NORTH BUFFALO TWP, Armstrong County — When property owners on Creek Road — Township Road 308 — found out the township was considering an ordinance to vacate the...
FRANKLIN TWP — Although America’s 250th birthday has passed, patriotic spirit was alive at the Big Butler Fair’s Kids’ Caravan Parade.
In the parade, held Tues...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The U.S. military launched new strikes against Iran early Wednesday, hours after three merchant ships were struck in the Strait of...
ZELIENOPLE — Borough council voted unanimously to issue payments toward construction work for part of the improvement project on Main Street at its meeting Monday, June 2...
A Butler man accused of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl with autism pleaded guilty Tuesday to a felony charge of aggravated indecent assault.
Ivan Cumba, 54, enter...
BUTLER TWP — Spencer D. Geibel Funeral Home and Cremation Services is looking to expand its facilities on New Castle Road with a new accessory storage building.
The Butle...
Christina Durci’s trailer at the Saxony Estates mobile home park in Saxonburg has a minor flaw: a hole in the driveway that reemerged over the weekend.
According to Durci...
Potatoes are a staple at Ponderosa Steakhouse in Center Township. Four-ton potatoes are not usually on the menu.
However, Tuesday, July 7, Ponderosa guests got to see a ...
The mother of a 7-year-old nonverbal boy testified a Tennessee man threatened to kill her and her family if she reported he beat her son with a shower head in Concord Tow...
Even with Christmas over five months away, Butler Township is looking to get holly and jolly during July with a craft and vendor show.
The township’s fourth annual Christ...
Zelienople Area Public Library will host a number of events this summer. Families can still sign up for the library’s ongoing Summer Reading Program, which will continue ...
A tri-axle dump truck rolled over Tuesday afternoon, July 7, near the intersection of Mercer and Fergus roads in Slippery Rock Township, according to Butler County Emerge...
The Big Butler Fair continued through Independence Day on Saturday with the Rodfathers of Butler’s first Fourth of July cruise and a fireworks show in honor of the holida...
Regarding “U.S. cattle industry facing screwworm fly threat in Texas,” published June 4, (Page 7): Multiple New World Screwworm cases have been confir...
U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly recently said, “Doing nothing would be the greatest sin of all” regarding Social Security. On that point, we agree.
The problem i...
Like many of us, a large portion of my day is spent on the road. Whether it be the daily journey to and from work or the long drive from my home in Bu...
This letter is in regards to my son's kitty that was killed on Center Avenue, just up from Marvin Street on May 31, after getting out.
To the many pe...
The following are first place winners from the Big Butler Fair, which runs through Saturday.
Baked Products
Banana Bread, Amy Young, Butler
Nut Bread,...
Retail Confectioners International, a trade association that represents independent chocolate makers, candy shops and confectionery suppliers, awarded...
The Pennsylvania departments of transportation and education have started a new grant program aimed to help educational institutions grow Pennsylvania...
REDMOND, Wash. Microsoft is cutting 4,800 jobs, about 2.1% of its global workforce, including a large number of workers at its Xbox video game busines...
NEW YORK — A rebound for AI stocks is sending indexes higher on Wall Street Monday.
The S&P 500 rose 0.7% and is back within 1% of its all-time high,...
Veteran NASA astronaut Mike Fincke will be a featured speaker at the 2026 Moon2Mars Foundation Summer Speaker Series on Saturday and Sunday, July 18 and 19, at Point Park...
LOS ANGELES — Mariska Hargitay is set to host the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards, airing on NBC on Sept. 14.
NBCUniversal announced Hargitay as host on Tuesday, the day befo...
FORT WORTH, Texas — A new film about the life of Jimmy Stewart will make its world premiere in Fort Worth.
“Jimmy” follows Stewart’s service in World War II and how it sh...
George Clooney is returning to the Venice Film Festival this year, where he’ll be honored with a lifetime achievement award. The festival’s organizers said Monday tha...
The latest Rolling Stones album and the streaming debut of the hit movie “Backrooms” are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
A...
LOS ANGELES — The Minions have taken down “Toy Story 5" at the July Fourth weekend box office, but not by much.
“Minions & Monsters,” the seventh film in the “Despic...
This list is one in a series showing a snapshot of what life looks like in Butler County ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026.
Below are the even...
This list is one in a series showing a snapshot of what life looks like in Butler County ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026.
Below are a number...
This list is one in a series showing a snapshot of what life looks like in Butler County ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026.
Butler Area Pu...
This list is one in a series showing a snapshot of what life looks like in Butler County ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026.
Butler Transit Aut...
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...
