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Adams Township supervisors will hold a public hearing at 6:30 p.m. Monday, June 8, to discuss the proposed merger with the borough of Mars. Voters may be asked to conside...
June 05, 2026 Local News
The Karns Crossing bridge, which spans Connoquenessing Creek on Route 68 and East Jefferson Street, will be restricted to one lane Wednesday, June 10, for beam setting, a...
June 05, 2026 Local News
A Farrell woman was paid in drugs to drive to banks across the state and fraudulently withdraw funds in 2024, according to charges filed Thursday, June 4, by state police...
June 05, 2026 Local News
An Adams Township man reportedly sustained a leg injury and became pinned between a zero-turn mower and fence around 2 p.m. Friday, June 5, according to Butler County Eme...
June 05, 2026 Local News
The mayor of West Sunbury, who is also a Slippery Rock University police officer, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol Wednesday, June 3. State police...
June 05, 2026 Local News
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Business News
LOS ANGELES — Television and movie actors on Thursday voted overwhelmingly to ratify a four-year contract with studios and streaming services, a month after their union l...
June 05, 2026 Business
Allegheny Health Network and Highmark Health are expanding their footprint in Washington County. The two organizations have announced plans to build a 150,000-square-foot...
June 05, 2026 Business
WASHINGTON — The rise of remote work since the pandemic has made businesses more reluctant to hire young, inexperienced workers and is the key driver of higher unemployme...
June 05, 2026 Business
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State News
Chatty drivers may have their conversations disrupted by police lights and sirens beginning Friday, June 5, when enforcement of Paul Miller’s Law becomes effective. The l...
May 30, 2026 Local News
Just a few years ago, America’s public schools were rushing to get every child a laptop. Los Angeles middle school teacher Anna Soffer remembers it well: “The idea was th...
May 27, 2026 National News
Just a day after the primary election last week, with the field of candidates finally set for November, Gov. Josh Shapiro hit the campaign trail with a message about figh...
May 25, 2026 Pennsylvania News
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National News
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump issued a memo Friday that calls for the U.S. military and national security agencies to accelerate their use of artificial intelligenc...
June 05, 2026 National News
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE — President Donald Trump said on Friday that he wants his new acting director of national intelligence, Bill Pulte, to cut the office, which has alre...
June 05, 2026 National News
LOS ANGELES — A man was charged with murder Friday in the stabbing of “Jumanji” and “Top Gun: Maverick” actor James Handy, who was in a relationship with the suspect's mo...
June 05, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
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International News
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — More than 100,000 live cockroaches illegal to keep in Australia were confiscated from a single breeder in the country’s largest-ever seizure of ...
June 05, 2026 International News
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday rejected a proposal by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for a face-to-face meeting on the 4-yea...
June 05, 2026 International News
DIBBINE, Lebanon — Israel’s air force struck different parts of southern Lebanon on Friday as the military issued evacuation warnings for nine villages, including one tha...
June 05, 2026 International News
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