FORWARD TWP — A month after supervisors voted to approve a 2026 budget, the township’s newly constituted board voted to reopen it during its first meeting on Thursday nig...
The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission has opened the 2026 nomination cycle for the Pennsylvania Historical Marker Program, inviting residents and community gr...
Good Samaritan Hospice, a mission of Concordia, will host a free weekly grief support group from 1 to 2:30 p.m. every Thursday between Jan. 29 and March 26, 2026, at the ...
Just two meetings before his retirement, the Butler Transit Authority’s board of directors dedicated its headquarters’ boardroom to longtime chairman Joe Hasychak.
The an...
A Butler man was sentenced to up to 20 years in prison Thursday, Jan. 8, in Butler County Common Pleas Court for various sex crimes involving a teen female.
Gary Paul Mc...
Like in Butler County, the number of overdose deaths statewide is shrinking, according to the state Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs.
The department’s overdose pr...
WASHINGTON — Jan. 26 marks the official start date of the 2026 tax filing season, when the IRS will begin accepting and processing 2025 tax returns. April 15 is the filin...
The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage edged higher this week to just above its 2025 low.
The average long-term mortgage rate rose to 6.16%, mortgage buyer Freddie ...
WASHINGTON — U.S. filings for jobless benefits rose in the last week of 2025 but remain historically low, despite signs that the labor market is weakening.
The number of ...
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is running for a second term in the pivotal battleground state after a first term that put him on the Democratic Party’s radar...
Bones and skulls visible in the back seat of a car near an abandoned cemetery on Philadelphia’s outskirts led police to a basement filled with body parts, which authoriti...
Deaths of on-duty law enforcement officers in the U.S. decreased by nearly 25% in 2025, according to an annual report.
The report from the National Law Enforcement Office...
SAN JOSE, Calif. — A magnitude 4.2 earthquake shook the North Bay early Thursday morning shortly after midnight, waking up people across the region.
The quake, centered i...
NEW YORK — In a rare move, NASA is cutting a mission aboard the International Space Station short after an astronaut had a medical issue.
The space agency said Thursday ...
WASHINGTON — The Senate has agreed to display a plaque honoring the police who defended the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack, rebuffing House Speaker Mike Johnson,...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Nationwide protests in Iran sparked by the Islamic Republic's ailing economy are putting new pressure on its theocracy as it has shut down t...
MOUNT ETNA, Italy — Guides who take tourists to enjoy the striking views of Sicily’s Mount Etna are up in arms over tougher restrictions imposed by local authorities afte...
Denmark and Greenland are seeking a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio after the Trump administration doubled down on its intention to take over the strateg...
