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A longtime local government official for West Liberty Borough has died after 30 years of service, including stints as mayor and judge of elections. Betty Grace Kreutz di...
April 01, 2026 Local News
CRANBERRY TWP — Butler County’s budding baseball superstars may soon have another opportunity to hone their skills all year long. D-BAT, a nationwide chain of indoor base...
April 01, 2026 Local News
The shutdown of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has begun to impact a local emergency service. The Federal Emergency Management Agency, a branch of DHS, awarded ...
April 01, 2026 Local News
CRANBERRY TWP — Residents of the Meeder planned residential development in the township got a look at what could be the next phase of construction during the township’s p...
April 01, 2026 Local News
Students at Knoch Primary School hopped into the holiday spirit a little early Tuesday, March 31, as they participated in an Easter egg hunt at the school. Students will ...
April 01, 2026 Local News
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Business News
Hershey said Wednesday it will use classic recipes for all Reese’s products starting next year, a change that comes after the grandson of Reese’s founder criticized the c...
April 01, 2026 Business
Four years after opening its doors to the public in June 2022, Totalus Cafe — a locally-owned boba tea cafe on East Jefferson Street — announced through Facebook on Satur...
April 01, 2026 Business
The National Alliance on Mental Illness Butler County is welcoming a new executive director to its county office. Pamela Jeneé Wilbon was recently named executive directo...
April 01, 2026 Business
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State News
FBI Director Kash Patel joined U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick, R.-Pa., at a roundtable event in Allentown on Wednesday to tout state and federal efforts to combat Pennsylvania’...
April 01, 2026 Pennsylvania News
HARRISBURG — A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the University of Pennsylvania to hand over records about Jewish employees on campus to a federal agency as part of an inv...
March 31, 2026 Pennsylvania News
The systems that allow drivers to take their hands off the wheel are convenient but don't improve safety because people who use them often pay less attention to the road,...
March 31, 2026 National News
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National News
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said U.S. forces will “finish the job” in Iran soon as “core strategic objectives are nearing completion,” offering a full-throated de...
April 01, 2026 National News
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Four astronauts embarked on a high-stakes flight around the moon Wednesday, humanity’s first lunar voyage in more than half a century and the thril...
April 01, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune announced Wednesday what they are calling a path forward to fully funding the Department of ...
April 01, 2026 National News
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International News
Russia’s armed forces have taken control of the entire Luhansk region of Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry claimed Wednesday, but a Kyiv military official denied the ...
April 01, 2026 International News
MOSCOW — A Russian military plane crashed in annexed Crimea, killing 29 people on board, officials said Wednesday. The An-26 military transport plane went missing Tuesda...
April 01, 2026 International News
Vladimir Putin made a big deal of Russia’s success in seizing control of Kupyansk in eastern Ukraine late last year, even as Volodymyr Zelenskyy immediately challenged th...
April 01, 2026 International News
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