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It has always been Nadine Shingleton’s dream to one day pass her business Playthings Etc. down to her family. Shingleton did just that this past January, turnin...
Freeport approves preliminary budget with tax hike for Butler County residents
BUFFALO TWP — Freeport Area School District proposed a budget for the 2026-27 school year that would see taxes go up for district residents in Butler County. Th...
Pa. House bill to disclose healthcare AI use moves out of committee
(The Center Square) — A House committee on Tuesday, May 5, endorsed the concept that a medical patient has the right to know when artificial intelligence is bei...
Gym offers sensory safe play for children
A new children’s gym in Cranberry Township offers sensory safe play for children with autism, special needs and neurotypical development. We Rock the Spectrum K...
Why Knoch school board is considering first tax increase in nearly a decade
Why Knoch school board...
Experience Butler County honors businesses and individuals at Toast to Tourism
Experience Butler Coun...
Freeport approves preliminary budget with tax hike for Butler County residents
Freeport approves prel...
Pa. House bill to disclose healthcare AI use moves out of committee
Pa. House bill to disc...
Gym offers sensory safe play for children
Gym offers sensory saf...
Top Headlines
The Mars Area High School Fightin’ Planets have earned the title of Best High School Mascot in America as the winner of the 2026 National High School Mascot Brackets comp...
May 06, 2026 Local News
The owner of a Center Township daycare center should be removed as a defendant in a suit filed by the parents of a 7-month-old boy reportedly injured there in September 2...
May 07, 2026 Crime & Courts
Multiple students earn GEDs
May 07, 2026 Local News
A Callery man is accused of having multiple controlled substances and more than $100,000 in his home. Robert Girling Ryberg Jr., 76, was charged Saturday, May 2, by Butle...
May 05, 2026 Local News
A GoFundMe has been set up for a 96-year-old woman and her adult son who lost their home in a fire Tuesday morning, May 5, in Summit Township. Crews battled a trailer fir...
May 05, 2026 Local News
News
BUTLER TWP — Most elementary school students don’t spend class time learning about aerodynamics and the physics of flying. But on Tuesday, May 5, 10,000 kids across Penns...
May 06, 2026 Local News
CRANBERRY TWP — On Tuesday, Ethan Nicholas and Scott Timko, candidates for the vacant 12th District seat in the state House of Representatives, participated in a second c...
May 06, 2026 Local News
ADAMS TWP ― Mars Area School District residents will not see their taxes go up for the first time in three years. The district’s board will move forward with a $67.9 mil...
May 06, 2026 Education
Trick-or-treat will come a little early this year for residents of Evans City. Borough council has decided to move the tradition to the 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. window on Hallow...
May 06, 2026 Local News
Teachers at Broad Street Elementary School were treated to pizza and cupcakes for lunch Tuesday, May 5, as a show of gratitude for their hard work during teacher apprecia...
May 06, 2026 Local News
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Community
Butler Senior High School held its annual prom Friday, May 1, at Butler County Community C...
Today's Verse
Today in History
 
Ed Wahl, a young medic with the Army Air Corps’ 305th Bombardment Group stationed in Chelv...
May 05, 2026
Bruno Zuccala scholarship awarded to students of similar character
May 05, 2026
Joanne Hagofsky, of Armstrong County, published a children’s book she wrote and illustrate...
May 04, 2026
Mars Area High School will have its 2026 prom from 7 to 10:45 p.m. on Friday, May 8, at th...
May 04, 2026
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Sports
Wednesday night was an apt showcase of what Josh Forbes’ bunch is capable of. Against defe...
 
Freeport girls lacrosse erupted in a 20-6 victory over Yough on Wednesday. Sophia Glass le...
May 06, 2026
North Catholic girls track and field coach Terry Fisher believed his 4x400-meter relay tea...
May 06, 2026
Stainton Forbes and Andrew Gettinger were the engine of Butler’s boys basketball team over...
May 06, 2026
Quaker Valley beat reigning champion North Catholic to claim the WPIAL Class 2A Boys Tenni...
May 05, 2026
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Editorial
May 06, 2026 Other Voices
As the weather finally starts to warm up, there will be more and more outdoor events available throughout the Butler area. There will likely be sever...
May 06, 2026 Our Opinion
Conservatism is in decline. True, it’s not dead — in 2025, a larger share of Americans described themselves as conservative, 35%, than liberal, 28%, b...
May 06, 2026 Other Voices
May 05, 2026 Cartoons
Although it sometimes seems like the news is all politics all the time, residents of Butler County should not ignore the upcoming May 19 primary elect...
May 05, 2026 Our Opinion
Business
FRANKLIN TWP — Long before students and professors make their way to campus at Butler County Community College, Brian Opitz has already been up and at...
May 05, 2026 Business
Spirit Airlines, which abruptly canceled all its future flights over the weekend, secured court approval Tuesday to begin dismantling the once-busy bu...
May 05, 2026 Business
In recent months, AHN Grove City has begun offering robotic-assisted knee and hip surgeries, including joint replacements, with the addition of the Ma...
May 05, 2026 Business
The robotics pioneer who helped unleash the Roomba vacuum is now betting that you might one day replace your beloved dog or cat with a plush robot tha...
May 05, 2026 Business
Butler County-based Concordia Lutheran Ministries, a senior residential services provider, has completed its acquisition of six former SpiriTrust Luth...
May 04, 2026 Business
Weekend Entertainment
Son Rise Community Church will present a “Toss for Tomorrow” corn hole tournament at 1 p.m. Sunday, May 31. Winners will receive prizes for participation. They can also e...
May 06, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
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Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — No money was exchanged in the settlement between Blake Lively and her “It Ends With Us” director and co-star Justin Baldoni when they laid down their arms Mond...
May 06, 2026 People
NEW YORK — Ted Turner could never be defined by just one role. He was a media mogul, philanthropist and conservationist. A yachtsman who won boating's most famous race an...
May 06, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — Doris Fisher, who co-founded the iconic clothing chain The Gap Inc. in 1969 with her late husband Don, has died. She was 94. Fisher died on Saturday surrounded...
May 05, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
VENTURA, Calif. — Britney Spears pleaded guilty through her lawyer Monday to a lesser charge that will allow her to avoid jail time after California prosecutors accused h...
May 05, 2026 People
“The Drama,” a rom-com that goes bad starring Zendaya and Robert Pattinson, and the synth-pop group MUNA releasing their fourth studio album, “Dancing on the Wall,” are s...
May 04, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
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Special Sections
Stephen Harding, an instructor at the Butler Art Center and Gallery, has plenty of ideas for unique, affordable crafts for all ages. From bookmarks to painted terracotta ...
May 04, 2026 Special Sections
Keller Williams Realty is asking everyone, parent or not, to “run like a mother” this Mother’s Day, May 10, for their annual 5K and one-mile walk at Moraine State Park. B...
May 04, 2026 Special Sections
An 18-hole round of golf works up an appetite. Some of Butler County’s golf courses are known for more than just the quality of their greens, too, and offer different foo...
May 03, 2026 Sports
With high school graduations on the horizon, for many students, it’s time for them and their families to look ahead to the next level of their education journey. From st...
April 28, 2026 Special Sections
Changes introduced under ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’
April 28, 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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