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PA football Week 10, District 9 playoff final scores: Moniteau knocked out, Butler clinches 6th win and more results
Moniteau is back in the District 9 football playoffs. Can’t believe the playoffs are already here. Yet it is, and that means more updates and highlights fr...
Butler football accomplishes something it hasn’t since 1990s with blowout of Brashear to close out season
BUTLER TWP — In a game that featured 32 first downs, 662 yards of offense and 81 points, one play proved to be the most significant. Butler taking a knee to run...
Moniteau’s return to District 9 football playoffs cut short by overwhelming Central Clarion
CLARION — Moniteau football did not hit rock bottom overnight. Likewise, emerging from that predicament was not going to be a quick fix. It’s an ongoing task, a...
What to know for Election Day 2026: Meet the candidates and learn where to cast a ballot
Election Day is almost here. On Nov. 3, Americans will go the polls and cast their ballots to decide elections affecting every level of governance. In Pennsylv...
Butler County’s 2026 Trick-or-Treat Schedule
Adams Township — 6-8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31 The township’s Halloween in the Park is set for 3 p.m. Oct. 17 at Adams Township Community Park. Brady Township — 6-...
PA football Week 10, District 9 playoff final scores: Moniteau knocked out, Butl...
PA football Week 10, D...
Butler football accomplishes something it hasn’t since 1990s with blowout of Bra...
Butler football accomp...
Moniteau’s return to District 9 football playoffs cut short by overwhelming Cent...
Moniteau’s return to D...
What to know for Election Day 2026: Meet the candidates and learn where to cast ...
What to know for Elect...
Butler County’s 2026 Trick-or-Treat Schedule
Butler County’s 2026 T...
Top Headlines
Mandatory fee to be added, if passed
October 30, 2026 Local News
A Megan’s Law offender and Prospect man is charged with trespassing at Moraine Elementary School repeatedly. Trenton John Tompkins, 40, was charged last week by state pol...
October 30, 2026 Local News
Kyle Salka grabbed a fire extinguisher and ran toward the fire Tuesday, Oct. 27, to try to save the home where he lived with his wife, two kids and two dogs, but it was t...
October 30, 2026 Local News
Keystone Appalachian Transmission Company, FirstEnergy’s transmission subsidiary, will test advanced technologies in Butler County that could make the electric grid more ...
October 30, 2026 Business
The Halloween spirit was alive in Zelienople on Thursday evening, Oct. 29. Spooky characters of all shapes and sizes were present at the Merchant Trick-or-Treat and the p...
October 30, 2026 Local News
News
Police find additional drugs in vehicle Thursday
October 30, 2026 Local News
Maggie Schott had considered suggesting a few candidates for the 2025 Zelienople Volunteer of the Year award. However, the person who ended up getting it — herself — had ...
October 30, 2026 Local News
A railroad crossing on Boyers Road in Mercer Township will close between 6 a.m. Monday and 5 p.m. Friday for maintenance. PennDOT said Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad wil...
October 30, 2026 Local News
A man on parole from a prison sentence he received after pleading guilty to felony drug and gun charges in 2018 is representing himself in an effort to get post-convictio...
October 30, 2026 Crime & Courts
ADAMS TWP — The potential Mars-Adams Township merger stems from conversations last November surrounding the future of the Mars library, according to Russell Ford, chairma...
October 30, 2026 Local News
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Community
SLIPPERY ROCK TWP — Noel Mitchell was always into horses as a child, and now he rides one ...
Today's Verse
Today in History
 
Glade Run Church will have a community Thanksgiving dinner Nov. 7. The dinner is free to a...
October 30, 2026
Operation Christmas Child ships millions of shoeboxes each Christmas season, including tho...
October 30, 2026
Butler Area School District’s Distinguished Graduate Steering Committee has begun the proc...
October 29, 2026
Allegheny General Hospital will be featured in a streaming show once again. The hospital i...
