West Virginia University Health System has agreed to keep Independence Health System’s hospitals open for at least five years and negotiate in good faith with i...
CONNOQUENESSING TWP — As Rolling Valley Estates residents facing their third well water issue in a year, township officials are working to find ways to hold its...
After spending Week 1 playing close to home, Butler County teams are hitting the road.
Most of them, anyway.
We’ve got our first Thursday game of the year when...
Cole Johnston can do a lot of things.
The Karns City senior quarterback/safety could work on his own marketing, though.
“I’m just an average student who plays f...
WVU Health System agrees to patient, insurance protections
WVU Health System agre...
Connoquenessing Township takes action against owner of mobile home park with rec...
Connoquenessing Townsh...
Week 2 PIAA football picks: Will Butler, Knoch and Karns City start 2-0 after im...
Week 2 PIAA football p...
Freeport school officials expect high school project to be bid in November
Freeport school offici...
QB Cole Johnston is just an ‘average student’ who can do it all and has Karns Ci...
ADAMS TWP — Mars Area School District teachers and officials may have an answer in the coming weeks on whether contract disputes will be resolved.
Members of the negotia...
JACKSON TWP — A planned residential development application for Phase 1 of the Londonderry Ridge development was approved for board recommendation by Jackson Township’s p...
The Knoch wrestling club is growing and it’s looking to add a dedicated practice room at the recently renovated school building.
According to new district superintendent ...
CRANBERRY TWP — Housing in Cranberry has been growing for decades, according to Pete Lombardi, a partner at czb LLC, a Maine-based planning and community development cons...
ZELIENOPLE — Differing opinions about the economic benefits of partnering with food trucks led some Zelienople business owners to weigh in during borough council’s Monday...
A new program created by Allegheny Health Network will benefit northern Butler County. It is intended to provide patients in urgent need with blood before arriving at the...
BUTLER TWP — In its first week of operation, the new Butler County Area Agency on Aging facility on North Duffy Road is already a hit with county seniors.
“The building a...
Parking will be restricted on 10 streets in Butler between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 3, for street cleaning.
The roads affected are Maryland Avenue, and Diamond, ...
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is hosting an open house for full-time and seasonal maintenance positions in Butler County from noon to 4 p.m. Sept. 18 at t...
Democrats and Republicans, in Congress and the White House, once collaborated on fraught legislation to address major public policy and fiscal challen...
Speaker Jam, the annual gathering of Butler County social service agencies and nonprofits, couldn’t have come at a more opportune time.
The event, whi...
This letter is in praise of Dr. Prasad Vemala’s recent editorial in this newspaper (“The state has a partnership shortage, not a worker one, Aug. 2, P...
In the early morning hours of Saturday, Aug. 8, Congress couldn’t agree that people need proof of citizenship to vote. The Fourteenth Amendment prohib...
Butler-based telecommunications company Armstrong is launching its ninth annual Avenge Hunger Month campaign to fight hunger across its service area.
...
NexTier Bank, headquartered in Butler, has officially completed a legal merger with an Ohio-based bank.
As of Aug. 31, NexTier has merged with Riversi...
Construction is currently underway for UPMC’s specialty care location at the Clearview Mall in Center Township.
The facility is expected to be complet...
A petroleum distributor has filed suit in federal court alleging it supplied $4 million worth of gasoline sold to multiple Freedom Fuel Network gas st...
WASHINGTON — Besides a social media post from President Donald Trump, the White House has said little about what he is calling “THE BIGGEST OIL DEAL I...
The Cranberry Men’s Chorus is putting an a cappella twist on classic songs from the 1950s, ’60s, and ’70s for its annual fall show, “The Soundtrack of Your Life,” at 7 p....
LONDON — Ariana Grande’s final words, before she stepped offstage and out of the spotlight, were for her fans.
Addressing the crowd during her last concert in London Tue...
NEW YORK — Dolly Parton is not done yet. The estate behind the icon, who died of cancer last week at age 80, has announced Dollyfest, a two-day festival to be held in Nas...
Evoking the same do-it-yourself pop-rock feminism of her '90s musical influences, Olivia Rodrigo raised $20 million for women's well-being with a benefit show that activa...
NEW YORK — Three years after Warner Bros. abruptly canned “Coyote vs. Acme,” the Looney Tunes feature film that was given a new lease on life by Ketchup Entertainment deb...
NEW YORK — Dolly Parton was many things: A country star, actor, philanthropist, entrepreneur, theme park enthusiast, Christian who centered acceptance in her personal th...
When Nicole Lakovic walked into her bridal shower wearing a modernized version of her mother’s wedding gown, Connie Lakovic saw her transformed dress for the first time.
...
Antique barns and wide-open green space accommodate the increasingly popular rustic theme many future spouses seek. Butler County venues host plenty of them each year.
“M...
Big church weddings with fancy receptions in the once-popular month of June are quickly becoming a thing of the past with couples starting their futures together.
Some c...
The following are first-place winners from the Butler Farm Show, which ended Saturday, Aug. 15.
Rabbit Breeds
Dwarf Papillion – Blue/Sr. Buck, Cora Schneider, Ellwood Cit...
Slippery Rock University senior and commuter student Samuel Kightlinger said that for his 10 a.m. class last year, he had to arrive to campus at least an hour early to fi...
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...
