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The father of a Slippery Rock Area School District student has filed a lawsuit claiming a bus driver failed to report older students repeatedly abusing and verbally haras...
August 28, 2026 Crime & Courts
CRANBERRY TWP — The freshly completed synthetic turf infields at two of the recreational ball fields at Cranberry Township Community Park sparkled on a sunlit, late Thurs...
August 28, 2026 Local News
One person was transported to Butler Memorial Hospital Thursday evening, Aug. 27, following a motorcycle crash on Route 422 in Butler Township. According to Butler County...
August 27, 2026 Local News
Parking will be restricted on eight streets in Butler between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m. Friday, Aug. 28, for street cleaning. The roads affected are Garfield, Holcomb and Thomas ...
August 27, 2026 Local News
A Franklin Township woman is accused of giving a doctor a bloody and swollen lip Saturday, Aug. 22, at Butler Memorial Hospital. Nicole Lynn Morin, 34, was already being...
August 27, 2026 Local News
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Business News
Meijer is one step closer to bringing its shopping experience to Jackson Township. Representatives from the Michigan-based company confirmed it recently completed the acq...
August 27, 2026 Business
OAKLAND, Calif. — Meta agreed Wednesday to pay up to $18 billion and add stronger child-safety measures to its Facebook and Instagram platforms as part of a landmark lega...
August 26, 2026 Business
WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved a groundbreaking new drug for advanced pancreatic cancer, offering U.S. patients a more effective trea...
August 26, 2026 Business
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State News
A 22-year-old college student killed by Pennsylvania police responding to a possible burglary had just realized he was at the wrong home and was waiting for friends to co...
August 26, 2026 Pennsylvania News
PHILADELPHIA — Two unvaccinated Pennsylvania residents have died from measles, state health officials said Tuesday, the first measles-related deaths in the U.S. this year...
August 25, 2026 Pennsylvania News
Sprankle’s Community Markets is hosting its eighth annual Campout for Community fundraiser event on Wednesday, Aug. 26, at its location on 3rd Street in Leechburg. Throug...
August 24, 2026 Pennsylvania News
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National News
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has awarded a $16.7 million contract to purchase 6,000 pairs of gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks, saying officers ...
August 27, 2026 National News
A federal judge on Thursday halted — at least for now — attempts to implement President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting mail voting. The move stalled the directiv...
August 27, 2026 National News
NEW YORK — Peter Cullen, a prolific voice actor who enlivened scores of TV series, specials and movies, including Optimus Prime in the syndicated 1984 series “Transformer...
August 27, 2026 National News
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International News
UNITED NATIONS — The official in charge of President Donald Trump’s ceasefire plan for Gaza criticized Israel on Wednesday for its attacks on the war-battered Palestinia...
August 28, 2026 International News
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Thursday he is renaming Lake Ontario to be known as “Lake America” in the United States as he exacerbates his trade war with Cana...
August 27, 2026 International News
DEVIGHAT, Nepal — Rescue teams searched Thursday for hundreds of missing people along the Nepal-China border, where a deadly torrent of water and mud several stories high...
August 27, 2026 International News
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