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Moniteau school board approved $168,622 Monday for the next phase of a project designed to improve drinking water capacity at Dassa McKinney Elementary School. The fundin...
July 15, 2026 Local News
The following items were collected from various police departments and district courts: State police, Butler June 29 — Daniel David Bargielski, 49, of Erie, was charged w...
July 15, 2026 Local News
As contract negotiations with Mars Area School District drag on, the teachers’ union is publicly airing its grievances and planning a rally before the next school board m...
July 15, 2026 Local News
A Seven Fields man is accused of possessing a stolen firearm while on probation. Aaron John Whittington, 18, was allegedly found Monday, July 13, with a firearm reported...
July 14, 2026 Local News
A Sarver man used his hand to cover a woman’s mouth to prevent her from screaming for help after he allegedly beat and confined her in a closet, according to the woman’s ...
July 14, 2026 Local News
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Business News
SAXONBURG — Visitors to the Saxonburg Area Business Association’s website may have noticed something very different this week. During its monthly board meeting on Tuesday...
July 15, 2026 Technology
Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday has joined a coalition of 42 states announcing a $18 million bankruptcy claim settlement with genetic testing company 23andMe. T...
July 15, 2026 Business
Lutheran SeniorLife has named a new executive director of its Visiting Nurses Association, Western Pennsylvania. Suzanne Grove will take over the role. She brings nearly ...
July 15, 2026 Business
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State News
Former Butler County resident Mark Pelusi has spent years trying to obtain official documents to solve a century-old family mystery, but bureaucratic red tape is preventi...
July 14, 2026 Pennsylvania News
PHILADELPHIA — Residents in some Philadelphia neighborhoods and surrounding counties were cleaning up Sunday from widespread damage caused by a line of severe, short thun...
July 13, 2026 Pennsylvania News
Felix White worries his ability to keep working — and avoid a health crisis — could be at risk. The 62-year-old Montgomery County resident relies on Medicaid to afford th...
July 12, 2026 Pennsylvania News
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National News
WASHINGTON — House Republicans on Wednesday unveiled a $95 billion package focused on boosting defense, aiding farmers and enacting stricter voter registration rules, a s...
July 15, 2026 National News
BIDDEFORD, Maine — Trump administration officials told Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to suspend most vehicle stops after two deadly shootings within a week...
July 14, 2026 National News
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — It’s already been a deadly year for firefighters, and authorities have been putting resources where they can more quickly pounce on wildfires before t...
July 14, 2026 National News
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International News
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The U.S. reimposed a naval blockade on Iran and intensified its airstrike campaign Wednesday in retaliation for Tehran’s attacks on ships tr...
July 15, 2026 International News
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli airstrikes have killed at least a dozen people in Gaza over the past two days, local health officials said Wednesday, as strikes conti...
July 15, 2026 International News
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine's air force said Tuesday it intercepted five ballistic missiles launched by Russia in a raft of overnight attacks, although other missiles and dro...
July 14, 2026 International News
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