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Butler County commissioners hired an attorney Wednesday, March 11, to help define the differences between townhouses and condominiums in a dispute over taxes to assist th...
March 12, 2026 Government
The Butler County hazardous materials response team will respond to large-scale hazardous material incidents in four surrounding counties under a series of contracts coun...
March 12, 2026 Government
BUTLER TWP — The Ellen O’Brien Gaiser Center held its fourth annual Discover Recovery symposium Wednesday, March 11, at Butler County Community College. The forum address...
March 12, 2026 Local News
CENTER TWP — Officials selected a nearly finalized list of township roads that will see paving, seal coating or other work later this year. Center Township’s board of sup...
March 12, 2026 Local News
BUFFALO TWP — Freeport Area School District is projecting a $41.19 million budget for the 2026-27 school year, up slightly from the current year. The general operating b...
March 12, 2026 Local News
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Business News
NEW YORK — A widening war in Iran has halted oil tankers, made targets of refineries and spooked investors worried about the cascading impact of spiking energy prices. In...
March 12, 2026 Business
NEW YORK — The U.S. stock market remained calm Wednesday, even as the price of oil got back to rising. The S&P 500 edged down 0.1% for a second day of modest moves follow...
March 12, 2026 Business
KANSAS CITY — Inflation remained stubbornly elevated last month as gas prices rose, but it's a snapshot of consumer prices before a U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran sent energ...
March 12, 2026 Business
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State News
BALTIMORE — A lawyer representing the leader of the cultlike Zizians group that has been linked to six deaths told a judge Thursday that there is reason to believe his cl...
March 12, 2026 Pennsylvania News
High school students from Butler, Armstrong, Clarion, Indiana, and Jefferson counties are invited to take part in PennDOT’s annual Paint the Plow contest. The Paint the P...
March 12, 2026 Pennsylvania News
PITTSBURGH — The head priest and dean of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in downtown Pittsburgh is facing charges after being accused of stealing more than $1,000 in baseball...
March 11, 2026 Pennsylvania News
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National News
ROTC students subdued and killed a gunman who yelled “Allahu Akbar” before opening fire Thursday in an Old Dominion University classroom, killing one and wounding two, ac...
March 12, 2026 National News
LOS ANGELES — With spring still a week away, it was already starting to feel like summer Thursday in Southern California as temperatures topped 90 degrees — an unusual Ma...
March 12, 2026 National News
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA cleared its moon rocket on Thursday for an April launch with four astronauts after completing the latest round of repairs. The 322-foot rocke...
March 12, 2026 National News
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International News
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine is awaiting White House approval for a major drone production agreement proposed by Kyiv last year, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said T...
March 12, 2026 International News
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran targeted the world's busiest international airport Wednesday and attacked commercial ships as U.S. and Israeli strikes rocked Tehran an...
March 11, 2026 International News
PARIS — The rising prices causing winces of pain at gasoline pumps are due, in large part, to the impact of the Iran war on the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial passageway for...
March 11, 2026 International News
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