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Butler volleyball seeking positives after loss to Shaler
BUTLER TWP — Grab a set, grab some confidence. That’s the next step for Butler’s girls volleyball team following Thursday night’s 3-0 loss to Shaler in the Gold...
Police investigating attempted homicide along Oneida Valley Road in Allegheny Township
A man called police just before 4 a.m. Thursday to say he was shot multiple times on Oneida Valley Road in Allegheny Township. State police are investigating th...
Who goes No 1 2026 fantasy football Butler County draft? Listen to, watch ‘Eye on Sports’
Season 2 of our “Eye on Sports” high school fantasy football league kicks off with our draft. Producer Laura Crago has joined the league. Can she unseat Derek P...
Contract negotiations resolved at Mars Area School District
ADAMS TWP — One decision made at Mars Area School District’s Wednesday board meeting was met with a resounding applause from a crowd of attendees that included ...
County renovating Diamond Park, creating Veteran’s Memorial Wall
The Butler County commissioners’ plans to renovate Diamond Park in Butler include removing the 1,600 memorial pavers etched with the names of veterans and placi...
Butler volleyball seeking positives after loss to Shaler
Butler volleyball seek...
Police investigating attempted homicide along Oneida Valley Road in Allegheny To...
Police investigating a...
Who goes No 1 2026 fantasy football Butler County draft? Listen to, watch ‘Eye o...
Who goes No 1 2026 fan...
Contract negotiations resolved at Mars Area School District
Contract negotiations ...
County renovating Diamond Park, creating Veteran’s Memorial Wall
County renovating Diam...
Top Headlines
A man called police just before 4 a.m. Thursday to say he was shot multiple times on Oneida Valley Road in Allegheny Township. State police are investigating the shooting...
September 10, 2026 Local News
State police are offering a $5,000 reward for information that solves the case of a missing Washington Township woman last seen in 1983. Doris Stalker, of Hilliards in Wa...
September 10, 2026 Local News
The number of positive West Nile virus samples in Butler County so far in 2026 has risen to 11 after additional mosquito samples from both Zelienople and Cranberry Townsh...
September 10, 2026 Local News
Thirty-three empty pairs of shoes placed around the Diamond Park fountain represented the 33 lives that were lost to suicide in Butler County in 2025. Those they represe...
September 10, 2026 Community
News
On Tuesday morning, Cranberry Donut Connection set up shop at the Cranberry Township Municipal Center to sell doughnuts and coffee. Funds raised will benefit Cranberry F...
September 10, 2026 Local News
CENTER TWP — Lucian Houllion, co-owner of Mill Hunky Coffee Company in Summit Township, has been steadily growing his tiny, mobile drive-through coffee trailer to the poi...
September 10, 2026 Local News
Butler County is set to receive $2.075 million in reassigned money from the state Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program to build a garage for emergency services and di...
September 10, 2026 Local News
The following items were collected from various police departments and district courts: Butler Aug. 22 — Jennifer Elizabeth Thomas, 36, of Franklin Township, was charged ...
September 10, 2026 Local News
Southern Clarion County Ambulance Service is asking the community for help to keep the service in business. Citing a significant decrease in the number of calls and patie...
September 09, 2026 Health
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Community
Andrew Potyka and Patricia Potyka, of Butler, will celebrate 70 years of marriage on Sept....
Today's Verse
Today in History
 
Senior centers at Butler, Chicora, Cranberry Township, Evans City, Slippery Rock, and Winf...
September 10, 2026
License, microchips help missing animals get home
September 10, 2026
More than 150 vendors will appear at an artisan market in Saxonburg Saturday, Sept. 12, an...
September 08, 2026
Valencia Presbyterian Church, 80 Sterrett St. in Valencia, will kick off its 2026 fall pro...
September 08, 2026
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Sports
Garrett Fleming, Logan Rumbaugh and Trevor Rumbaugh each scored a goal in Karns City’s 3-0...
 
Some teams are starting to separate themselves in the early going. Butler, Knoch, Karns C...
September 10, 2026
Here are the Top 10 passers, rushers, receivers and scorers in the Butler County area so f...
September 10, 2026
Here are the latest standings involving Butler County-area teams, as well as full schedule...
September 10, 2026
For the fifth time since 2022, our own Butler County Community College has been named Best...
September 10, 2026
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Editorial
September 09, 2026 Cartoons
The national conversation about how much public surveillance is too much has come to the forefront in Butler County as municipalities weigh the pros a...
September 09, 2026 Editorial
I’ve long been intrigued by the presidencies of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Dwight D. Eisenhower and believe they each offer important and illuminating ...
September 09, 2026 Other Voices
Minutes count, especially when someone is suffering from a life-threatening injury that may cause them to lose blood quickly. According to the Stop t...
September 08, 2026 Our Opinion
September 08, 2026 Cartoons
Business
SLIPPERY ROCK TWP — For those recognized at this year’s Butler County Chamber of Commerce Celebrate Business Dinner, the evening is less about a troph...
September 10, 2026 Business
Butler Memorial Hospital has again received the American College of Cardiology’s NCDR Chest Pain — MI Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award ...
September 09, 2026 Business
Armstrong Comfort Solutions, the subsidiary home services provider of Armstrong Group, is launching a new program created to help a deserving Butler C...
September 09, 2026 Business
Company actively seeking 100 full-time, part-time roles
September 09, 2026 Business
Man’s best friend is getting some love from the Girl Scouts. Girl Scouts of the USA said Tuesday its first cookies for dogs will go on sale in January...
September 09, 2026 Business
Weekend Entertainment
A new organization in the Karns City area is planning a family event for Sunday, Sept. 13. Karns City Communities that Care is organizing KC Strong Community Day, to take...
September 09, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
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Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — Michael J. Fox’s battle with Parkinson’s disease has “gotten harder,” but he remains optimistic that a cure is coming. The 65-year-old television star was 29 y...
September 10, 2026 People
The creators of the long-running and enthusiastically insolent TV show “South Park” aren’t known to be huge fans of President Donald Trump. However, they’ve decided to ad...
September 09, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
DETROIT — Motown icon Stevie Wonder has announced fall tour dates, including a pair of concerts at Detroit's Fox Theatre. The tour marks the 50th anniversary of his 18th ...
September 08, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
PARIS — Two thieves sliced through a fence, climbed through a window and stole four valuable Renoir paintings Tuesday from a small museum on the French Riviera, but aband...
September 08, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
Steve Irwin’s loved ones are remembering his impact on the 20th anniversary of his death. In an Instagram post shared Friday, the Crocodile Hunter’s wife, Terri Irwin, re...
September 08, 2026 People
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Special Sections
Parkers Appliance sees customers looking for option that best suits need
September 10, 2026 Special Sections
As temperatures begin to slowly drop, Eli Nickerson, HVAC service and installation manager with Armstrong Comfort Solutions, likes to take a cooler, late summer day to wa...
September 09, 2026 Special Sections
The following are first-place winners from the Butler Farm Show, which ended Saturday, Aug. 15. ALPACAS Showmanship Youth Through 18, Roselyn Knight, Evans City Age 19 & ...
September 05, 2026 Local News
The following are first-place winners from the Butler Farm Show, which ended Saturday, Aug. 15. Ducks Muscovy / Bk / Old Duck, Cristi Daugherty, Butler Buff / Old Drake, ...
September 05, 2026 Local News
The following are first-place winners from the Butler Farm Show, which ended Saturday, Aug. 15. State Poster Contest 15–18 State Poster Contest, Lindsay Lipp, Butler 12–1...
September 05, 2026 Local News
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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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