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Grove City College has officially broken ground on its new nature classroom near its Early Education Center on campus. The Early Education Center’s nature classroom is be...
April 30, 2026 Local News
With spring in the air and summer around the corner, more people are taking to the great outdoors. Of course, that means more people are exposing themselves to ticks — an...
April 30, 2026 Health
A former Middlesex Township man serving a long prison sentence after being found guilty of sexual assault charges in Butler and Allegheny counties in 2014 is challenging ...
April 30, 2026 Crime & Courts
Raising the state minimum wage could be the right decision, if “done wisely,” the president of the Pittsburgh North Regional Chamber said in a recent interview about a pr...
April 30, 2026 Pennsylvania News
Residents of Mars and Adams Township will get a third chance to voice their thoughts on the proposed merger of the two municipalities during a joint public hearing at Twe...
April 30, 2026 Government
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Business News
NEW YORK — The U.S stock market motored to more records Thursday as profits keep piling up for Alphabet, Caterpillar and other big businesses. The gains came after the la...
April 30, 2026 Business
A new children’s gym is set to open in Cranberry Township offering sensory safe play for kids with autism, special needs and neurotypical development. We Rock the Spectru...
April 30, 2026 Business
Fast food chains, thirsty for new ways to grow, are amping up their beverage offerings. McDonald’s said Tuesday it will launch six crafted beverages in U.S. restaurants ...
April 30, 2026 Business
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State News
The number of fatalities on Pennsylvania roads last year was the lowest since records began being kept in 1928. Traffic fatalities in the Keystone State in 2025 numbered ...
April 30, 2026 Pennsylvania News
Butler County’s delegation to the Pennsylvania House is in total agreement: a proposal to raise the minimum wage to $15 by 2029 is misguided. All four local representativ...
April 30, 2026 Pennsylvania News
PITTSBURGH — Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been quietly expanding its presence in the Pittsburgh area after leasing space in a five-story office in the western ...
April 29, 2026 Pennsylvania News
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National News
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is arguing that the war in Iran has already ended because of the ceasefire that began in early April, an interpretation that would a...
April 30, 2026 National News
Amtrak is considering allowing people to store guns in lockboxes on most of its trains, which critics say would weaken security measures that instead should be strengthen...
April 30, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump swiftly signed a bipartisan legislation Thursday to fund much of the Department of Homeland Security, but not its immigration enforcem...
April 30, 2026 National News
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International News
LONDON — Two Jewish men were stabbed and injured on a London street on Wednesday, in what police called an act of terrorism. Police arrested a 45-year-old man on suspicio...
April 30, 2026 International News
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Wednesday leveled a new threat against NATO ally Germany, suggesting he could soon reduce the U.S. military presence there as he co...
April 29, 2026 National News
Another oil facility deep inside Russia was reportedly on fire Wednesday after what Ukraine’s president claimed was his country’s latest long-range drone attack. Ukraine’...
April 29, 2026 International News
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