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While the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence’s signing may have passed, Evans City was not willing to let it go without an encore. Evans City Mayor Dean...
July 05, 2026 Local News
SLIPPERY ROCK — Despite forecasts of rain and strong winds, Slippery Rock pushed forward with its biggest Independence Day celebration yet, drawing vendors and guests tog...
July 05, 2026 Local News
HARRISVILLE -- One of Butler County’s northern-most communities marked the nation's 250th birthday Saturday with a time-honored tradition: the Harrisville Community Days ...
July 04, 2026 Local News
Over a thousand Butler County residents spent at least a portion of their Independence Day without power as a result of a fierce thunderstorm that swept through the count...
July 04, 2026 Local News
Tate and Becky Pacek’s home in Saxonburg will be lit with red, white and blue all summer long. The couple first set up permanent lights around the house during Christmas ...
July 04, 2026 Local News
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Business News
Thousands of visitors flocked to Cesar Mora's farm in central California last week to gather free nectarines. He's giving his harvest away rather than watching it rot as ...
July 05, 2026 Business
NEW YORK — Small business owners in U.S. tourist destinations say they’re seeing more Americans sticking closer to home this summer, trading overseas travel for road tri...
July 05, 2026 Business
NEW YORK — A handful of countries in the OPEC+ oil-producing alliance plan to increase their outputs modestly next month, which would bring more oil online after fuel p...
July 05, 2026 Business
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State News
This article is one in a series of articles about what life looks like in Butler County ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026. Stories in this serie...
July 02, 2026 History
(The Center Square) — For the fifth year in a row, state leaders have failed to meet the June 30 deadline for finishing an annual budget — a situation that will have litt...
June 30, 2026 Local News
BELLEFONTE, Centre County — Centre County’s chief financial officer has warned fire companies which host online raffles that their gaming licenses could be revoked, a ser...
June 29, 2026 Pennsylvania News
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National News
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump mixed partisan politics with patriotic appeals on Saturday as he commemorated the 250th anniversary of American independence, a momen...
July 05, 2026 National News
SALT LAKE CITY — Charlie Kirk’s widow and parents are expected this week in a Utah court where prosecutors seeking the death penalty will argue that the man charged with ...
July 05, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — Festivities commemorating the 250th anniversary of American independence ramped up across the United States on Friday as demonstrations of national pride — a...
July 03, 2026 National News
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International News
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's top officials and brothers of the new supreme leader emerged into public view Sunday to attend funeral prayers for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Their app...
July 05, 2026 International News
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The fallout from Venezuela's powerful twin quakes has evolved into a major test for acting President Delcy Rodríguez, sending her scrambling to ...
July 03, 2026 International News
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Like plenty of local boys before him, Neil has come home to the stretch of Australian coast where he was born. Unlike most of them, he trails fa...
July 03, 2026 International News
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