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CRANBERRY TWP — When Jocelyn Christensen and her family moved to the township 10 years ago, she said she was captivated by the community’s openness to working with church...
May 08, 2026 Local News
Butler Memorial Hospital has received a $250,000 grant from Pennsylvania’s Department of Labor and Industry to support its planned preapprenticeship program. The grant, a...
May 08, 2026 Local News
CRANBERRY TWP — At Thursday’s township meeting, the board of supervisors voted unanimously to pass the conditional use application for the planned 7 Brew location along R...
May 08, 2026 Local News
Mars Area Middle School’s seventh- and eighth-graders went to battle Thursday morning for a good cause, and they did so via water balloon. The school’s student council sp...
May 08, 2026 Local News
State Rep. Aaron Bernstine, R-8th, is hosting two events in Butler County for veterans and members of the public to learn about issues and ask questions. A veterans event...
May 07, 2026 Local News
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Business News
Whirlpool appeared to be in a prime position to thrive, producing about 80% of its major appliances at American factories at a time when President Donald Trump has emphas...
May 07, 2026 Business
The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate rose again this week, reflecting ongoing bond market volatility as surging oil prices due to the war with Iran heighten inflation...
May 07, 2026 Business
McDonald’s posted better-than-expected sales in the first quarter but said high gas prices and consumer anxiety over the Iran war could dent sales this spring. The a...
May 07, 2026 Business
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State News
HOMESTEAD, Allegheny County — Retired emergency medical services director Vern Smith, a face familiar to thousands of Butler County residents, was one of six people acros...
May 08, 2026 Pennsylvania News
(The Center Square) — A House committee on Tuesday, May 5, endorsed the concept that a medical patient has the right to know when artificial intelligence is being used in...
May 07, 2026 Pennsylvania News
In recent months, AHN Grove City has begun offering robotic-assisted knee and hip surgeries, including joint replacements, with the addition of the Mako SmartRobotics sur...
May 05, 2026 Business
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National News
HERSHEY, Pa. — Supreme Court justices are not “political actors,” Chief Justice John Roberts said Wednesday, insisting unpopular court decisions are based solely on the l...
May 07, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's proposal to put a coat of white paint on the exterior of a 19th-century historic landmark building next to the White House could cos...
May 07, 2026 National News
As storm chaser Ashton Lemley picked his way through a tornado-ravaged Mississippi trailer park, he heard the unmistakable meow of a kitten pierce the predawn darkness. T...
May 07, 2026 National News
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International News
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican raised the “need to work tirelessly in favor of peace” in talks Thursday with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who came to Rome on a fence-...
May 07, 2026 International News
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran has created a government agency to vet and tax vessels seeking passage through the crucial Strait of Hormuz, a shipping data company re...
May 07, 2026 International News
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The U.S. military said it intercepted Iranian attacks Thursday on three Navy ships in the Strait of Hormuz and “targeted Iranian military fa...
May 07, 2026 International News
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