This summer’s heat wave is just beginning, and everything and everyone is in continuous need of hydration. Offering water to people, pets, pollinators and plants will hel...
The following items were collected from various police departments and district courts:
Adams Twp
July 10 — Emily M. Palermo, 37, of Mars, was charged with two misdemeano...
The Graham Farm on Unionville Road in Center Township will host this year’s Field Day for the Pennsylvania No-Till Alliance from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.Tuesday, July 22.
Field D...
A Butler County farmer’s hard work was honored with a prestigious industry award Thursday, July 17.
Ryan Graham was honored for his two decades of work in agriculture whe...
JACKSON TWP — Township supervisors rejected a proposal that would have brought more than 200 new homes to the community during a meeting Thursday, July 17.
The board den...
One line item in school district budgets across Butler County and the state has administrators and school directors calling for reform.
Officials say funds budgeted for ...
HOUSTON — Chevron has scored a critical ruling in Paris that has given it the go-ahead for a $53 billion acquisition of Hess and access to one of the biggest oil finds of...
NEW YORK — Wall Street closed its third winning week in the last four with a quiet finish on Friday.
The S&P 500 edged down by a whisper, less than 0.1%, after setting i...
The city of Butler’s option for drive-through coffee is undergoing renovations.
The Dunkin’ at 236 N. Main St. closed earlier this month for a “total renovation” of the ...
PHILADELPHIA — A former Philadelphia police officer who shot and killed a motorist during a traffic stop was sentenced and granted parole Thursday by a judge, eliciting c...
GETTYSBURG — An American extradited from France to face charges that he sexually assaulted a fellow Pennsylvania college student in 2013 — and later sent her a Facebook m...
Twenty Democratic-led states, including Pennsylvania, filed suit Wednesday against the Federal Emergency Management Agency, challenging the elimination of a long-running ...
CHICAGO — Nine puppies from parts of Texas submerged by catastrophic flooding that killed at least 132 people arrived Wednesday at the no-kill shelter PAWS Chicago, joini...
MINOT, N.D. — The Richardson’s ground squirrel weighs less than a pound, is about a foot long and is native to the northern Plains.
The little creature also is a ferociou...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Lauren Adams, general manager for KUCB public radio in Unalaska, Alaska, didn’t have much time to reflect on Congress, 4,000 miles away, stripping fed...
If you’ve played the video game “The Last of Us” or seen the television adaption, then you’ve heard of cordyceps — a “zombie” fungus that infects its host and takes over ...
LONDON — The U.K. on Friday sanctioned Russian military intelligence units and officers it said were behind preparations for a 2022 bomb attack on a theater in southern U...
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — An Israeli shell slammed into the compound of the only Catholic church in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing three people and wounding 10 oth...
