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Experience Butler County is expanding its annual holiday getaway giveaway to a monthly getaway giveaway for 2026. The county tourism agency has announced the creation of ...
January 05, 2026 Local News
While others may be focused on New Year’s resolutions or getting back to work, Kierra Barrow kicked off her new year with as good a new development as you can have — she ...
January 03, 2026 Local News
A Canadian National Railway train derailed on New Year’s Day, Thursday, near Industrial Drive near Slippery Rock. According to an incident report from the Pennsylvania Em...
January 03, 2026 Local News
A Prospect man is being held in county jail after an alleged incident on Dec. 31 in which he is accused of physically assaulting his mother and threatening to kill her. J...
January 03, 2026 Crime & Courts
David Johnston was sworn in Friday, Jan. 2, as the new mayor of Saxonburg by an old friend. In one of his last acts as a full-time Butler County Common Pleas Court judge ...
January 03, 2026 Local News
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Business News
It's been a roller coaster of a year for U.S. trade policy. President Donald Trump launched a barrage of new tariffs in 2025, plunging the U.S. into trade wars with near...
January 05, 2026 Business
Butler-based nonprofit Lifesteps has achieved Keystone STAR 4 status in each of its five early care and education locations in Armstrong, Beaver and Butler counties. Keys...
January 03, 2026 Business
NEW YORK — U.S. stocks eked out small gains on Wall Street Friday in a wobbly day of trading to kick off the new year. Markets were mostly quiet on the first trading day ...
January 02, 2026 Business
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State News
WASHINGTON — Pennsylvania's plan to stabilize its struggling rural health care systems will get a $193 million infusion as President Donald Trump's administration impleme...
December 31, 2025 Pennsylvania News
First, Danielle Delange saw the news alert: Bristol Health & Rehab, the nursing home where her mother lived, was on fire. Within minutes, Delange got a phone call from an...
December 31, 2025 Pennsylvania News
John Montell “Monty” Mitchell was reeling last year. He heads into next year, though, freshly certified as a paramedic, committed to fatherhood and nurturing a dream that...
December 30, 2025 Pennsylvania News
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National News
CORTE MADERA, Calif. — Crews cleared mud from key California highways as forecasters warned Sunday that more thunderstorms were on the way after downpours and high tides ...
January 05, 2026 National News
Isiah Whitlock Jr., an actor who made frequent memorable appearances on the HBO series “The Wire” and “Veep” and in five films with director Spike Lee, died Tuesday. He w...
January 05, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Marco Rubio suggested Sunday that the United States would not govern Venezuela day-to-day other than enforcing an existing “oil quarantine...
January 04, 2026 National News
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International News
SEOUL, South Korea — Ahn Sung-ki, one of South Korean cinema’s biggest stars whose prolific 60-year career and positive, gentle public image earned him the nickname “The ...
January 05, 2026 International News
CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland — Investigators said Friday that they believe sparkling candles atop Champagne bottles ignited a fatal fire at a Swiss ski resort when they cam...
January 02, 2026 International News
KYIV, Ukraine — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday appointed the head of Ukraine's military intelligence as his new chief of staff, a move that comes as the U.S. lea...
January 02, 2026 International News
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