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Virus cases in S. Korea jump to 346

China daily count drops

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea on Saturday reported a six-fold jump in viral infections in four days to 346, most of them linked to a church and a hospital in and around the fourth-largest city where schools were closed and worshipers and others told to avoid mass gatherings.

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Improvements that may not pay off when selling a home

Before you make a renovation fantasy a reality, consider whether the project will pay off when you're ready to sell.

You spent the holidays binging on HGTV, and now visions of shiplap accent walls and freestanding soaking tubs are dancing through your head.

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Oral history of Bond films is book for fans’ eyes only

This book cover image released by Forge Books shows

“Nobody Does it Better: The Complete, Uncensored, Unauthorized Oral History of James Bond,” Forge Books, by Mark A. Altman and Edward Gross

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'Black in Space' looks at final frontier of civil rights

Retrospective film to air

The crew for the Space Shuttle Challenger flight 51-L leaves for the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida in January 1986. Mission Spl. Ronald McNair, center, was only the second African American chosen to go to space. He died in the Challenger launch with six other crew members. The documentary “Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier” is scheduled to air on the Smithsonian Channel on Monday, and examines the race to get black astronauts into space.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — In 1959, Ronald Erwin McNair walked into a South Carolina library. The 9-year-old aspiring astronaut wanted to check out a calculus book, but a librarian threatened to call the police if he didn't leave. McNair was black.

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Apps help volunteers get excess food to the hungry

Pittsburgh group created 'Hero'

Melinda Angeles and Eli Thomas transport a donation of bagels across the 9th Street bridge to a North Side senior center in Pittsburgh. While millions of people struggle with food insecurity and hunger nationwide, the USDA estimates that more than 30 percent of the food in America is wasted each year. Volunteers, with apps to help, are trying to help connect excess food with those who need it.

Food waste and hunger are two enormous problems that some non-profit groups say can be addressed together by getting the extra food to the people who need it.

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Saxonburg senior care facilities revitalized

Two facilities change hands

Kelly Waldman has bought Elmcroft of Saxonburg, a personal care home, and renamed it Magnolia Place.

Twoi members of a family well-known for their care of seniors own a pair of nursing facilities in Saxonburg.

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Don’t forget about dog’s dental health, hygiene

February is National Pet Dental Health Month, designated as such to raise awareness of the importance of maintaining your pet’s dental hygiene. Despite what some people believe, domestic dogs don’t automatically take care of their teeth by chewing.

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Lions donation

The Butler Lions Club recently donated money to the Butler City Police to help purchase Stop The Bleed Kits for the department’s eight patrol cars. The kits could help save a life because, according to Officer Cheryl Litz, depending on where an injury is located, a victim could bleed to death three minutes. Kits used in the patrol cars cost around $100 each. From left, Litz and Sgt. Nick Shulik talk with Butler Lions Club President Janet Flecken. For more information, call Litz at 412-303-9909.

The Butler Lions Club recently donated money to the Butler City Police to help purchase Stop The Bleed Kits kits for the department’s 8 patrol cars.

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Casino night to raise funds at art center

Proceeds benefit scholarship fund

The Butler Arts Center hopes that play money turns to real money that supports its young artists.

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Eight county celebrities sign up for dance fundraiser

The 2nd annual Dance with the Butler County Celebrities will be held on Saturday, May 5 at the Days Inn.

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Bankruptcy judge sifts Harrisburg diocese’s finances

HARRISBURG — A federal judge on Friday began the process of figuring out how the Harrisburg Roman Catholic Diocese will remain functioning and able to pay its bills while its 2-day-old bankruptcy filing inches ahead.

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Casino Night at the Art Center

WHAT: Casino Night at the Art Center

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POLICE REPORTS

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U.S., Taliban truce takes effect; stage set for peace deal

ISLAMABAD — A temporary truce between the United States and the Taliban took effect on Friday, setting the stage for the two sides to sign a peace deal next week aimed at ending 18 years of war in Afghanistan and bringing U.S. troops home.

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Winfield Twp. girl vanished 35 years ago

Images from The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children show 8-year-old Cherrie Mahan and a computer depiction of an age progression image.

Saturday marks 35 years since an 8-year-old went missing near her home in Winfield Township.

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Living history Mars students participate in wax museum lesson

Dressed as former first lady Jackie Kennedy, Ainsley Martin relates information about her character to John Cosentino at Mars Elementary School's Wax Museum of Presidents and First Ladies on Friday.

Mars Area Elementary students participated in a "wax museum" Friday afternoon.

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Jailed mom pleads guilty to nearly killing baby

Plea deal calls for 2-7 years in prison

A 28-year-old East Butler woman who gave birth while incarcerated pleaded guilty last month to nearly killing her 9-month old baby in August 2018.

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Cranberry seeks sale clarity

Westinghouse headquarters property deal still obscure

More than a month since its closing, details of the sale of the Cranberry Woods property housing the Westinghouse Electric Co. headquarters remain opaque to township and Seneca Valley School District officials.

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'Lights on Ice' Fest attracts crowd, continues Saturday

Joe DiMartino of DiMartino Ice Sculptures puts the finishing touches on an ice dragon, one of the larger creations attracting visitors Friday evening at this year's Carved in Ice Festival at Diamond Park. Below, Laura McIntyre of NexTier Bank smiles through an ice flower at the festival's first of two days Friday.

Ice sculptures glinted, dressed in the color of lights, as people passed by them in Diamond Park on Friday night. The event continues Saturday.

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Committee forming to keep farm tour going

County commissioners host town hall meeting

A committee is forming to save the Butler County Farm Tour.

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EASY DOES IT

Owen Anderson, 15, left, and Luke Kastner, 14, practice stacking blocks with their team robot named Schrödinger. Members of the Mars Robotics Association, a community league of students from various school districts, will compete in the Pennsylvania FIRST Tech Challenge Championship on Feb.

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Fire marshal investigates API blaze in Kittanning

The state police fire marshal is investigating a Wednesday night blaze that badly damaged API Autobody Products on South Water Street in Kittanning. As many as 100 firefighters from seven departments battled the blaze. No injuries were reported.

The state police fire marshal is investigating a Wednesday night blaze that badly damaged an auto parts and supply business in downtown Kittanning that is headquartered in Butler.

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Housing authority receives $765,000 grant

CEO lauds Trump for more money

Butler County will receive increased Housing and Urban Development funds for the third consecutive year.

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Twp., lake group team up in fight against developer

Middlesex Township and a conservancy group joined forces against a real estate development company in a legal dispute over a planned residential development near Glade Run Lake.

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