October 29, 2026
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Sports
NATRONA HEIGHTS — North Catholic running backs Anthony Greene and Nathaniel Swisher got th...
 
Macaria Stall and Anna Ravotti won in straight sets to lift North Catholic girls tennis to...
October 30, 2026
PITTSBURGH — Time to find out if the Cleveland Browns are for real. Maybe the Pittsburgh ...
October 30, 2026
SLIPPERY ROCK TWP — The Milk Jug is on the line. But Slippery Rock University’s football t...
October 30, 2026
The postseason has arrived. The 2026 WPIAL Girls Soccer Championships kick off Saturday, O...
October 30, 2026
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Editorial
October 30, 2026 Cartoons
The Butler Freeport Community Trail is getting connected to two other trails that will expand Butler County’s hiking potential. This is great news for...
October 30, 2026 Our Opinion
As another election approaches, voters across Butler County, and throughout Pennsylvania, have an important opportunity to help shape the future of th...
October 30, 2026 Other Voices
October 28, 2026 Cartoons
The times they are a-changing, as Bob Dylan once sang, but that doesn’t mean everybody has to like it. For instance, Butler County residents recently ...
October 28, 2026 Our Opinion
Business
A new consulting company has opened in Zelienople, aimed at helping college-bound students and families navigate the college admissions and selection ...
October 27, 2026 Business
Fort Worth, Texas-based natural gas and natural gas liquids exploration and production company Range Resources has entered into a merger agreement wit...
October 27, 2026 Business
Eligible retirees in the Pennsylvania Public School Employees’ Retirement System are due to receive new regular monthly pension payments in October re...
October 27, 2026 Business
The Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation has announced the voluntary withdrawal of AHN Grove City Hospital from its level IV trauma center accredita...
October 27, 2026 Business
Any time a company looks to start selling shares on Wall Street, it’s required to disclose potential risks to investors. In the case of artificial int...
October 27, 2026 Business
Weekend Entertainment
The Appleby Manor Presbyterian Church, 810 Main St. in Ford City, is having its 35th annual model train display in November. The display will be open from 4 to 6 p.m. Nov...
October 29, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
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Arts & Entertainment
Thirty-four days before the disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes was due in federal prison to serve an 11-year sentence for conspiracy and fraud, she and her partn...
October 30, 2026 Reviews
“Gentle Monster” lets you fall a little bit in love with Lucy, Philip and their young son Johnny, before blowing everything up. This is a film about moral and societa...
October 30, 2026 Reviews
Patrick Stewart, the classically trained actor who added Shakespearean gravitas to the “Star Trek” and “X-Men” franchises, has died. He was 86. Stewart died Wednesday in ...
October 29, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
November is always a great time for stargazing fans. This year we have even more added attractions, both in the evening and early morning over Butler. In the evening heav...
October 29, 2026 Community
LOS ANGELES — Braddock Sandoval perused tables with wigs, a Darth Vader mask, a black tutu, and other items and garments on an unusually sizzling day in Los Angeles. He f...
October 29, 2026 National News
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Special Sections
LOS ANGELES — Strapped into a harness, Josh Law was lowered from a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter into the rough Pacific Ocean in the pitch black night, far off the Mexican ...
October 28, 2026 Special Sections
A longtime Western Pennsylvania firefighter who died in 2022 at the age of 49 left behind memories for his colleagues and a lasting legacy as a fire instructor. Jimmy...
October 28, 2026 Special Sections
Matt Boehm can pinpoint when his interest to start the Model Train Club of Zelienople began. A little more than five years ago, his sister, Sandy, gave him their father’s...
October 26, 2026 Special Sections
Adams Area Fire District Address: 645 Route 228, Mars Phone: 724-625-1210 Email: info@adamsarea42.com Website: adamsarea42.com Fire Chief: Ta...
October 26, 2026 Special Sections
Thomas Burnatoski lost his life in the line of duty as an EMT in 1983, but he will always be remembered by those who knew him as a hard worker and a gentle giant. Burnato...
October 26, 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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