After two days closed to the public due to water damage from the late January snowstorm, the Mars Area Public Library reopened to the public on Thursday, Feb. 5.
The libr...
The following items were collected from various police departments and district courts:
Butler
Jan. 20 — James Angelo Freed, 68, of Butler, was charged with one misdemean...
A Freedom man was sentenced Thursday in Butler County Common Pleas Court after pleading guilty to one of 432 child pornography charges.
John D. Lefler, 47, of Freedom, w...
BUTLER TWP — After increasing its budget by over 7.5% for the 2025-26 school year, the Butler Area Vocational-Technical School is aiming to keep increases lower in 2026-2...
Sam Zurzolo has accomplished much in his 86 years of life. Even after leaving the Butler Township Board of Commissioners, he said his work is far from over.
“I’m not goin...
The widow of a Cranberry Township man killed by an impaired driver in December 2022 told the defendant Thursday, Feb. 5, that his successful challenge of his original sen...
WISR Morning Show host and on-air personality Dave Malarkey is hanging up the microphone after spending more than a half century with Butler Radio Network.
Malarkey’s ret...
WASHINGTON — Bullied and buffeted by President Donald Trump’s tariffs for the past year, America’s longstanding allies are desperately seeking ways to shield themselves f...
The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate barely budged this week, staying close to 6% as the spring home-buying season nears.
The benchmark 30-year fixed rate mortgage ra...
PHILADELPHIA — U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick has more cash on hand than any other GOP incumbent in a swing district nationwide as the party prepares for a tough election.
T...
A fire at a northeastern Pennsylvania hospital forced the evacuation of more than 70 patients that required the help of all available emergency medical services from mile...
HARRISBURG — Highlighting his belief that Pennsylvania continues to be “on the rise” under his watch, Gov. Josh Shapiro on Tuesday, Feb. 3, unveiled a $53.3 billion state...
LOS ANGELES — Three people were killed and six others were hurt after a 92-year-old driver collided with a bicyclist and then lost control and slammed into a grocery stor...
TUCSON, Ariz. — Investigators have no proof that the missing mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie is still alive but are holding out hope she's “still out there,”...
VARESE, Italy — Freestyle skier and Olympic silver medalist Jaelin Kauf’s first stop Wednesday for the Milan Cortina Winter Games was at a Milan airport hotel. She and he...
MILAN — Vice President JD Vance arrived in Milan with his family Thursday, telling U.S. athletes competing in the Milan Cortina Winter Games that the competition “is one ...
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration announced Wednesday that it wants to create a critical minerals trading bloc with its allies and partners, using tariffs to maintain...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed the situation in Iran in a wide-ranging call as the U.S. administrat...
