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Because of predicted cold and inclement weather, the board of directors for Butler Meals on Wheels have postponed the organization’s fundraising dinner. Originally schedu...
January 16, 2026 Local News
A blood drive scheduled to take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 20 at Haine Middle School, has been canceled. The drive was organized by Vitalant and was going...
January 16, 2026 Local News
The following items were collected from various police departments and district courts: Butler Twp Jan. 2 — Ryan Nathan Banner, 39, of Chicora, was charged with misdemean...
January 16, 2026 Local News
The Pennsylvania Department of Revenue is accepting applications from eligible residents for the property tax/rent rebate program. The program provides financial relief f...
January 16, 2026 Local News
JACKSON TWP — Supervisors gave tentative approval to a new planned residential development following the continuation of a public hearing from December during a meeting o...
January 15, 2026 Local News
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Business News
Local steel producer Cleveland-Cliffs will announce its fourth-quarter 2025 earnings before the U.S. markets open Feb. 9. Those interested can tune into a live broadcast ...
January 16, 2026 Business
HONG KONG — The United States and Taiwan reached a trade deal Thursday that cuts tariffs on Taiwanese goods in exchange for $250 billion in new investments in the U.S. te...
January 15, 2026 Business
Schnur McCance Group, a Baird Private Wealth Management team in Butler, was recently recognized by Forbes/SHOOK Research as a 2026 Best-In-State Wealth Management Team. F...
January 15, 2026 Business
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State News
PHILADELPHIA — An investigation into a sprawling betting scheme to rig NCAA and Chinese Basketball Association games has ensnared 26 people, including more than a dozen c...
January 15, 2026 National News
HARRISBURG — A contest that celebrates the much-maligned but enduring mullet hairstyle will get underway Monday at the Pennsylvania Farm Show. The short-in-the-front, lon...
January 13, 2026 Pennsylvania News
NEW YORK — A federal judge on Monday said she will hold a short hearing in the next two weeks on procedures that police said allowed them to seize and look through Luigi ...
January 12, 2026 National News
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National News
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of lawmakers have proposed creating a new agency with $2.5 billion to spur production of rare earths and the other critical minerals, whil...
January 16, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has identified a host of athletic competitions it classifies as “major sporting events” — aside from soccer’s 2026 World Cup and the...
January 15, 2026 National News
MINNEAPOLIS — President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to invoke an 1807 law and deploy troops to quell persistent protests against the federal officers sent to Minn...
January 15, 2026 National News
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International News
TOKYO — The Japanese and South Korean leaders agreed to deepen cooperation between their countries before they let loose with their own surprise cultural exchange in a su...
January 15, 2026 International News
NUUK, Greenland — Troops from several European countries continued to arrive in Greenland on Thursday in a show of support for Denmark as talks among representatives of D...
January 15, 2026 International News
WASHINGTON — Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado said she presented her Nobel Peace Prize medal to President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday eve...
January 15, 2026 International News
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