SAXONBURG — Good food at a good price for a good cause brought people from all over Butler County to Saxonburg VFW Post 7376 on Saturday, March 14.
Volunteers f...
BUTLER TWP — “Thirty-two year old male. Multiple gunshot wounds. The scene is safe. Police on scene.”
Simulating a real medical emergency dispatch, that’s all t...
West Penn Power reported Saturday morning, March 14, that 12,433 of its customers had no electricity, after heavy winds took down electric lines and trees aroun...
GoFundMe started for firefighter hit by car Friday
GoFundMe started for f...
Saxonburg VFW raises money for veteran banners
Saxonburg VFW raises m...
Paramedic, EMT students train on bleeding mannequin
Paramedic, EMT student...
Area Toastmasters mark 69th anniversary on Pi Day
Area Toastmasters mark...
More than 12,000 county households without power Saturday
Commuters who frequent Hansen Avenue and Whitestown Road regularly might have noticed some activity at the former Lyndora Hotel over the past few weeks.
That’s because th...
The Harrisville Borough Police Department has closed its skate park off of Wick Avenue due to safety concerns, according to a Friday, March 13, Facebook post.
A recent i...
A Pittsburgh man is accused of entering a camper uninvited in search of a person to help him.
Robert Christopher Tabor, 39, was charged Friday, March 13, with one felony ...
A Butler woman is accused of entering a woman’s home on Hickory Street and assaulting her, police said.
Christina Leann Huskins, 39, was charged Wednesday, March 11, by B...
St. Patrick’s Day is all about the “wearin’ of the green,” but did you ever consider the “growin’ of the green” in your landscape?
In high school biology, we learned tha...
The following items have been collected from various police departments and district courts:
Butler
March 3 — Cierra Rose Hefferan, 23, of Butler, was charged with misdem...
High winds blew through Butler County on Friday evening, March 13, resulting in thousands of power outages and dozens of wires down, fallen trees and other weather relate...
A firefighter was struck by a vehicle in the 800-block of Oneida Valley Road in Oakland Township Friday evening, March 13.
Butler County Emergency Services called Oneida ...
We can argue about the reason. We can cast blame or spread it around. The bottom line for the average American remains: It’s more expensive to maintai...
I am writing to express my objection to U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly’s recent vote for the SAVE America Act in the U.S. House. (“House passes strict voter reg...
This is in response to Mike Rock’s letter, “Only service dogs should be allowed in grocery stores,” (Feb. 22, Page A4).
My beloved Bandit, whom I sadl...
Perhaps Butler County has always been a red county, as mentioned in the Sunday, Feb. 22, letter (“Letters not reflective of county,” Page A4). But cha...
WASHINGTON — An inflation gauge closely monitored by the Federal Reserve moved higher in January in the latest sign that prices were persistently elev...
The biggest new restaurant trend is small.
Special menus with petite, less expensive portions are popping up all over, from large chains like Olive G...
WASHINGTON — The Senate passed a broad bill on Thursday to make U.S. housing more accessible and affordable, a rare bipartisan effort in Congress to a...
Allegheny Health Network has opened its newly renovated, second cardiac catheterization lab at AHN Forbes Hospital in Monroeville.
The renovation expa...
NEW YORK — A widening war in Iran has halted oil tankers, made targets of refineries and spooked investors worried about the cascading impact of spiki...
Washington’s Trail 1753 will be taking a look at George Washington’s experiences with the Revolutionary War on the frontier of the budding United States during its annual...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — From Mexican American and Chicano barrios in the American Southwest to the halls of the Smithsonian on the National Mall and even the streets of Japan...
The hunky, sweet hero in the new romantic drama “Reminders of Him” at one point turns to the movie’s heroine and tells her: “I’m starting to wonder if you’re the saddest ...
Writer-director Ian Tuason’s feature debut, the sonic-driven horror “Undertone,” has, at least at the outset, an appealingly stripped-down quality.
The 30-something Evy ...
LONDON — Over six decades of “Doctor Who,” the intergalactic adventurer’s adversaries have included evil robots, rampaging Yeti — and the BBC, which erased many early epi...
LOS ANGELES — Rihanna, her partner A$AP Rocky, their three children and her mother were all at home when a woman now charged with attempted murder and many other felony c...
At Passavant Community in Zelienople, the beauty of kindness arrives on four wheels. Once a month, a pushcart filled with fresh-cut flowers donated by Trader Joe’s makes...
Cranking up the volume in your car may sound harmless and fun, but it could lead to hearing problems in your older years -- and possibly even increase your risk of dement...
WASHINGTON — Colorectal cancer is a threat not just to older adults but increasingly to young men and women, too. It’s now the top cancer killer of Americans younger than...
BUTLER TWP — The dance floor may be new for the group of seniors who get together every Monday to line dance together, but the steps remain the same.
The senior line danc...
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...
