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The following items were collected from various police departments and district courts: Butler Aug. 5 — Ivan Aponte Alicea, 60, was charged with misdemeanor DUI following...
August 21, 2026 Local News
The county has received grants for the Butler County Housing and Redevelopment Authority’s programs that address eviction prevention, acquisition of properties and rehabi...
August 21, 2026 Government
The Master Gardeners are leading a garden transformation event Thursday, Aug. 27. The Penn State Extension Master Gardener program of Butler County will teach people how ...
August 20, 2026 Local News
Slippery Rock University students moved into their dorms in preparation for the upcoming semester on Thursday, Aug. 20. Cars filled parking lots and lined up throughout t...
August 20, 2026 Local News
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August 20, 2026 Local News
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Business News
Middletown Works, Cleveland-Cliffs’ flagship plant in Middletown, Ohio, that produces automotive-grade steels, will be getting a $1 billion investment split between the c...
August 21, 2026 Business
Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate has dropped to 3.9%, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry’s preliminary employment situation report for July 2026...
August 21, 2026 Business
Independence Health System has invested in some new robotic technology to help orthopedic surgeons at Butler Memorial Hospital. The hospital has added ROSA Knee Robotic T...
August 21, 2026 Business
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State News
BOSTON — Harvard Medical School says it agreed to pay $53 million to settle class action lawsuits by relatives of body donors whose remains were sold on the black market ...
August 21, 2026 National News
CARLISLE, Pa. — Federal investigators have pulled intact data cards from a state police helicopter and Cessna plane that collided at a small airport in central Pennsylvan...
August 21, 2026 Pennsylvania News
An airplane pilot died Wednesday after a collision with a Pennsylvania State Police helicopter near a runway at a small airport in Cumberland County, but both state troop...
August 20, 2026 Pennsylvania News
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National News
A tractor-trailer rollover sent a truckload of squid spilling into a Rhode Island roadway, leaving a stench as they sat in the road for hours in the summer heat. Local au...
August 21, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — Chief Justice John Roberts on Friday allowed the White House to continue construction on President Donald Trump’s $400 million ballroom project for now, as t...
August 21, 2026 National News
NEW YORK — Nearing the six-month mark of the Iran war and facing diminishing stockpiles of key weapons, the Trump administration is touting a crushing financial campaign ...
August 21, 2026 International News
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International News
For most Butler County residents, the only direct exposure to major wildfires they’ll experience is through smoke occasionally drifting over from Canada and from northern...
August 21, 2026 International News
JERUSALEM — Israel’s military on Wednesday announced its first criminal investigations into troop conduct in Gaza, focusing on the killings of 5-year-old Hind Rajab and h...
August 21, 2026 International News
WASHINGTON — The Asia-based USS George Washington aircraft carrier is now operating in the Middle East, the U.S. military said Thursday, relieving a long-deployed carrier...
August 20, 2026 International News
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