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The Route 422 East ramp to Kittanning, in Butler and Center townships, will be closed between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6, for a repaving project. Motorists traveli...
November 02, 2026 Local News
Slippery Rock University is one of six state system schools participating in a program meant to help first-generation and low-income students transition from their first ...
November 02, 2026 Local News
CRANBERRY TWP — Grant funding through PennDOT’s Multimodal Transportation Fund program could help improve traffic flow at the intersection of Routes 19 and 288 in the tow...
November 02, 2026 Local News
CRANBERRY TWP — Following nearly two years of feasibility studies and public outreach, as well as a recommendation from an advisory committee, the township is ready to ta...
November 02, 2026 Local News
SLIPPERY ROCK — A biannual Rotary Club of Slippery Rock project that has worked toward making the borough’s downtown more attractive since 2012 found partners in some of ...
November 01, 2026 Local News
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Business News
New offerings include rolled ice cream, dirty sodas On Halloween, trick-or-treat candy will not be the only sweet thing available in Butler. The Sweet Gremlin is set for ...
October 31, 2026 Local News
Keystone Appalachian Transmission Company, FirstEnergy’s transmission subsidiary, will test advanced technologies in Butler County that could make the electric grid more ...
October 30, 2026 Business
A new consulting company has opened in Zelienople, aimed at helping college-bound students and families navigate the college admissions and selection process. River’s Edg...
October 27, 2026 Business
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State News
EPHRATA, Pa. — Amish and Mennonite shoppers in conservative dress mingled with shoppers from the wider public on a recent Friday at a vast outdoor market here, where vend...
October 30, 2026 Pennsylvania News
Going into the Tuesday, Nov. 3, primary election, Butler County is broken into 95 polling precincts, each of which has its own polling location. Visit vote.pa/find/polls ...
October 30, 2026 Elections
Users of the Butler Freeport Community Trail could have even more trail to explore in the near future, with a planned pedestrian bridge to connect the trail to two other ...
October 23, 2026 Pennsylvania News
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National News
A business jet carrying nine people nose-dived into a South Florida neighborhood Sunday and erupted into a giant fireball that appeared to just miss homes near a busy roa...
November 01, 2026 National News
More heavy rainfall produced flash flooding and mandatory evacuations in a wide swath of the Southwest on Sunday, including a Colorado mountain town bracing for a river t...
November 01, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — Sen. Chris Murphy is in the hospital after having a stroke and is “awake and alert” as he receives treatment, the Connecticut Democrat’s office said Sunday. ...
November 01, 2026 National News
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International News
HULL, England — Karl Bushby completed his 28-year odyssey to walk around the world Monday by returning to his mother’s home in northern England. Bushby embraced his emoti...
November 02, 2026 International News
KYIV, Ukraine — Authorities in Ukraine and Russia said their emergency alert mobile apps had been targeted by cyberattacks, with users in Ukraine receiving false warnings...
November 02, 2026 International News
URDA, Spain — Spain’s second high-speed rail disaster this year, in which one train struck another from behind, killing 69 people, has raised fresh concerns about the saf...
October 29, 2026 International News
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