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PORTERSVILLE — Borough Councilman Dave Marcyjanik said Portersville has just begun the process of seeking interested candidates for the borough’s next mayor, who will suc...
May 05, 2026 Government
Balanced budget would see small increases in spending and revenue
May 05, 2026 Local News
BUTLER TWP — The 1 p.m. band rehearsal April 21 was like any ordinary day for Jeff Kroner, head band director at Butler Area School District. His students started the per...
May 05, 2026 Local News
The following items have been collected from various police departments and district courts: Butler April 19 — Paul Thomas Downey, 44, of Cranberry Township, was charged ...
May 05, 2026 Local News
A Cranberry Township resident, who was once employed as a teacher in Beaver County, is accused of attempting to commit sex acts with a person he thought was an 11-year-ol...
May 04, 2026 Local News
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Business News
The robotics pioneer who helped unleash the Roomba vacuum is now betting that you might one day replace your beloved dog or cat with a plush robot that follows you around...
May 05, 2026 Business
Butler County-based Concordia Lutheran Ministries, a senior residential services provider, has completed its acquisition of six former SpiriTrust Lutheran communities. In...
May 04, 2026 Business
Shares of eBay are soaring before the opening bell Monday as Ryan Cohen’s GameStop pursues an about $56 billion takeover of the company, seeing it as a vehicle to compete...
May 04, 2026 Business
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State News
Pennsylvania residents who haven’t yet registered to vote have until today — Monday, May 4 — to do so to vote in this year’s primary election, which takes place Tuesday, ...
May 03, 2026 Local News
McCOYSVILLE, Pa. — Conrad Fisher's musical journey has taken him from an Amish country upbringing in Pennsylvania to Nashville and back. These days the singer-songwriter ...
May 03, 2026 Pennsylvania News
The East Brady Area Development Corporation is hosting the 33rd annual Attics & Cellars Days event on Friday and Saturday, May 22 and 23, featuring numerous attic, yard a...
May 01, 2026 Pennsylvania News
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National News
California is investigating one of the Trump administration's deals to end an offshore wind project. Golden State Wind was a floating offshore wind project proposed off ...
May 04, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — A man spotted carrying a gun in the vicinity of the White House by plainclothes officers and agents was shot by law enforcement Monday after he opened fire o...
May 04, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday restored broad access to the abortion pill mifepristone, blocking a lower-court ruling that had threatened to upend one of the ma...
May 04, 2026 National News
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International News
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The U.S. military said it fired on Iranian forces and sank six small boats targeting civilian ships as it moved to reopen the Strait of Horm...
May 04, 2026 International News
MANILA, Philippines — Nearly 200,000 people in 124 villages in the northeastern Philippines were affected and over 5,400 fled massive plumes of ash that billowed from May...
May 04, 2026 International News
Russia’s Defense Ministry declared a unilateral ceasefire in Ukraine for Friday and Saturday to mark the 81st anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, b...
May 04, 2026 International News
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