NORTH FRANKLIN TWP, Washington County — Nolan Stefaniak was staring an ugly fifth inning in the face, with the bases around him full.
The senior Butler ace didn...
A 25-year-old man driving an e-bike died after running into the side of a Butler County Sheriff’s cruiser Tuesday, May 26, in New Castle, according to New Castl...
A Buffalo Township man is accused of tearing down his home using an excavator while his wife and two daughters were still inside, according to township police. ...
JACKSON TWP — Earlier this month, Seneca Valley School District’s board heard two public comments expressing concerns about the district’s spending trajectory.
At the boa...
A Slippery Rock man has been charged with imprisoning a woman in his apartment, assaulting her and raping her over the weekend.
Brandon R. Brenner, 34, is facing a felony...
A Jenkintown man is facing charges related to a rollover crash involving a tractor trailer on Interstate 79 in Worth Township.
Brett M. Kellogg, 53, was charged Tuesday,...
A Slippery Rock woman is charged with theft after reportedly stealing a vehicle, leading police on a short chase and stealing more than $300 “so she could play casino gam...
A Butler man was Tased twice while being arrested following an incident on Memorial Day, May 25, in Butler, according to state police.
Mario James Longo, 35, was charged...
A Tennessee man is accused using a shower head to assault a nonverbal child with autism in Concord Township.
Marlin Bailey, 50, of Manchester, Tenn., was charged Wednesd...
CHICORA — A Parker man accused of firing a gun inside a residence had a felony charge and two misdemeanor charges withdrawn after pleading guilty to a lesser charge at a ...
Nick Mulone knows just about everything about running a movie theater, including how to revive one.
The 82-year-old owner of South Pike Cinemas in Buffalo Township has be...
The following items have been collected from various police departments and district courts:
Adams Twp
May 7 — Austin John Langell, 33, of Gibsonia, was charged with thre...
The City of Butler is working on creating a land bank, but if a similar program in Erie is to be believed, it will probably take a few years before t...
In the Rumble in the Jungle, George Foreman came in expecting to end the fight early.
At first, it looked that way. He was stronger, faster and landin...
Summit Township officials are to be commended for taking a proactive approach to the possibility of data centers coming to the township in the future....
Local steel manufacturer Cleveland-Cliffs was named 2025 GM Supplier of the Year by General Motors.
Cleveland-Cliffs was the only North American steel...
NEW YORK — The U.S. stock market rose to records Tuesday as it caught up with climbs for others around the world from the day before, when President D...
BP has ousted its chairman over what it called serious concerns related to “important governance standards, oversight and conduct.”
The departure was...
In Granbury, Texas, city council meetings begin with a prayer.
But at a session back in January, one local invoked the Almighty in a way that would ha...
Walmart Inc. warned rising fuel costs are squeezing the company’s bottom line and could lead to higher prices for shoppers.
The world’s largest retail...
A community choir — a group that formed under the umbrella of the Butler County Symphony Orchestra — will perform two shows this weekend.
The EchoPoint Chorale debuts at ...
NEW YORK — Donald E. Newhouse, president of one of the largest family-controlled publishing companies in the nation and a former board chairman of the Associated Press, d...
From the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York to … community access TV in Michigan?
One night after Stephen Colbert recorded his final episode of “The Late Show” on CBS, he ma...
Paul McCartney reflecting on the “Days We Left Behind” with his 18th studio album and John Travolta writing, directing and narrating an ode to the glamorous days of 1960s...
After nearly seven years away from the big screen, a new Star Wars movie drew healthy but not record-breaking crowds to global theaters this weekend. According to studio ...
Boots Riley holds nothing back in his audacious, surrealist social satire “I Love Boosters.” The film is a go-for-broke expression of wild imagination and social cons...
Birds are returning and flowers are blooming as warmer spring temperatures and rain showers bring wildlife back to the Butler Freeport Community Trail. To one Western Pen...
BUFFALO TWP — Helen Comperatore is dedicated to making Corey’s Cruise 2026 — an event that honors her late husband while giving back to first responders — a smashing succ...
Nestled in the woods along Little Buffalo Creek, the Butler Freeport Community Trail spans 21 miles connecting the two municipalities. Open since 1989, the trail gives re...
For five months a year, a small patch of Butler County comes alive with the sound of revving engines and thousands of screaming fans.
That patch is Lernerville Speedway, ...
Each course in Butler County seems to offer at least one green that can keep golfers up at night.
We polled five courses in the area for the trickiest, toughest greens th...
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...
