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Butler County commissioners hired an attorney Wednesday, March 11, to help define the differences between townhouses and condominiums in a dispute over taxes to assist th...
March 12, 2026 Government
CENTER TWP — Officials selected a nearly finalized list of township roads that will see paving, seal coating or other work later this year. Center Township’s board of sup...
March 12, 2026 Local News
BUFFALO TWP — Freeport Area School District is projecting a $41.19 million budget for the 2026-27 school year, up slightly from the current year. The general operating b...
March 12, 2026 Local News
ADAMS TWP — The population boom that led to a Mars Area Elementary School renovation could also push the district to pursue additional projects, spending more money to ac...
March 12, 2026 Local News
BUFFALO TWP — The board of supervisors approved the purchase of a new 2026 Ford Explorer for the township’s police department during its monthly meeting Wednesday night, ...
March 12, 2026 Government
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Business News
NEW YORK — A widening war in Iran has halted oil tankers, made targets of refineries and spooked investors worried about the cascading impact of spiking energy prices. In...
March 12, 2026 Business
NEW YORK — The U.S. stock market remained calm Wednesday, even as the price of oil got back to rising. The S&P 500 edged down 0.1% for a second day of modest moves follow...
March 12, 2026 Business
KANSAS CITY — Inflation remained stubbornly elevated last month as gas prices rose, but it's a snapshot of consumer prices before a U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran sent energ...
March 12, 2026 Business
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State News
High school students from Butler, Armstrong, Clarion, Indiana, and Jefferson counties are invited to take part in PennDOT’s annual Paint the Plow contest. The Paint the P...
March 12, 2026 Pennsylvania News
PITTSBURGH — The head priest and dean of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in downtown Pittsburgh is facing charges after being accused of stealing more than $1,000 in baseball...
March 11, 2026 Pennsylvania News
PHILADELPHIA — The federal government’s demand for information about the membership of Jewish groups from the University of Pennsylvania in an investigation into whether ...
March 10, 2026 Pennsylvania News
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National News
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran targeted the world's busiest international airport Wednesday and attacked commercial ships as U.S. and Israeli strikes rocked Tehran an...
March 11, 2026 International News
CINCINNATI — President Donald Trump toured an Ohio pharmaceutical company on Wednesday and planned to campaign in the nearby Kentucky district of a Republican in Congress...
March 11, 2026 National News
SANTA FE, N.M. — Democratic-led states alarmed by the prospect of federal immigration officers patrolling the polls during this year’s midterm elections are taking steps ...
March 11, 2026 National News
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International News
PARIS — The rising prices causing winces of pain at gasoline pumps are due, in large part, to the impact of the Iran war on the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial passageway for...
March 11, 2026 International News
GENEVA — A bus caught fire in a town west of the Swiss capital killing at least six people and three others were hospitalized with severe injuries, police said Tuesday. ...
March 10, 2026 International News
ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay — Paraguay’s Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday approved a defense agreement allowing the temporary presence of U.S. military and civilian personnel inside...
March 10, 2026 International News
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