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A Butler woman was charged with several counts of aggravated assault, simple assault, harassment and other charges after police say she assaulted three members of Butler ...
April 24, 2026 Crime & Courts
Pennsylvania Resources Council will begin its 24th season of hard-to-recycle collection events in Western Pennsylvania. The first drive-thru event — which enables individ...
April 24, 2026 Local News
Two local music legends, including a Butler County native, took the stage to kick off the second day of the 2026 NFL Draft. Bret Michaels, the Chicora-born frontman of th...
April 24, 2026 Local News
Residents of Butler, Callery, Connoquenessing, Saxonburg, Valencia and West Sunbury have until Thursday, April 30, to get a 2% discount on their municipal real estate tax...
April 24, 2026 Local News
Independence Health System’s Butler Memorial Hospital is aware of its techs’ union strike authorization vote, and is ready to meet and negotiate a contract, an official s...
April 24, 2026 Health
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Business News
Independence Health System is welcoming the return of orthopedic surgeon Jason Clark to the medical staff at Butler Memorial and Clarion hospitals. Clark brings more than...
April 24, 2026 Business
Norfolk Southern railroad’s first-quarter profit fell 27% because it didn’t collect big insurance payments related to the East Palestine, Ohio, derailment and its planned...
April 24, 2026 Business
After nearly five decades of bringing legal advice and managerial expertise to NexTier Bank, board of directors member Robert Wagner will retire at the end of April. Wagn...
April 24, 2026 Business
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State News
PHILADELPHIA — The Pennsylvania arm of the American Civil Liberties Union has filed a federal lawsuit to obtain information from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ...
April 23, 2026 Pennsylvania News
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s treasurer refused Thursday to approve payments for more than $1 million in security systems and other upgrades to the private home of Gov. Jos...
April 23, 2026 Pennsylvania News
A Pennsylvania court on Monday said that the state's constitution guarantees a right to abortion while striking down a decades-long law banning the use of state Medicaid ...
April 20, 2026 Pennsylvania News
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National News
NAHUNTA, Ga. — Two large wildfires burning in drought-stricken southeast Georgia have destroyed more than 120 homes and are threatening nearly 1,000 more, Gov. Brian Kemp...
April 24, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department will adopt firing squads as a permitted method of execution as the Trump administration moves to ramp up and expedite capital punishme...
April 24, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has ended its investigation into Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell, clearing a major roadblock to the confirmation of Kevin Warsh...
April 24, 2026 National News
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International News
ISLAMABAD — President Donald Trump is sending his envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Pakistan, the White House said Friday, just hours after Iran’s top diplomat he...
April 24, 2026 International News
Washington — President Donald Trump said Israel and Lebanon have agreed to extend a ceasefire between Israel and the Hezbollah militant group by three weeks after talks a...
April 23, 2026 International News
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — President Donald Trump has ordered the U.S. military to “shoot and kill” small Iranian boats that deploy mines in the Strait of Hormuz, anno...
April 23, 2026 International News
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