SAXONBURG — Putting together a jigsaw puzzle is usually a serene, relaxing hobby. However, for the six teams in the South Butler Community Library puzzle contes...
ZELIENOPLE — The sky was visible this time, but Mother Nature still played spoiler.
Day 3 of Horse Trading Days on Saturday, July 18, started strong in the morn...
Runners will be seeing double at first base come next high school baseball season.
The PIAA is adopting the National Federation of State High School Association...
(The Center Square) — The “balance” in Pennsylvania's new state budget for 2026-27 is a bipartisan illusion created by moving numbers around on spreadsheets and...
BC3, SRU prepare for coming ‘Enrollment cliff’
BC3, SRU prepare for c...
Teams compete in puzzle race at South Butler Community Library
Teams compete in puzzl...
Vendors affected by weather at Horse Trading Days take an optimistic view
Vendors affected by we...
The double first base bag is coming to PIAA baseball in 2027. Butler area coache...
The double first base ...
State leaders delay $1.3B in payments to help create balanced budget illusion
A Butler man accused of grabbing two children and threatening a parent with a knife had a felony and three misdemeanor charges withdrawn but still pleaded guilty to two s...
A Lyndora motorcyclist is charged with DUI in a crash at a construction zone that fractured his leg, Butler police said.
William Wade Potter, 55, was charged July 9 with ...
WORTH TWP — Boat tours held at Moraine State Park give riders the opportunity to learn more about the park while supporting an organization dedicated to preserving it.
Ne...
A Clinton Township couple and their insurance company claim in a lawsuit a lithium battery and its management system failed, causing a fire in July 2024 that resulted in ...
Those heading northeast from Butler County may need to find a detour.
According to a news release Saturday night from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Route...
Butler County Sheriff Mike Slupe was recognized with a Law Enforcement Officer of the Year award for the state of Pennsylvania on Saturday, July 18, by the American Legio...
While air quality remained at Code Red in Butler on Saturday, July 18, the wet weather and change in wind pushed some particles out of region, lowering Sunday to Code Ora...
Entertainment at Horse Trading Days Saturday night, July 18, has been canceled due to expected severe thunderstorms and high winds, according to a Facebook post.
An annou...
Cranberry Township Police Sgt. Mike Marshall was recognized by Stock Stick for his deployment of the company’s tire deflation device to end a 14-minute pursuit in Februar...
Attendees of the annual Horse Trading Days in Zelienople didn’t see many, if any, horses over the course of the event. The event’s organizers called o...
Republicans have wanted to abolish the Department of Education since it was established in 1979. Under Secretary Linda McMahon, they’ve come closer th...
I'm writing in response to Justin Wagner’s letter published July 12 (“Our seniors earned Social Security,” Page A4). It’s encouraging seeing someone s...
For over 200 years, America has demonstrated to the world that people of all backgrounds, regardless of race, national origin or beliefs, can work and...
WASHINGTON — Federal health officials said Monday they remain focused on lettuce from Taylor Farms as the source of a multistate outbreak of a diarrhe...
Taylor Farms has expanded a voluntary recall of its iceberg lettuce products sourced from central Mexico because of a potential link to the multistate...
The following are first-place winners from the Big Butler Fair, which ended Saturday, July 11.
Junior 4-H & FFA Exhibitors
Ages 16-21, Morgan Teets, S...
Water utility company Pennsylvania American Water said in a media release the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission has approved a decision on the co...
The World Cup has been a bonanza for beer in the U.S. Bars in Boston reported needing emergency deliveries to keep taps from running dry on some game ...
Below is the schedule for the upcoming Horse Trading Days in Zelienople:
Thursday, July 16
Around Town
Craft and food vendors, 2 to 8 p.m. at Four Corners Park ...
NEW YORK — A federal judge on Monday ordered Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery to halt their $81 billion merger for at least two weeks, allowing states that are challe...
NEW YORK — Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” launched with an estimated $124.5 million in domestic ticket sales and another $139.6 million from overseas, notching an even...
LONDON — Brenda Fricker, who won an Academy Award for her role as Bridget Fagan Brown in the 1989 film “My Left Foot,’’ has died. She was 81.
The Irish character actor di...
Getting home, and turning back the clock, has long been at the root of Christopher Nolan’s films. The astronauts of “Interstellar” painstakingly lose 23 years in space tr...
Christopher Nolan's “The Odyssey” was an epic undertaking for all involved. The cast and crew embarked on a globe-trotting mission to bring the story of Odysseus' hom...
This list is one in a series showing a snapshot of what life looks like in Butler County ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026.
Below are the even...
This list is one in a series showing a snapshot of what life looks like in Butler County ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026.
Below are a number...
This list is one in a series showing a snapshot of what life looks like in Butler County ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026.
Butler Area Pu...
This list is one in a series showing a snapshot of what life looks like in Butler County ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026.
Butler Transit Aut...
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...
