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Winter arrived in Western Pennsylvania last week, dropping as many as 4 inches of heavy snow in Butler County that sent road crews into action. “It’s not often that we ge...
December 11, 2025 Local News
A Butler man has been charged with driving under the influence after Butler Township police said he drove into Applebee’s restaurant on Dec. 2. David Joseph Cavanaugh, 78...
December 11, 2025 Local News
An inmate at the Butler County Prison is facing charges after a correctional officer found Suboxone during the booking process. Allen Griffin, of Oil City, was charged We...
December 11, 2025 Local News
Even though the weather was warm enough for rain on Wednesday, Dec. 10, the National Weather Service predicts it’ll likely be another week before temperatures climb above...
December 11, 2025 Local News
Independence Health System announced Wednesday that it completed a major renovation of its outpatient services suite in Seven Fields, adding advanced imaging technology a...
December 11, 2025 Local News
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Business News
WASHINGTON — Oil companies offered $279 million for drilling rights in the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday in the first of 30 sales planned for the region under Republican ef...
December 10, 2025 Business
An investigation led by the Pennsylvania attorney general found widespread instances where Dollar General overcharged customers at the register. In a Tuesday, Dec. 9, new...
December 10, 2025 Local News
PENN TWP — Butler Transit Authority continued to upgrade its technology at its final meeting of the year. The authority’s board voted Tuesday, Dec. 9, to spend $14,060 on...
December 10, 2025 Local News
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State News
A New Jersey law that permits terminally ill people to seek life-ending drugs applies only to residents of the state and not those from beyond its borders, a federal appe...
December 10, 2025 National News
Butler County resident Cindy Schaltenbrand won people’s choice “Best in Show” in the Pennsylvania Parks and Forests Foundation’s “On the Trail” Photo Contest, with a phot...
December 09, 2025 Community
NEW YORK — Moments after Luigi Mangione was handcuffed at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s, a police officer searching his backpack found a loaded gun magazine wrapped in a pair...
December 09, 2025 National News
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National News
FRANKFORT, Ky. — A parent of a Kentucky State University student has been charged with murder in an on campus shooting that killed one student and critically injured anot...
December 11, 2025 National News
WASHINGTON — The House voted to pass a sweeping defense policy bill Wednesday that authorizes $900 billion in military programs, including a pay raise for troops and an o...
December 10, 2025 National News
NEW YORK — Secret grand jury transcripts from Jeffrey Epstein’s 2019 sex trafficking case can be made public, a judge ruled on Wednesday, joining two other judges in gran...
December 10, 2025 National News
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International News
SURIN, Thailand — Renewed border fighting between Thailand and Cambodia showed no signs of abating Wednesday, with hundreds of thousands of displaced people in strained c...
December 10, 2025 International News
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the United States has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela as tensions mount with the government of Pre...
December 10, 2025 National News
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine is expected to give its latest peace proposals to U.S. negotiators Wednesday, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, a day ahead of his urgent talks ...
December 10, 2025 International News
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