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PROSPECT — On a warm, but overcast spring afternoon while rain gently drizzles down, Jamie Harpster is frantically trying to deal with a plumbing issue. Technically, an e...
May 16, 2026 Local News
JEFFERSON TWP — Western PA can be a tough place to enjoy outdoor recreation and nature activities. Beyond the hills and the rain, Butler temperatures this month have dipp...
May 16, 2026 Local News
Invasive vegetation will be removed from about 50 acres in Alameda Park. The Butler County commissioners on Wednesday approved an agreement for a contractor from Mars to ...
May 16, 2026 Local News
Students at St. Wendelin school got out and took advantage of the warm weather Friday during an Olympic-themed field day. The “2026 Saint Wendelin Olympics” featured a ra...
May 16, 2026 Local News
JEFFERSON TWP — Knoch School District made an addition to its leadership team that incoming superintendent Melissa Grantz said will bring experience, leadership and dedic...
May 16, 2026 Local News
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Business News
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — At 6 a.m., in the Mataderos neighborhood of Buenos Aires , workers unload sides of beef from a truck outside a butcher shop as customers line u...
May 17, 2026 Business
China said it agreed with the U.S. to lower levies on some products to promote bilateral trade, underscoring how ties between the world’s two largest economies are furthe...
May 17, 2026 Business
TROY, Mich. ― The chance to buy a new pocket watch drew several hundred people early Saturday to Somerset Mall in Troy. But they were left disappointed after the crowd be...
May 17, 2026 Business
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State News
(The Center Square) — Both longtime and relatively new incumbent state lawmakers will face primary election challenges on May 19 as the journey toward remaking the legisl...
May 17, 2026 Pennsylvania News
As costs continue to rise in the ambulance service business, Karns City Regional Ambulance Service president Mark Lauer recently called together leaders from several nort...
May 16, 2026 Government
Going into the Tuesday, May 19, primary election, Butler County is broken into 95 polling precincts, each of which has its own polling location. One major change from the...
May 15, 2026 Elections
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National News
WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of people streamed onto the National Mall for a daylong prayer rally Sunday billed as a “rededication of our country as One Nation under God....
May 17, 2026 National News
The U.S. and Iran seemed far apart on a deal to end weeks of war and reopen the crucial Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, as a drone attack sparked a fire at a United Arab Emir...
May 17, 2026 National News
NEW ORLEANS — When Charles Wandfluh voted in Louisiana's Republican primary over the weekend, he could only conjure the unflattering image of a panicked rodent when talk...
May 17, 2026 National News
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International News
ABUJA, Nigeria — The World Health Organization declared the Ebola disease outbreak caused by a rare virus in Congo and neighboring Uganda a public health emergency of in...
May 17, 2026 International News
MELBOURNE, Australia — Six passengers from a cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak arrived Friday in Australia for a quarantine expected to last at least three weeks. ...
May 15, 2026 International News
KINSHASA, Congo — Africa’s top public health body on Friday confirmed a new Ebola outbreak in Congo’s remote Ituri province, with 246 suspected cases and 65 deaths record...
May 15, 2026 International News
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