Dukes leads by 88 votes; 73 provisional ballots outstanding
Brandon Dukes, the Democratic candidate, appears to have won the special election for Pennsylvania’s...
TJ Wiley’s first season as Knoch’s head coach was, in his own words, “a recipe for disaster from the start.”
The Knights suffered through a 0-10 campaign last f...
SLIPPERY ROCK — After weeks of consideration and hearing from dozens of residents, borough council decided to reject an agreement that would have let borough po...
A Knoch School District student was reportedly taken into custody after carrying a gun onto school property.
The district was notified Tuesday, Aug. 18, that ...
12th District special election: Unofficial results show Dukes likely winner over...
12th District special ...
Mars Area teachers to return to class as usual while contract deadlock continues
Mars Area teachers to ...
Knoch football 2026 preview: What to watch, 3 things to know and schedule
Knoch football 2026 pr...
Slippery Rock council rejects ICE agreement for borough police
Slippery Rock council ...
Knoch student in custody for firearm possession on school property
A Jefferson County man is accused of attempting to assault a man with a chain saw Monday, Aug. 17, in Butler.
Butler police charged Alan Richard Berkey, 37, Tuesday, Aug....
A Butler man had his neck cut after allegedly entering an apartment and physically attacking two people.
Daniel G. Watters, 61, of Butler, is facing charges of felony cri...
The Butler County Prison Board on Tuesday renewed an inmate addiction treatment contract with the Ellen O’Brien Gaiser Center and is planning to negotiate an extension of...
Kiosks and new meters were installed in parking lots along Main, Diamond and North streets Tuesday, Aug. 19.
The kiosks offer credit card or cash payment. Meters will sti...
SAXONBURG — Borough council is looking into the possibility of putting together a noise ordinance, something the municipality does not currently have.
According to Steven...
The following are first place winners from the Butler Farm Show, which ended Saturday, Aug. 15.
Youth Vegetables
Green Snap Beans, Wyatt Carson, Chicora
Yellow Snap Beans...
The Seneca Valley school board unanimously approved a new, six-year labor agreement with the Seneca Valley Education Association during a special meeting Monday, Aug. 17....
Parking will be restricted on eight streets in Butler between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 19, for street cleaning.
The roads affected are Manor Lane, McClaine and M...
One person sustained injuries and was transported to a Pittsburgh hospital after a motorcycle crash Monday night, Aug. 17, in Callery, according to Butler County Emergenc...
A Lawrence County motorcyclist is now charged with DUI in a Jackson Township crash that sent himself and another woman to hospitals last month.
Parker Lewis Lumley, 27, o...
CRANBERRY TWP — At 8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 18, voters in the 12th House District of Pennsylvania will have chosen their next state representative — for a...
The process of making bread can be fascinating and a Butler-raised baker who now works near Washington, D.C. is taking a unique approach and helping t...
Math can mean different things to different people. It’s simple sums for children or sophisticated models for hedge fund managers. For mathematicians,...
Grocery chain Meijer plans to close on the property for its planned location at Jackson Pointe Commerce Park off Route 19 in Jackson Township this Thu...
Grove City College raised a record-breaking $75 million over the last year. The funding allows increased financial aid and improves funding for the st...
Independence Health System is expanding access to orthopedic and spine care across two of its hospitals.
According to the health system, it has added ...
WOBURN, Mass. — At a Massachusetts lab, pebble-sized pellets are transformed into forks and films that won't leave persistent microplastics in the env...
Of the thousands of lawsuits Meta faces over child safety on its platforms, none may be more consequential than one going to trial this week in Calif...
There will be more than 100 raffle baskets up for grabs Sunday, Aug. 16, at the Sts. Francis and Clare Parish picnic at St. Wendelin, but the winners of the grand prizes ...
The new sensation among some Chinese moviegoers is an animated film whose characters appear to have been created with rudimentary 3D animation and have been described as ...
NEW YORK — Frank Beard, the drummer for the Texas boogie-rock trio ZZ Top who kept the tempo for the band’s biggest hits like “Sharp Dressed Man,” “Legs” and “Gimme All Y...
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Adam Driver will make a long-anticipated entrance into the Marvel Cinematic Universe to play super villain Mister Sinister, and “Obsession” breakout sta...
The final season of “Outer Banks” and a new album from Anthony Hopkins (yes, Sir Anthony Hopkins) are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a devic...
At the end of Hayden Panettiere’s memoir, which she published in May, she wrote about learning the principle of “radical acceptance” in her years of treatment programs fo...
A Cranberry Township grandfather was browsing through Walmart late last fall when he spotted a bin filled with 24-count boxes of Crayola crayons priced at 25 cents each.
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Across Pennsylvania, momentum is gaining to restrict K-12 students’ cellphone use during the instructional day. Each side of the General Assembly recently passed legislat...
Backpacks can be fashionable and functional, but they can also be too heavy — weighed down by digital devices, musical instruments, sports equipment and more. Some kids c...
For teenagers and middle school-aged students, cellphones can be a key tool for parents to stay connected to their children. Yet, cellphones do not come without drawbacks...
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...
