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Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday is urging the state House of Representatives to pass sentencing and parole rules for people convicted of second-degree murder be...
July 14, 2026 Crime & Courts
Leading Slippery Rock Area High School this year will be a team effort. Slippery Rock Area School Distric has named Jesse Pattison and Shawn Zappia as the high school’s c...
July 14, 2026 Local News
ADAMS TWP — The township’s board of supervisors voted unanimously to approve a 180-day moratorium on six types of businesses during its Monday, July 13, meeting. The busi...
July 14, 2026 Local News
LANCASTER TWP — Township supervisors took two steps toward regulating data centers at their Monday, July 13 workshop meeting. The supervisors first approved a plan to ha...
July 14, 2026 Local News
A Butler woman is accused of vandalizing a vehicle with a metal baseball bat. Michelle Mia Gibson, 54, was charged Sunday, July 12, with one felony count each of aggrav...
July 14, 2026 Local News
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Business News
The following are first place winners from the Big Butler Fair, which ended Saturday. Dairy Champions Supreme Champion Cow, Camp-Run Farms, Fombell Reserve Supreme Champi...
July 14, 2026 Agriculture
The following are first place winners from the Big Butler Fair, which ended Saturday. Champions Grand Champion Showman, Kai Hess, Slippery Rock Reserve Grand Champion Sho...
July 13, 2026 Agriculture
The following are first place winners from the Big Butler Fair, which ended Saturday. Champions Supreme Champion Cow, Lydia Kennedy, Cooperstown Supreme Res. Champion Cow...
July 13, 2026 Agriculture
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State News
Former Butler County resident Mark Pelusi has spent years trying to obtain official documents to solve a century-old family mystery, but bureaucratic red tape is preventi...
July 14, 2026 Pennsylvania News
PHILADELPHIA — Residents in some Philadelphia neighborhoods and surrounding counties were cleaning up Sunday from widespread damage caused by a line of severe, short thun...
July 13, 2026 Pennsylvania News
Felix White worries his ability to keep working — and avoid a health crisis — could be at risk. The 62-year-old Montgomery County resident relies on Medicaid to afford th...
July 12, 2026 Pennsylvania News
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National News
Another week of blistering heat will bring even more health risks in the coming days, as overnight temperatures won't provide much relief. The National Weather Service i...
July 13, 2026 National News
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Lindsey Graham’s sister, Darline Graham Nordone, has been named as her late brother’s temporary replacement in the U.S. Senate after his unexpected death...
July 13, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans returned to Washington on Monday with an uncertain agenda after the sudden death of prominent Republican Lindsey Graham, a committee chair...
July 13, 2026 National News
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International News
CAIRO — The Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen said they launched missiles and drones at Saudi Arabia’s Abha International Airport on Monday in response to airstrikes the...
July 13, 2026 International News
PARIS — Ukraine and nine other countries announced Monday they were forming a coalition to protect Europe from ballistic missiles, utilizing Kyiv’s experience in fighting...
July 13, 2026 International News
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The United States and Iran each asserted Monday they controlled the Strait of Hormuz after a weekend of attacks across the Middle East, furt...
July 13, 2026 International News
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