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One lane of South Duffy Road in Butler Township will be closed Wednesday, July 8, to replace a storm sewer pipe, according to the township’s director of public works. Th...
July 02, 2026 Local News
ADAMS TWP — To commemorate nation’s 250th anniversary, nine of Adams Township Community Park’s 100 acres was picked as the setting. At 5 p.m. on Wednesday, crowds started...
July 02, 2026 Local News
CONNOQUENESSING TWP — After months of work, township officials are moving forward with a revised Act 537 sewer plan ahead of the September deadline to resubmit one to the...
July 02, 2026 Local News
When Ignacio Carrizalez arrived in the United States from Mexico 22 years ago, he came with nothing and he knew no one. Ignacio fought a lengthy, expensive and oftentime...
July 02, 2026 Local News
A Butler man assaulted one woman after he shot fireworks at the car of another woman she was with Sunday, June 28, police said. Joshua Sean Young, 40, was charged Monday...
July 02, 2026 Local News
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Business News
Allegheny Health Network announced Wednesday, July 1, it had completed a merger with Heritage Valley Health System. The merger includes facilities in Lawrence, Beaver an...
July 02, 2026 Business
This article is one in a series of articles about what life looks like in Butler County ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026. Stories in this serie...
July 01, 2026 America 250
NICOSIA, Cyprus — Natural gas could start flowing by 2033 out of two undersea deposits discovered by ExxonMobil off Cyprus, a senior executive with the company said Tuesd...
June 30, 2026 Business
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State News
This article is one in a series of articles about what life looks like in Butler County ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026. Stories in this serie...
July 02, 2026 History
(The Center Square) — For the fifth year in a row, state leaders have failed to meet the June 30 deadline for finishing an annual budget — a situation that will have litt...
June 30, 2026 Local News
BELLEFONTE, Centre County — Centre County’s chief financial officer has warned fire companies which host online raffles that their gaming licenses could be revoked, a ser...
June 29, 2026 Pennsylvania News
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National News
CONCORD, N.H. — Heat as oppressive as British colonial rule is bearing down on the eastern U.S. heading into the long Fourth of July weekend, prompting some communities t...
July 02, 2026 National News
HAMDEN, Ohio — Sixteen children from the same family who were rescued from a dilapidated home in rural Ohio were living in wretched conditions with human waste all around...
July 01, 2026 National News
NEW YORK — Advice columnist E. Jean Carroll asked a judge Tuesday to require President Donald Trump to pay her $5 million from a jury verdict that concluded Trump sexuall...
July 01, 2026 National News
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International News
KYIV, Ukraine — Russia hammered Kyiv in an 11-hour drone and missile attack overnight into Thursday morning, killing at least 21 civilians in the city and injuring scores...
July 02, 2026 International News
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A ship ran aground in the Strait of Hormuz while using a route not approved by Iran, state television in Tehran reported Wednesday. The vess...
July 01, 2026 International News
WASHINGTON — Tourists from Chattanooga check into beach resorts in Cancun. Canadian auto parts feed factories in the American Midwest — and vice versa. Happy hour reveler...
July 01, 2026 International News
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