Site last updated: Wednesday, June 17, 2026

Log In

Reset Password
Butler County's great daily newspaper
Local News
SLIPPERY ROCK — Borough officials are moving steadily forward with their plan to improve public safety and walkability through updates to their sidewalks and related amen...
June 17, 2026 Local News
A good Father’s Day gift can be hard to find. Although another tie or Best Dad Ever mug may be good gift ideas, but several Butler County businesses shared their creative...
June 17, 2026 Local News
The Butler County Prison Board voted Tuesday, June 16, to advertise for proposals for inmate technology, which includes phone service, tablets and video visits. The board...
June 17, 2026 Local News
The Butler County Planning Commission on Tuesday held the first of two meetings to accept public input about how to spend this year’s $393,160 Community Development Block...
June 17, 2026 Government
SAXONBURG — The borough now has an additional $75,000 in the bank to fund its pending structural restoration of John Roebling’s historic wire rope workshop. The money com...
June 17, 2026 Local News
Read More
Business News
Pizza Hut, the 68-year-old chain that has long struggled with growing competition and outdated restaurants, will be sold for $2.7 billion by parent company Yum Brands. Yu...
June 16, 2026 Business
McDonald’s is frying up some apple pies to honor America’s 250th birthday. The company said Tuesday it’s bringing back fried apple pies for the first time in more than th...
June 16, 2026 Business
NEW YORK — Stock markets rallied worldwide Monday, and oil prices eased after the United States and Iran reached a tentative deal to extend their ceasefire and reopen the...
June 15, 2026 Business
Read More
State News
Action on ruling delayed for 120 days
June 16, 2026 Local News
The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture is taking no chances with New World screwworm and has issued an official quarantine order to prevent an infestation of the pest...
June 15, 2026 Local News
Last month, the world’s attention was gripped by an outbreak of the contagious “Andes strain” of hantavirus aboard the M/V Hondius cruise ship. According to the most rec...
June 10, 2026 Pennsylvania News
Read More
National News
MIAMI — The first tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season formed Wednesday near the Gulf Coast, bringing intense rain and the threat of dangerous flash floods to ...
June 17, 2026 National News
WILMINGTON, Del. — An assailant who shot two people inside a Delaware hospital Tuesday — killing one — remained at large hours later, police said. The shooting was report...
June 16, 2026 National News
LOS ANGELES — The B-52 that crashed during a test flight at an Air Force base in California took a sharp turn before plunging to the ground at a rate nearly 10 times fast...
June 16, 2026 National News
Read More
International News
EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France — Leaders at the Group of Seven summit on Wednesday threw their support behind U.S. President Donald Trump's tentative agreement with Iran to open...
June 17, 2026 International News
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran’s top diplomat said Tuesday that the tentative deal to end the war with the United States would require Israel to withdraw from Lebanon...
June 16, 2026 International News
EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France — The United States could soon reimpose sanctions on Russian oil shipments after President Donald Trump and fellow leaders at the Group of Seven s...
June 16, 2026 International News
Read More
TODAY'S PHOTOS