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Lawmakers in Butler County cautiously optimistic about reaching budget deal soon
Lawmakers are cautiously optimistic about reaching a deal on the state budget without an impasse as long as last year’s, but meeting their June 30 deadline is u...
CERTA co-owners charged with contaminating Connoquenessing Creek
The co-owners of Capital Environmental Risk Transfer Alliance (CERTA) and the business itself are being charged with several felonies after the men allegedly du...
Armstrong County bridge preservation could be delayed by federally-protected bird
One of the fastest animals on Earth may be causing a delay. A federally protected peregrine falcon could delay a $9-million Pennsylvania Department of Transpor...
Students take sail as camp returns to Moraine
MUDDY CREEK TWP — Although many sailors in the Moraine Sailing Camp return year after year to hone their skills on the water and the winds, longtime attendees t...
Fireman’s parade runs through downtown Saxonburg
The annual Saxonburg Fireman’s Parade was held along the borough’s Main Street despite some rainy weather on Thursday night, June 25. The Fireman’s Parade mark...
Lawmakers in Butler County cautiously optimistic about reaching budget deal soon
Lawmakers in Butler Co...
CERTA co-owners charged with contaminating Connoquenessing Creek
CERTA co-owners charge...
Armstrong County bridge preservation could be delayed by federally-protected bir...
Armstrong County bridg...
Students take sail as camp returns to Moraine
Students take sail as ...
Fireman’s parade runs through downtown Saxonburg
Fireman’s parade runs ...
Top Headlines
Capitol Cleaners, a dry cleaning spot in the City of Butler, is set to close its doors Tuesday, June 30. “We are closing permanently June 30,” a sign spotted on the busin...
June 26, 2026 Local News
As the country nears celebrating its historic 250th birthday on July 4, Butler County Emergency Services is reminding residents not to clog the emergency phone lines by c...
June 27, 2026 Local News
Gerald “Jerry” Puff dedicated his personal life to his family, his professional life to Armco, and his postretirement life to World War II veterans. Puff, a former plant ...
June 26, 2026
A Butler County public defender will continue representing homicide suspect Sean Ernest Williams after they reconciled their disagreements Friday, June 26, over the handl...
June 27, 2026 Crime & Courts
A Summit Township man told a judge Friday that he will hire a new attorney to defend him against charges Saxonburg police filed after responding to a 911 call from a 13-y...
June 27, 2026 Crime & Courts
News
Main Street in Butler, between Wayne and Pearl streets, will be closed from 8:15 a.m. through about 11:30 a.m. Saturday for the Butler Road Race and again from 9 a.m. to ...
June 27, 2026 Local News
The Rev. Matthew S. Selzer will be assigned parochial vicar of the newly established Sts. Francis and Clare Parish as part of his official ordination to the Diocese of Pi...
June 26, 2026 Local News
Italian Society of Butler County establishes $15K endowment
June 26, 2026 Local News
Butler City Council members voted Thursday, June 25, to approve a proposal for updated cabling infrastructure in the Butler City Building on West North Street. The propos...
June 26, 2026 Local News
Five Butler County police and fire departments have a new bag of tricks to help children with autism and other disabilities during emergencies. On Sunday, June 14, the ...
June 26, 2026 Local News
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Community
JEFFERSON TWP — The custodial staff of Knoch School District has been hard at work the pas...
Today's Verse
Today in History
 
Valencia Presbyterian Church, 80 Sterrett Street in Valencia, announced several community ...
June 26, 2026
This past weekend was the swan song for spring 2026 as summer astronomically kicked off ve...
June 25, 2026
Seven Butler County youths graduated from Reach Cyber Charter School this year, among 699 ...
June 25, 2026
Senior centers at Butler, Chicora, Cranberry Township, Evans City, Slippery Rock, Mount Ch...
June 25, 2026
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Sports
BEAVERTON, Ore. — Heat. Moisture. National pride. These were top of mind as Nike designed ...
 
Jennifer Kim, on LakeVue North’s 170-yard No. 2 hole, using a 5-wood. ...
June 26, 2026
BETHANY, W.Va. — Sitting on 597 career high school wins, former Butler girls basketball co...
June 26, 2026
BUTLER TWP — Butler High School swimmers Bob Cummings, Mike Kriley, Pat Kriley and Larry D...
June 26, 2026
Senior Hunter Doerflinger was named a first-team District 10 Region 2 Boys Track and Field...
June 26, 2026
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Editorial
Managing a household's prescriptions, doctor visits and insurance appeals shouldn’t feel like a second job. But for my family, it is a daily reality m...
June 27, 2026 Letters to the Editor
Well, we’re finally here. Games of skill now, thanks to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, are slot machines (we all knew that). Casinos hate them becaus...
June 27, 2026 Letters to the Editor
Guillard Road in Muddy Creek Township is being prepared to be paved. The township crew should be commended for taking the time to prep every house, dr...
June 27, 2026 Letters to the Editor
I am very upset that a working, productive member of our society has been held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for over 51 days now in det...
June 27, 2026 Letters to the Editor
June 26, 2026 Cartoons
Business
WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy expanded at a solid and unexpected 2.1% annual pace from January through March, the Commerce Department reported Thursda...
June 26, 2026 Business
ChatGPT maker OpenAI said Friday it is restricting the release of its new artificial intelligence model at the request of President Donald Trump's adm...
June 26, 2026 Business
CRANBERRY TWP — Be the thermostat, not the thermometer. That was the main message Blayre Holmes Davis, senior director of community relations for the ...
June 26, 2026 Business
U.S. consumer spending accelerated in May even as prices rose at the fastest pace in more than three years, suggesting Americans are powering through ...
June 25, 2026 Business
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge rose to a new three-year high in May as gas prices peaked, a sign rising costs could pose...
June 25, 2026 Business
Weekend Entertainment
In honor of America’s 250th anniversary, Experience Butler County will celebrate its history and heritage through Butler County History Week from Sunday, June 28, through...
June 24, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
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Arts & Entertainment
Last year’s “Superman” ended with Iggy Pop singing “Because I’m a punk rocker, yes I am” — an ironic coda for a superlatively square hero. But it rings straightforwardly ...
June 27, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
Soufflé is for dinner, but much more is on the table in Olivia Wilde’s deliciously entertaining chamber comedy, “The Invite,” about a couple whose marriage is on the rock...
June 27, 2026 Reviews
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — A special guest crashed Portugal coach Roberto Martínez's news conference Friday: Grammy winner Dua Lipa. Her sound, anyway. Speakers inside the int...
June 26, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
This World Cup has prompted some questions we simply can’t answer for you. Can anyone stop Messi? Does Merlin the duck like wearing that jersey? What happens if the Congo...
June 25, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
WASHINGTON — For more than 40 years, sketches by American illustrator Norman Rockwell of scenes from the White House visitor’s lobby graced the walls of the West Wing, wh...
June 25, 2026 National News
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Special Sections
This article is one in a series of articles about what life looks like in Butler County ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026. Stories in this serie...
June 26, 2026 Special Sections
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. CITY BUTLER ...
June 26, 2026 Special Sections
This article is one in a series of articles about what life looks like in Butler County ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026. Stories in this serie...
June 24, 2026 Special Sections
For some men and women, the answer to treatment for stress, anxiety and other challenges is man’s, or woman’s, best friend. Certified therapy animals are trained to prov...
June 23, 2026 Special Sections
In Butler County, there are plenty of chances for activities shared between people and their pets. During the warm summer months especially, Butler residents and visitor...
June 23, 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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