to movie theaters around the country this weekend. It wasn’t for the big budget “Star Wars” movie, “The Mandalorian and Grogu,” which...
Sure, folks discuss the weather a lot, especially in Britain.
Still, it’s hard to imagine that a quiet chat about the weather — and why it isn’t boring — could be an emo...
What evil lurks in the drabbest of interiors?
The meme-rooted “Backrooms” is the latest movie to pull its mounting horrors out of liminal spaces. “Exit 8,” released earli...
WASHINGTON — A federal judge ruled Friday that President Donald Trump's name was illegally added to the Kennedy Center and blocked the administration from closing the cul...
It’s been a series of Western Pennsylvania false springs of late, but golf weather is increasing in regularity in the Butler area.
And that means one thing: time to get o...
Some golf courses have that hole that jumps out in everyone’s mind whenever they think of the 18 holes.
Whether it’s a signature feature, a unique backdrop, particularly ...
Butler High School senior Brynn Cornibe was selected as the 44th annual Theodore K. Vogeley Scholarship recipient Tuesday, May 19.
She was selected from 45 applicants. Th...
BUFFALO TWP — Helen Comperatore is dedicated to making Corey’s Cruise 2026 — an event that honors her late husband while giving back to first responders — a smashing succ...
Nestled in the woods along Little Buffalo Creek, the Butler Freeport Community Trail spans 21 miles connecting the two municipalities. Open since 1989, the trail gives re...
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...
