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...
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...
(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...
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
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Spirit Airlines, which abruptly canceled all its future flights over the weekend, secured court approval Tuesday to begin dismantling the once-busy bu...
In recent months, AHN Grove City has begun offering robotic-assisted knee and hip surgeries, including joint replacements, with the addition of the Ma...
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...
Butler County-based Concordia Lutheran Ministries, a senior residential services provider, has completed its acquisition of six former SpiriTrust Luth...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
“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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
