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Butler City police filed charges against two more people in connection with a Jan. 19 shooting that damaged two East Wayne Street apartments. James M. Dent, 22, of Butler...
January 28, 2026 Crime & Courts
A Butler man is accused of mugging someone while possibly carrying a firearm Saturday, Jan. 24, on North Main Street near its intersection with Penn Street in the city. ...
January 28, 2026 Local News
Temperatures including wind chills throughout Wednesday, Jan. 28, are expected to be in the negatives throughout the day, according to a National Weather Service spokespe...
January 28, 2026 Local News
A case focusing on anti-discrimination protections for transgender high school students has raised new controversy: a debate over whether or not attorneys used AI to draf...
January 28, 2026 Local News
Butler Transit Authority will offer limited service options for Wednesday, Jan. 28, as a result of continued weather conditions and unsafe roads. For local service, only ...
January 28, 2026 Local News
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Business News
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve pushed the pause button on its interest rate cuts Wednesday, leaving its key rate unchanged at about 3.6% after lowering it three times l...
January 28, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Wednesday took a step toward rolling back a rule that limits smokestack emissions that burden downwind areas in neighboring state...
January 28, 2026 National News
Amazon is slashing about 16,000 corporate jobs in the second round of mass layoffs for the ecommerce company in three months. The tech giant has said it plans to use gene...
January 28, 2026 Business
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State News
HARRISBURG — Hours before a deadly explosion ripped through a Pennsylvania nursing home last month, staff grew concerned about the smell of natural gas on several floors ...
January 28, 2026 Pennsylvania News
HARRISBURG, Penn., Jan. 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — National School Choice Week began on Sunday in Pennsylvania and across the country, focusing on helping parents find the r...
January 28, 2026 Pennsylvania News
Sen. John Fetterman on Tuesday urged President Donald Trump “to immediately fire” Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem after federal agents killed two citizens in Minn...
January 27, 2026 National News
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National News
JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi officials sent National Guard troops, tow trucks and 135 snowplows Wednesday to clear snow and ice from two interstate highways where massive...
January 28, 2026 National News
The two federal agents who fatally shot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis have been placed on leave, officials said Wednesday. While paid administrative leave is standard for l...
January 28, 2026 National News
ATLANTA — The FBI on Wednesday searched the election office of a Georgia county that has been central to right-wing conspiracy theories over President Donald Trump's 2020...
January 28, 2026 National News
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International News
Earth is closer than it's ever been to destruction as Russia, China, the U.S. and other countries become “increasingly aggressive, adversarial, and nationalistic,” a scie...
January 27, 2026 International News
MILAN — News that a unit of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement would be part of the security detail for the U.S. delegation during the upcoming Winter Games has set...
January 27, 2026 National News
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea launched short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters on Tuesday, according to its neighbors, as the North heightens animosit...
January 27, 2026 International News
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