If the walls of the Ritts mausoleum at North Side Cemetery could talk, they might share stories of how one member of the family, Elias Ritts, helped found the Y...
CONNOQUENESSING TWP — For it’s 26th year, Kids Day America returned to the Butler Farm Show grounds to deliver hands on education and experiences to the communi...
BUTLER TWP — Dozens of motorcyclists rode to the American Legion Post 778 Saturday morning, May 9, to get their bikes blessed by religious leaders in preparatio...
Butler County Bureau of Elections notified the public of a printing error in roughly 50 absentee or mail-in ballot envelopes Friday, May 8.
According to the bureau, less ...
Mars Area students and guests took to the stage at the high school auditorium Friday, May 8, to show off prior to senior prom.
The prom itself was held at the DoubleTree ...
PENN TWP — Lisa Konesni and her late husband, David Konesni, received the 2026 Jean B. Purvis Community Cornerstone Award for their several decades of contributions to no...
PITTSBURGH — Allegheny Health Network’s new LifeFlight helicopters can reach speeds of over 120 knots, roughly 140 to 150 mph, which is slightly faster than its current f...
The attorney general’s office is seeking anyone with information they think law enforcement should know about a Cranberry Township man facing charges for trying to arrang...
Technicians at Butler Memorial Hospital said Friday they will stage a five-day strike from May 19 to 24.
The announcement came after 235 surgical techs, respiratory thera...
A Butler man was sentenced Friday in Butler County Common Pleas Court for hitting a man with a hammer in his Franklin Township apartment.
Travis J. Zaborowski, 36, was se...
The Libertarian Party of Butler County and the Butler County Republican Committee are working together to hold a peaceful demonstration supporting Harrisville Councilwoma...
The Allegheny-Clarion Valley School District operated its buildings under a modified lockdown Friday, May 8, out of an “abundance of caution,” according to the superinten...
I find it incredible that my tax dollars for education are being used to teach kids how to make graffiti. They cannot keep the kids engaged with worth...
As summer looms, school districts across Pennsylvania are working to formulate revenue and spending plans for the 2026-27 fiscal year.
District admini...
WASHINGTON — America’s employers delivered a surprising 115,000 new jobs last month despite an economic shock from the Iran war.
Hiring beat the 65,0...
Whirlpool appeared to be in a prime position to thrive, producing about 80% of its major appliances at American factories at a time when President Don...
The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate rose again this week, reflecting ongoing bond market volatility as surging oil prices due to the war with Ira...
Five Allegheny Health Network hospitals have earned the highest possible “A” grades in The Leapfrog Group’s Spring 2026 Hospital Safety Grades for exc...
First United Methodist Church, 1802 N. Main Street Extension in Center Township, will hold its annual rummage sale May 15 and 16.
The sale will be open from 9 a.m. to 6 ...
Maybe out of fear of putting filmgoers to sleep, the sheep has not been much of a mainstay at the movies.
There’s Charles Burnett’s lyrical classic “Killer of Sheep.” You...
Billie Eilish is levitating. Or so it seems. When the pop star first emerges on screen in the mouthful “Billie Eilish — Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D),” ...
NEW YORK — No money was exchanged in the settlement between Blake Lively and her “It Ends With Us” director and co-star Justin Baldoni when they laid down their arms Mond...
NEW YORK — Ted Turner could never be defined by just one role. He was a media mogul, philanthropist and conservationist. A yachtsman who won boating's most famous race an...
NEW YORK — Doris Fisher, who co-founded the iconic clothing chain The Gap Inc. in 1969 with her late husband Don, has died. She was 94.
Fisher died on Saturday surrounded...
Stephen Harding, an instructor at the Butler Art Center and Gallery, has plenty of ideas for unique, affordable crafts for all ages. From bookmarks to painted terracotta ...
Keller Williams Realty is asking everyone, parent or not, to “run like a mother” this Mother’s Day, May 10, for their annual 5K and one-mile walk at Moraine State Park.
B...
An 18-hole round of golf works up an appetite.
Some of Butler County’s golf courses are known for more than just the quality of their greens, too, and offer different foo...
With high school graduations on the horizon, for many students, it’s time for them and their families to look ahead to the next level of their education journey.
From st...
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...
