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Frontline Dignity video captures purported Wednesday morning ICE operations in Cranberry Township

Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations have continued to impact individuals in southwestern Butler County. A video Wednesday morning, June 3, shared by...

Karns City graduates celebrate feats and futures

KARNS CITY — Piper Pint, a 2026 graduate of Karns City Area Jr./Sr. High School, spent her Tuesday evening alongside her classmates reflecting on the good times...

‘Mars Township’ merger proposal moves closer to reality

ADAMS TWP — Officials from Adams Township and Mars Borough made their third pitch to residents on the benefits of a proposed merger between the two municipaliti...

Trump rally victims claim Secret Service negligence caused a ‘cascade of preventable failures’

Lawsuits detail injuries, impact from assassination attempt

WVU Medicine announces expected date of Independence acquisition

West Virginia University Health System expects to close a transaction in which it will acquire Independence Health System in late September or early October, th...

Frontline Dignity video captures purported Wednesday morning ICE operations in C...

Frontline Dignity vide...

Karns City graduates celebrate feats and futures

Karns City graduates c...

‘Mars Township’ merger proposal moves closer to reality

‘Mars Township’ merger...

Trump rally victims claim Secret Service negligence caused a ‘cascade of prevent...

Trump rally victims cl...

WVU Medicine announces expected date of Independence acquisition

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PennDOT roadwork planned in coming weeks

Numerous PennDOT road improvement projects will take place across Butler County in the coming days and weeks, including: ■ Between Monday, June 8 and Friday, July 10, hig...

June 03, 2026 Local News

Comments denounce Seneca Valley’s tax hikes, district responds

JACKSON TWP — At Monday’s work session meeting, the Seneca Valley school board heard eight public comments criticizing the proposed final budget of $186,666,993 and accom...

June 03, 2026 Local News

City officials discuss implementing DCED report recommendations

City officials met for a special meeting Tuesday evening, June 2, to discuss ways they could implement recommendations from a report as part of a program through the Penn...

June 03, 2026 Local News

Mars school board set to approve budget

Negotiating contract with union

June 03, 2026 Local News

Butler Township Planning Commission approves Scooter’s Coffee

BUTLER TWP. — Butler Township Planning Commission approved construction of Scooter’s Coffee on New Castle Road during its meeting on Tuesday, June 2. Scooter’s is a driv...

June 03, 2026 Local News

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Tropical Storm Amanda is the first of the Pacific hurricane season, meteorologists say

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House approves war powers resolution to halt military action against Iran

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Latest Luigi Mangione hearing shrouded in secrecy as judge shuts out press and public

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First Cranberry Conversation workshop on June 9

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent refuses to say whether Trump remains exempt from IRS audits

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Peabo Bryson, known for duets from Disney’s ‘Aladdin’ and ‘Beauty and the Beast,’ has died at 75

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PSU extension holding pasture walk for livestock owners

Local livestock owners and grazers can join Penn State Extension educators June 11 for a hands-on pasture walk designed to help improve pasture quality for grazing animal...

June 03, 2026 Local News

Police: Ellwood City man kicked in door, assaulted homeowner

An Ellwood City man is facing several charges after allegedly kicking in the door of a house and breaking the side mirror of a pickup truck. Michael Anthony Roth, 37, is ...

June 03, 2026 Crime & Courts

Butler man to serve 7 years in federal prison on weapons charges

A Butler man will serve seven years in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for violating federal firearms law, according to a U.S. attorney. Tho...

June 02, 2026 Local News

Butler man accused of hitting, locking mother in bedroom

A Butler man is accused of hitting his mother in the face and locking her in a bedroom after an argument over the care of dogs, Butler Township police said. Nicholas Wil...

June 02, 2026 Local News

Mars council updated on Brew Fest, July 4 events

MARS — Borough council received updates about two upcoming summer events at its Monday, June 1, meeting. Mayor Gregg Hartung told council everything is ready for Brew Fe...

June 02, 2026 Local News

Community

WingFest returns to the Beacon on Sunday

The Beacon Hotel in Renfrew will host the 14th annual WingFest on Sunday, June 7. Gates wi...

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Time capsule: Teen entertains with accordion

It was Weird Al Yankovic who first sparked Stephen Wuchina’s interest in playing the accor...

June 02, 2026

Karns City valedictorian to become one of few West Point attendees from school district

Mason Bell to pursue military studies

June 02, 2026

Hannah Butler, a senior at Knoch, selected for Stamps Scholarship

Five incoming University of Pittsburgh students from across Pennsylvania have been selecte...

June 01, 2026

Slippery Rock Rotary hosting blood drive Wednesday

The Rotary Club of Slippery Rock is sponsoring a community blood drive Wednesday, June 3, ...

