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Butler County Community College’s board of trustees took time out during commencement activities this year to remember the loss of a cherished board member whose impact w...
May 16, 2026 Local News
At a time when colleges and universities face concerns and uncertainty, Butler County Community College leaders have expressed confidence in the school’s footing as the 2...
May 16, 2026 Local News
The Remaley family of Armstrong County is asking for financial help from the community in the form of a GoFundMe after five of them were involved in a two-vehicle crash i...
May 16, 2026 Local News
As costs continue to rise in the ambulance service business, Karns City Regional Ambulance Service president Mark Lauer recently called together leaders from several nort...
May 16, 2026 Government
EMT and paramedic students are taught a variety of skills to prepare them for any situation they might run into, but the incidents always begin with the same step — work ...
May 16, 2026 Local News
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Business News
The Southern Butler County Business Association held a Battle of the Businesses event Thursday, May 14, at Fun Fore All in Cranberry Township. The event pitted businesses...
May 16, 2026 Business
Internet provider Brightspeed is set to enter a new yearlong partnership with the Jean B. Purvis Community Health Center in Butler to help with its ongoing efforts to con...
May 16, 2026 Business
NEW YORK — The U.S. stock market fell from its records Friday and joined a worldwide drop for stocks after higher oil prices sent a shiver through the bond market. Stocks...
May 15, 2026 Business
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State News
Going into the Tuesday, May 19, primary election, Butler County is broken into 95 polling precincts, each of which has its own polling location. One major change from the...
May 15, 2026 Elections
(The Center Square) — A state House committee on Tuesday moved a step closer to eliminating a major distraction in schools by passing a bill which — with many exceptions ...
May 11, 2026 Pennsylvania News
PHILADELPHIA — The inside job began sometime after midnight at the factory in Philadelphia's Olney neighborhood where the work never stopped. The trading card industry bo...
May 10, 2026 Business
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National News
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is drawing down thousands of troops in Europe by canceling deployments to Poland and Germany as opposed to yanking forces already stationed ther...
May 15, 2026 National News
PORTLAND, Maine — A large fire and explosion at a lumber mill in Maine's midcoast region injured at least 11 people Friday. Flames tore through Robbins Lumber in Searsmon...
May 15, 2026 National News
MIAMI — The Justice Department is preparing to seek an indictment against former Cuban President Raúl Castro, three people familiar with the matter told The Associated Pr...
May 15, 2026 National News
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International News
MELBOURNE, Australia — Six passengers from a cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak arrived Friday in Australia for a quarantine expected to last at least three weeks. ...
May 15, 2026 International News
KINSHASA, Congo — Africa’s top public health body on Friday confirmed a new Ebola outbreak in Congo’s remote Ituri province, with 246 suspected cases and 65 deaths record...
May 15, 2026 International News
KYIV, Ukraine — Russia on Thursday unleashed a third straight day of massive drone and missile attacks on Ukraine, demolishing an apartment building in Kyiv where nine pe...
May 14, 2026 International News
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