A Butler woman is facing a felony aggravated assault charge after police said she stabbed a man in the chest following an argument Sunday morning.
Holly Ladean ...
BUFFALO TWP — Nearly 10 years later, Kevin and Catherine Slane, now of Buffalo Township, are still mourning the loss of their daughter, Alexandra, who died in O...
Planned as a parking area for Pullman Recreation Complex
Butler Township will be building a new parking lot to the north of the Pullman Recreation Complex in co...
BUTLER TWP — Lucia Leyland always goes right.
“Every single time,” said the Butler senior midfielder, who booted in a penalty kick a minute into the second half...
Woman facing aggravated assault charge after Sunday morning stabbing in Butler
Woman facing aggravate...
10 years after tragedy, Alexandra’s Light of Hope shines on families of overdose...
10 years after tragedy...
West Nile virus detected in 3 Butler County municipalities
West Nile virus detect...
City approves subdivision, sale of land on Bantam Avenue to Butler Township
City approves subdivis...
Everything goes right for Lucia Leyland in Butler girls soccer’s season-opening ...
Residents of Fifth Avenue in Butler have not been able to park their vehicles on the street since work on a pipe replacement project by Pennsylvania American Water began ...
Slippery Rock Area School District plants to spend roughly $84,000 to make HVAC repairs in its middle school.
Alfonso Angelucci, Slippery Rock’s superintendent, said the...
ZELIENOPLE — Work that was part of Phase 2 of the ongoing streetscape project on the borough’s Main Street has been completed.
At the borough’s meeting Monday, Aug. 31, ...
A 30-year-old man with criminal charges both in Butler County and federally had his preliminary hearing continued for the sixth time since it was initially scheduled in J...
Military veterans and families of the 16th Congressional District will have an opportunity to hear from their congressman and seek information related to receiving benefi...
The Butler VA Health Care System will begin offering seasonal flu vaccination clinics for Veterans on Sept. 15, providing no‑appointment access for U.S. military veterans...
CHERRY TWP — The Moniteau Warriors ultimately lost their opening game of the 2026 season on Friday night, Aug. 28, but most Moniteau supporters expressed optimism for the...
Butler County commissioners approved a $9.175 million loan to three municipalities for road and sewer projects.
At their meeting Wednesday, Aug. 26, commissioners adopted...
The Penn Township Police Department is making an organizational change by instituting a formal police chief position, which it is now actively recruiting for.
A job post...
This letter is in praise of Dr. Prasad Vemala’s recent editorial in this newspaper (“The state has a partnership shortage, not a worker one, Aug. 2, P...
In the early morning hours of Saturday, Aug. 8, Congress couldn’t agree that people need proof of citizenship to vote. The Fourteenth Amendment prohib...
Pennsylvania has seen two deaths from measles since the start of 2026 — the first measles-related deaths in 35 years.
There is one common thread betwe...
Few creatures play a larger role in agriculture and the environment than the honeybee.
Although small in size, honeybees are responsible for pollinat...
NexTier Bank, headquartered in Butler, has officially completed a legal merger with an Ohio-based bank.
As of Aug. 31, NexTier has merged with Riversi...
Construction is currently underway for UPMC’s specialty care location at the Clearview Mall in Center Township.
The facility is expected to be complet...
A petroleum distributor has filed suit in federal court alleging it supplied $4 million worth of gasoline sold to multiple Freedom Fuel Network gas st...
WASHINGTON — Besides a social media post from President Donald Trump, the White House has said little about what he is calling “THE BIGGEST OIL DEAL I...
BRADY TWP — Butler County Farm Bureau members and elected officials discussed pending legislation impacting eminent domain, milk and other issues at t...
The second annual 16066 BBQ Bash will take place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 19, at Cranberry Township Municipal Center’s Armstrong Great Lawn, 2525 Rochest...
Evoking the same do-it-yourself pop-rock feminism of her '90s musical influences, Olivia Rodrigo raised $20 million for women's well-being with a benefit show that activa...
NEW YORK — Three years after Warner Bros. abruptly canned “Coyote vs. Acme,” the Looney Tunes feature film that was given a new lease on life by Ketchup Entertainment deb...
NEW YORK — Dolly Parton was many things: A country star, actor, philanthropist, entrepreneur, theme park enthusiast, Christian who centered acceptance in her personal th...
Smiling on the January 1987 cover of Ms., the magazine co-founded by feminism pioneer Gloria Steinem, are its 12 Women of the Year. They include a U.S. senator, a renowne...
Dolly Parton left a lifetime of fantastic work behind when she died Tuesday — and the 80-year-old star still had more projects in store.
The “9 to 5” singer and actor’...
The following are first-place winners from the Butler Farm Show, which ended Saturday, Aug. 15.
Rabbit Breeds
Dwarf Papillion – Blue/Sr. Buck, Cora Schneider, Ellwood Cit...
Slippery Rock University senior and commuter student Samuel Kightlinger said that for his 10 a.m. class last year, he had to arrive to campus at least an hour early to fi...
The following are first-place winners from the Butler Farm Show, which ended Saturday, Aug. 15.
SHEEP
Border Leicester
Yearling Ram Lamb, Willem Meiser, Butler
Champion R...
The following are first-place winners from the Butler Farm Show, which ended Saturday, Aug. 15.
GOATS
Alpine
Milking Doe – 2 & Under 3, Cheyenne Henry, Chicora
Milking Do...
The following are first-place winners from the Butler Farm Show, which ended Saturday, Aug. 15.
BEEF CATTLE
Angus
Spring Heifer Calf, Kenneth Cranmer, Butler
Jr Heifer Ca...
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...
