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YMCA to build rental cabins at Armco Park
With a few new amenities, Butler County Family YMCA is hoping to make Armco Park a destination. The YMCA plans to build three rental cabins to give people anoth...
A former Karns City soccer player has found new success in women’s pro football with Pittsburgh Passion
CANTON, Ohio — An hour before the start of the Women’s Football Alliance Pro National Championship game Saturday afternoon, two patrons were wearing black-and-g...
Worth Township files complaint seeking $12,000 for property maintenance ordinance violation
Worth Township has filed a civil complaint seeking a $12,000 judgment against a resident alleging he accumulated junk and debris on his property that washed int...
Seneca Valley area athletic teams react to death of 2 youth coaches
The Seneca Valley area athletic community is reacting this week following the deaths of two youth coaches, Cody L. Huffman and T.V. Garrett Griffin, who were ki...
Former Butler booster club treasurer accused of stealing $20K from club, spending it on gambling
A Chicora woman is accused of stealing more than $20,000 from Butler Girls Softball Booster Club and spending at least part of it on online gambling, according ...
YMCA to build rental cabins at Armco Park
YMCA to build rental c...
A former Karns City soccer player has found new success in women’s pro football ...
A former Karns City so...
Worth Township files complaint seeking $12,000 for property maintenance ordinanc...
Worth Township files c...
Seneca Valley area athletic teams react to death of 2 youth coaches
Seneca Valley area ath...
Former Butler booster club treasurer accused of stealing $20K from club, spendin...
Former Butler booster ...
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Coroner confirms cause of death for man found in trash can in June
A man whose body was found in a trash can in a Butler apartment in June died from combined drug poisoning, according to the Butler County Coroner’s Office. Philip Schiede...
July 30, 2026 Local News
Penn State Extension holds corn and soybean field day
Penn State Extension’s Butler County office hosted a field day event for corn and soybean farmers at The Vettori’s farm supply store in Saxonburg on Thursday morning, Jul...
July 30, 2026 Local News
Cranberry supervisors to vote on proposed ordinance amendment, storm sewer project at Aug. 6 meeting
Multiple development plans also to be considered
July 31, 2026 Local News
Butler man charged with assault, strangulation of girlfriend
Matthew Marc Kennedy, 56, of Butler, is facing a second-degree felony strangulation charge and a second-degree misdemeanor assault charge after police said he choked a wo...
July 30, 2026 Local News
PennDOT hosting open house Aug. 14 to attract equipment operators
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is hosting an open house to attract full-time maintenance and winter-only maintenance workers in Butler County. The open hou...
July 30, 2026 Local News
The Latest
Today in History: July 31, Phelps sets Olympic medal record
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Hope dwindles for rescue in southwestern Japan quake as death toll climbs to 25
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Trump announces a deal for Hamas to disarm in Gaza, but many hurdles and uncertainty remain
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Wiebe completes 24-hour bike ride
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Big Ten seeking clarity on playoff expansion before addressing its nonconference scheduling policy
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Woman accused of assaulting 3 employees at BMH
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Cranberry fitness courts to be unveiled to public
Cranberry Township and the Cranberry Foundation will unveil new fitness courts in the UPMC Passavant Sportsplex at Graham Park. The facilities will give residents a space...
July 30, 2026 Local News
Pavement patching to begin on Franklin Road in Cranberry Township next week
Franklin Road in Cranberry Township will undergo pavement patching next week. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation announced Thursday, July 30, pavement patching...
July 30, 2026 Local News
2-vehicle crash reported along Route 8 in Butler Township
A two-vehicle crash reportedly took place near the entrance to a Sheetz at the intersection of Pittsburgh and Vogel Road in Butler Township just before 12:30 p.m. Thursda...
July 30, 2026 Local News
2 sheds, vehicle catch fire in Cranberry Township
Multiple emergency crews responded to two sheds and car on fire Thursday morning, July 30, in Cranberry Township, according to Butler County Emergency Services. Cranberr...
July 30, 2026 Local News
Mars Area School District, like others, waiting to see what cellphone policy state adopts
ADAMS TWP — With Pennsylvania moving toward a statewide “bell-to-bell” cellphone ban in schools, places such as Mars Area School District are left in limbo. Mars school ...
July 30, 2026 Local News
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Community
Unionville Grange donates to Disabled American Veterans
Unionville Grange donated $500 to the Disabled American Veterans. Virginia Mangel from Uni...
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Dean’s list
The following area residents were named to the dean’s list at their respective colleges an...
July 30, 2026
Great celestial events in August
It’s certainly rare to have a total solar eclipse and one of the best meteor showers in th...
July 30, 2026
Wildlife corridors aim to make Pennsylvania roads safer for animals and drivers
Butler County experts say idea could reduce collisions
July 30, 2026
Pennsylvania Outdoor Corps cleans up Moraine State Park
The Pennsylvania Outdoor Corps, a statewide youth employment and job development program, ...
July 30, 2026
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Sports
Steelers’ Broderick Jones is not worrying about his future in Pittsburgh. Being healthy is enough
LATROBE — At the time, Broderick Jones thought it was no big deal. Walking off the field i...
 
Neubert: St. Barnabas 5K and Moraine Regatta 5K about more than the finish and rewards
Sometimes the run is only part of the fun. Two races this weekend reward finishers with po...
July 30, 2026
Pirates miss opportunity with series loss to Diamondbacks
PITTSBURGH — Another lefty meant another loss for the Pirates in their rubber match agains...
