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The North Country Brewing Company is hosting an interactive show in its canning facility in Slippery Rock Township. Courtney McNamara, the writer of “Murder Mystery Dinne...
December 09, 2025 Local News
ZELIENOPLE — After discussing the merits of supporting emergency medical service funding, borough council approved the borough’s 2026 budget and enacted a dedicated half-...
December 09, 2025 Local News
Adams Township residents can rest assured their local tax rate will remain intact for at least one more year. At a special meeting Monday, Dec. 1, the township’s board of...
December 09, 2025 Finance
In the wake of mounting financial strain, Harmony EMS has asked 10 partner municipalities to support a half-mill tax increase next year. However, the agency’s director of...
December 09, 2025 Local News
The following items were collected from various police departments and district courts: Butler Dec. 1 — James Isma Goldinger, 44, of Butler, was charged with misdemeanor ...
December 09, 2025 Local News
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Business News
Paramount Skydance’s hostile takeover bid of Warner Bros. Discovery places CNN and its sister cable networks squarely back into what is likely to be an extended period of...
December 09, 2025 Business
PepsiCo plans to cut prices and eliminate some of its products under a deal with an activist investor announced Monday. The Purchase, New York-based company, which makes...
December 09, 2025 Business
JEFFERSON TWP -- The township tabled a decision to appropriate more than $601,000 in additional funds to the renovation of SEBCO Pool, the annual summer hot spot which se...
December 09, 2025 Government
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State News
Butler County resident Cindy Schaltenbrand won people’s choice “Best in Show” in the Pennsylvania Parks and Forests Foundation’s “On the Trail” Photo Contest, with a phot...
December 09, 2025 Community
NEW YORK — Moments after Luigi Mangione was handcuffed at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s, a police officer searching his backpack found a loaded gun magazine wrapped in a pair...
December 09, 2025 National News
ALLENTOWN — Republicans in key battleground U.S. House districts are working to contain the political fallout that may come when thousands of their constituents face high...
December 08, 2025 Pennsylvania News
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National News
FRANKFORT, Ky. — At least one student was killed and another was critically wounded in a shooting at a residence hall at Kentucky State University on Tuesday, and a suspe...
December 09, 2025 National News
MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Tuesday that her country intends to send more water to the United States, but not immediately, even as U.S. Preside...
December 09, 2025 National News
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told congressional leaders Tuesday that he was still weighing whether to release the full video of an attack on an alleged dru...
December 09, 2025 National News
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International News
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — A passerby could hear the cacophony from miles away in the Argentine capital, the unmistakable sound of 2,397 dogs barking — and breaking the un...
December 09, 2025 International News
RAFAH, Gaza Strip — One by one, the soldiers squeezed through a narrow entrance to a tunnel in southern Gaza. Inside a dark hallway, some bowed their heads to avoid hitti...
December 09, 2025 International News
TOKYO — Japan issued a megaquake advisory Tuesday after a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck off the eastern coast of Aomori, the northernmost prefecture of Japan's main isl...
December 09, 2025 International News
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