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No injuries in I-79 rollover crash
June 23, 2018 - 03:24 pm
Missing teens found
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Man pleads to meth lab that started fire
June 22, 2018 - 03:53 pm
On the Cover
Families in Middlesex Twp. fight over a tract of land
Property issue began in 2013
Families in Middlesex Township fight over a tract of land in Dwellington.
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Mars keeps music teaching position
New budget includes millage increase of 2.4%
ADAMS TWP — The band community’s pleas were answered when the Mars School Board passed a final budget Wednesday night that kept a middle school music teaching position that was scheduled...
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Man pleads in meth house fire case
Butler Township home destroyed
A Winfield Township man pleaded guilty Friday to breaking into a home and manufacturing methamphetamine, causing a house fire in February.
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Rotary aims to ‘save playground’
Launches 2-year, $100K project
The Butler A.M. Rotary is launching its first ever public campaign to raise money to "Save the Playground," a two-year effort to renovate a playground in Memorial Park in Butler.
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County sees hike in gas impact funds
The county will receive more than $2 million in impact fees from shale gas development.
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News
Charles Krauthammer, conservative columnist and pundit, dies
NEW YORK — Charles Krauthammer, the Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and pundit who helped shape and occasionally dissented from the conservative movement as he evolved from “Great...
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$32.7B budget heads to governor
Package gains broad support
HARRISBURG — The main appropriations bill in a $32.7 billion spending package for Pennsylvania’s approaching fiscal year headed to Gov.
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Freedom Road wreck
CRANBERRY TWP —A two vehicle accident backed up traffic on Freedom Road in the township around lunchtime on Friday.
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House committee OKs consolidation bills
GOP says they would reduce bureaucracy
The House State Government passed half a dozen bills Tuesday in a package of proposed legislation looking to consolidate departments and committees in the hopes of making a more efficient government.
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Senate OKs bill to delay high school graduation test again
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s Senate is backing legislation that will again delay the Keystone Exams as a graduation requirement for another school year and provide alternative ways for...
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Community
More than books
There's a lot more to be found in the stacks of Butler County's libraries this summer than a stray reading program or two.
Read moreToday's Verse
The Lord will keep you from all harm he will watch over your life; the Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.
Chuckle of the Day
Most brainstorming sessions only manage to be fair to partly cloudy.
Alliance walk
More than 50 people turned out recently to join the Butler County Chapter of the National Alliance for Mental Illness “stand up against stigma” walk at Butler County Community College. The walk is an annual event held in conjunction with the designation of May as Mental Health Month.
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Dean's List
The following students have been named to the dean’s lists at their respective colleges and universities:
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Graduates
Jeanna Sybert of Middlesex Township was awarded Bachelor of Arts degrees in communication and rhetoric and political science from the University of Pittsburgh. She graduated summa cum laude.
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Butler High School Awards
Butler High School senior class awards were:
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Oesterling named distinguished graduate at Butler
The Butler Senior Class of 2018 chose Michael Oesterling as its choice for the 39th annual Distinguished Graduate Award.
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Sports
‘10-second rule’ costs Johnson share of lead
CROMWELL, Conn.
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Capitals trade Orpik, Grubauer
DALLAS — The Stanley Cup champion Washington Capitals have traded veteran defenseman Brooks Orpik and backup goaltender Philipp Grubauer to the Colorado Avalanche for the 47th pick in the NHL...
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Kelly released after surgery
BUFFALO, N.Y.
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Oregon State remains alive in CWS tourney
OMAHA, Neb.
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Editorial
Get proactive in response to mini casino concerns
Lancaster Township supervisors this week found themselves between a proverbial rock and hard place, when residents inundated the board’s monthly meeting to express concern and disapproval over...
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Other Voices
In 2015, a Texas A& M University marine biologist working in Costa Rica happened upon a sea turtle with a plastic straw lodged in its nostrils.
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Border enforcement’s the key issue
President Donald Trump climbed down on separating families at the border, but the underlying argument is not going away.
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Budget stability adds momentum
“To lose the madness over the mountain and begin again.”
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Other Voices
You needn’t be clairvoyant to foresee that the Trump administration’s policy of confiscating immigrant children as if they were forbidden contraband will one day be remembered as one of...
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Business
REPURPOSED
Former Irene Stacy site to be used for self-storage
The former Irene Stacy will become a climate-controlled self-storage facility.
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Delta bans pit bulls as service dogs, sparks backlash
ATLANTA — Delta Air Lines says it’s no longer allowing passengers to fly with “pit bull type” dogs as service or support animals, a policy that’s being met with...
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Trade war starting to inflict pain around world
WASHINGTON — A Florida boat builder absorbs $4 million in lost business and expects more pain.
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E.U. puts tariffs on U.S. nuts, cycles, whiskey
BRUSSELS — The European Union started enforcing tariffs Friday on American imports like bourbon, peanut butter and orange juice, part of a growing global trade rift that’s likely to...
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Honda dominates American-made vehicles for 2018
The most American-made cars may not be made by the most American car brands.
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Arts & Entertainment
ABC greenlights ‘Roseanne’ spinoff without Roseanne Barr
10 episodes for ‘The Conners’
LOS ANGELES — ABC is moving forward with a spinoff of “Roseanne.”
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Paul McCartney is back — and he’s feeling frisky
“We need to find a place where we can be alone/ To spend some special time without an interruption.”
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People
NEW YORK — Demi Lovato celebrated six years of sobriety in March, but her new song indicates she may no longer be sober.
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‘The Walking Dead’ gets fresh look and feel in 9th season
“The Walking Dead” is jumping forward.