After closing for 44 days, the Mars Area Public Library reopened to the public on Thursday morning, March 19.
The library was forced to close on Feb. 3, due to ...
Dozens of technicians from Butler Memorial Hospital took their fight for their first union contract to the sidewalk on Wednesday, March 18, as they held an info...
CLAY TWP — At Dassa McKinney Elementary School, teachers and faculty see the importance of showing parents the work their children put in 180 days of the year. ...
Mars library reopens Thursday after 6-week closure
Mars library reopens T...
Butler Memorial Hospital techs picket in midst of union battles, demanding safe ...
Butler Memorial Hospit...
Butler Coffee Lab opens retail store in downtown Butler
Butler Coffee Lab open...
Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank to bring additional resources to March di...
BUTLER TWP — Butler County Community College is applying for state funds to supplement two major modernization projects it plans to undertake at a total cost of $1 millio...
The Blind Association of Butler and Armstrong’s education and meeting room received a significant furniture upgrade Wednesday, March 18, thanks to the support of the Butl...
The Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office withdrew charges Wednesday, March 18, against a Boston man who was charged with stalking and harassing Slippery Rock Mayor Jond...
“Pi Day” — 3.14 — fell on Saturday this year, so Mars Area Elementary School fourth-graders instead embraced mathematics activities Wednesday, March 18.
Pre-service teac...
A Butler man is accused of pushing a security guard’s head into a wall multiple times at Butler Memorial Hospital.
Cory T. Eichert, 36, was charged Sunday, March 15, by B...
A man died in a three-vehicle crash involving a tractor-trailer Wednesday morning, March 18, on Interstate 80 in Mercer County, according to the county coroner.
Coroner ...
SAXONBURG — The borough is joining other municipalities in Butler County in celebrating the country’s semiquincentennial, holding its own America250 parade and fireworks ...
A Louisiana man is accused of stabbing a man during an argument in Bruin.
Byron Keith Laxey Jr., 31, of Lafayette, La., was charged Wednesday, March 18, with felony aggr...
The South Butler Community Library has its semiannual used-book clearance sale for just $5 a bag this weekend, Friday, March 20 through Sunday, March 22, during its regul...
While the season isn’t officially here, springlike weather is already upon us. That means fluctuating temperatures, varying precipitation and the high...
If you’re a sports fan, you likely watched coverage of the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina. But did you watch the Paralympics when hundreds of ...
The Butler County Board of Commissioners should be applauded for making it possible for the Butler County Hazardous Response Team 100 to respond to la...
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve kept its key interest rate unchanged Wednesday and Chairman Jerome Powell highlighted the increasingly uncertain outl...
GREELEY, Colo. — Thousands of workers for the world’s largest meatpacking company began a two-week strike Monday in Colorado, threatening to make alr...
NEW YORK — A drop in oil prices on Monday helped send the U.S. stock market to its best day since the war in Iran began.
The S&P 500 climbed 1% for i...
NEW YORK — The antitrust trial of Live Nation and Ticketmaster resumed Monday in a New York federal court with three dozen states remaining in the cas...
Oscar-nominated actor Timothée Chalamet committed a major faux-pas last week when he said he was glad he wasn’t part of dying art forms like opera or ballet because “nobo...
LOS ANGELES — Zendaya’s new ring has led many to believe she’s married to actor Tom Holland, but the star isn’t confirming it and shared why she’s intentional about keepi...
LONDON — Len Deighton, a prolific writer whose tough, stylish spy thrillers featured on bestseller lists for decades, has died. He was 97.
Deighton’s literary agent, Tim ...
NEW YORK — Books on homelessness, the U.S. Census and ancient India are among this year’s winners of prizes handed out by the J. Anthony Lukas Project, named for the lat...
Country megastar Dolly Parton assured fans she’s taking care of herself after facing a series of health issues while grieving her late husband, Carl Dean.
The “Jolene” si...
Verah Vucelich, 3, kicked away from the side of the pool, a small foam backpack strapped to her chest, as her instructor encouraged her from a few feet away.
In adjacent ...
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...
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...