July 29, 2026
Mars not bringing back Jason Thompson as baseball coach after ‘mistake’ during team trip to Florida
Jason Thompson guided Mars varsity baseball to five WPIAL playoff appearances in six years...
July 29, 2026
Pirates tie it, then blow it, losing to Diamondbacks in 12 innings
PITTSBURGH — James McCann singled in the winning run in the 12th inning with his fourth hi...
July 28, 2026
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Editorial
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July 29, 2026 Cartoons
E-bike safety important
The City of Butler announced a zero-tolerance policy on electronic bicycles, otherwise known as e-bikes, effective July 23, due to violent crashes wit...
July 29, 2026 Our Opinion
The U.S. should consider making voting compulsory
The United States — like all democracies — is centered on the basic premise that a representative system of governance reflects public preferences. Th...
July 29, 2026 Other Voices
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July 28, 2026 Cartoons
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July 28, 2026 Cartoons
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Business
Some robotaxis approved to operate without steering wheels; losing the brake pedal could be next
Federal regulators are clearing the way for robotaxis to operate without manual controls like steering wheels or, eventually, even brake pedals as the...
July 30, 2026 Business
Deadlines loom for U.S. Department of Agriculture assistance programs
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is reminding agricultural producers impacted by increased input costs and natural disasters that deadlines to apply...
July 30, 2026 Business
Fed leaves interest rate unchanged but with 3 dissents as Warsh praises ‘good family fight’
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve left its key interest rate unchanged Wednesday, although three officials dissented in favor of higher rates as the ce...
July 29, 2026 Business
At Mars Pizza, consistency remains the favorite ingredient
At Mars Pizza, the most popular order is still the simplest one. Cheese pizza remains the customer favorite, followed closely by pepperoni. But Mike P...
July 29, 2026 Business
Johnson & Johnson proposes $5.5 billion talc settlement to end marathon legal fight
Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay $5.5 billion to tie up remaining lawsuits that claim its talc products caused ovarian cancer. The drugmaker, which...
July 28, 2026 Business
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Weekend Entertainment
Pioneer Pursuit 5K returns to BC3
Butler County Community College is hosting the fourth annual Pioneer Pursuit on Saturday, Sept. 12, at the college’s main campus in Butler Township. Pioneer Pursuit is a ...
July 30, 2026 Local News
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Arts & Entertainment
Beatles’ ‘Rubber Soul’ reissue includes unreleased John Lennon song
An upcoming re-issue of The Beatles’ “Rubber Soul” album features an unreleased song demo from John Lennon. Pre-orders for the newly mixed rendition of the 1965 record ar...
July 30, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
Prague’s rare 70 mm IMAX draws thousands of Europeans for Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’
PRAGUE — With Christopher Nolan’s highly anticipated “The Odyssey” recording impressive sales around the globe, thousands of Europeans have used it as a new and unexpecte...
July 30, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
Michael J. Fox to receive Bob Hope Humanitarian Award at Emmys
NEW YORK — Michael J. Fox will receive the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award during this year’s 78th Emmy Awards for his work in advancing research into Parkinson’s disease, wi...
July 30, 2026 People
Moraine and McConnells Mill events for late July through early September
Both Moraine State Park and McConnells Mill State Park have a full schedule of events lined up. That’s a paddlin’ Moraine State Park is offering the following paddle even...
July 30, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
Kavinsky, French DJ and composer of 'Nightcall', dies at 50
PARIS — Kavinsky, the French electro-pop composer whose haunting track “Nightcall” set the musical tone for the movie “Drive” starring Ryan Gosling, has died. He was 50. ...
July 29, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
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Special Sections
Mars welcomes new ice cream shop with open arms
Residents of Mars are already quite familiar with the name “Purvis Brothers,” the 95-year-old family-owned fuel distribution company which also owns the small Planet Mart...
July 29, 2026 Special Sections
Adams Township Community Park: 266 acres of green space
Although nearly every township or borough in Butler County has a municipal park or recreation complex of some kind, few — if any — can boast of one quite as expansive as ...
July 29, 2026 Local News
How to soothe thumb pain when texting and scrolling
NEW YORK — Do your hands hurt when you use your phone? All that texting and scrolling might be stressing out your fingers. The term texting thumb can describe a wide ran...
July 22, 2026 Special Sections
Cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome: the hidden condition affecting 90% of U.S. adults
Most people may never have heard of Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Syndrome, or CKM, which makes sense, considering the condition was only identified and named in 2023. ...
July 22, 2026 Special Sections
Extreme heat is a fact of summer. Its health harms don’t have to be
As yet another heat dome settles over part of the U.S., a depressingly predictable news cycle is unfolding. This week, the headlines will warn of dangerously high tempera...
July 22, 2026 Special Sections
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Seeking Refuge
Ukrainians who fled homeland face 1st anniversary of invasion
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
Ukrainian families assimilating in Butler County as war rages on in homeland
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
Another family will join Ukrainians who fled to Cranberry Twp.
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
Efforts started to help Ukrainian families in Cranberry Twp.
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
2 young families flee war-torn Ukraine, staying in Cranberry
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
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Digital Divide
Obstacles abound as Pa. plans for surge of federal broadband funding
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
Biden administration announces more funding for rural broadband infrastructure
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
What’s next as Pa. prepares to spend $1.2B on broadband
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
Broadband authority seeks feedback on plans
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
FCC maps still under criticism from the Butler County residents, government officials
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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