June 01, 2026

Sports

PIAA baseball playoffs 2026: Butler vs Chambersburg 6A quarterfinal top players, key to the game

The PIAA tournaments start this week and two champions from Butler County are hoping to ex...

PIAA boys lacrosse: Mars stays hot, Nate Caldwell scores 5 goals to beat Cocalico in first round

ADAMS TWP — Mars hasn’t beaten up on itself as much this season. Which means the Planets a...

June 02, 2026

PIAA girls lacrosse: Hailey Long, Mars push past Susquehannock in Class 2A first round win

ADAMS TWP — Hailey Long melted into the driver’s seat of the athletic trainer’s cart parke...

June 02, 2026

PIAA boys volleyball: State College pulls away from young, but proud Seneca Valley in first round

STATE COLLEGE — Seneca Valley boys volleyball saw its season come to an end Tuesday, but h...

June 02, 2026

PIAA boys volleyball playoffs 2026: See brackets, scores and Butler’s quarterfinal site and time

The PIAA boys volleyball tournament continues with the quarterfinals Saturday, and Butler ...

June 02, 2026

Editorial

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June 03, 2026 Cartoons

A little extra time can avoid a lot of tragedy

Sometimes the solution to a problem can be as simple as taking your foot off the gas. That’s the thrust of Cranberry Township’s Slow Down Campaign run...

June 03, 2026 Our Opinion

Gen Z: Make social media social again

Lately, it seems like each time I reach out to an old acquaintance through social media, I’m met with a page that reads, “This account doesn’t exist a...

June 03, 2026 Other Voices

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June 02, 2026 Cartoons

Later school start times have been in the conversation stage for too long

The benefits of later starts have been observed in studies

June 02, 2026 Our Opinion

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Business

Adams Township resident honored by industry group

The president and CEO of Presbyterian SeniorCare Network — a nonprofit, faith-based organization serving older adults in Western Pennsylvania — has be...

June 02, 2026 Business

Robinson Fans expands to Florida

Zelienople-based industrial fan manufacturer Robinson Fans is expanding its footprint in the southern part of the country. The more than 100-year-old...

June 02, 2026 Business

Wexford Hospital earns designation

Wexford Hospital, part of Allegheny Health Network, has earned the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology’s Center of Excellence designatio...

June 01, 2026 Business

Iran war forces farmers to seek fertilizer alternatives from cow dung to compost

DAKAR, Senegal — When Senegalese farmer Abou Sow first watched U.S. missiles strike Iran on social media, he had a sinking feeling it would soon affec...

May 31, 2026 Business

SEC moves to repeal rule that requires companies to report greenhouse gas emissions and climate risk

WASHINGTON — In the latest action to undo Biden-era regulations on climate change, the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday proposed repealin...

May 31, 2026 Business

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Weekend Entertainment

Golf scramble event to memorialize Marine Corps veteran

A charity golf scramble in memory of Greg Adams is set to take place on Friday, June 19, with a 9 a.m. shotgun start time. The event will take place at Saxon Golf Club to...

June 03, 2026 Weekend Entertainment

Arts & Entertainment

Dua Lipa and actor Callum Turner are married

NEW YORK — Dua Lipa and actor Callum Turner are married, local officials in London confirmed to the Associated Press. They tied the knot Sunday at Old Marylebone Town Ha...

June 01, 2026 People

YouTuber box office boom: ‘Backrooms’ and ‘Obsession’ draw Gen Z to theaters

Young audiences turned out in droves to movie theaters around the country this weekend. It wasn’t for the big budget “Star Wars” movie, “The Mandalorian and Grogu,” which...

June 01, 2026 Arts & Entertainment

In D-Day tale ‘Pressure,’ Andrew Scott is a forecaster with news nobody wants to hear

Sure, folks discuss the weather a lot, especially in Britain. Still, it’s hard to imagine that a quiet chat about the weather — and why it isn’t boring — could be an emo...

May 30, 2026 Reviews

‘Backrooms’ goes from internet meme to the big screen

What evil lurks in the drabbest of interiors? The meme-rooted “Backrooms” is the latest movie to pull its mounting horrors out of liminal spaces. “Exit 8,” released earli...

May 30, 2026 Reviews

Judge says Kennedy Center board broke law putting Trump's name on building, blocks closure

WASHINGTON — A federal judge ruled Friday that President Donald Trump's name was illegally added to the Kennedy Center and blocked the administration from closing the cul...

May 29, 2026 National News

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Meet Freeport Area Senior High School’s class of 2026

The following is a list of graduates from Freeport Area Senior High School’s class of 2026: Alyssa Elizabeth Alcorn Kelly Zhanara Andrews Levi Green Anthony Adam Thomas A...