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Local News
For people who don’t like tea, sampling multiple teas made from plants at Moraine State Park while learning plant identification, and the inventions and wars caused by te...
June 20, 2026 Local News
One person was flown, and another was taken by ambulance to Pittsburgh hospitals after a motorcycle and vehicle collided Saturday afternoon on Route 422 in Franklin Towns...
June 20, 2026 Local News
A helicopter was requested after a motorcycle and car collided Saturday, June 20, near the intersection of Route 422 and Unionville Road in Franklin Township. The crash ...
June 20, 2026 Local News
BUTLER TWP — A successful wrestler himself at Slippery Rock University, Scott Stoner has developed many a mat man in more than 30 years as Butler Senior High School’s hea...
June 20, 2026 Local News
MARS — The town square received a patriotic upgrade Friday with the installation of a flagpole that will fly the American flag and an America250 flag during the borough’s...
June 20, 2026 America 250
Without action, Sprankle says consequences could be dire
June 20, 2026 Local News
The following items were collected from various police departments and district courts: Adams Twp June 9 — Hannah Alexis Cunningham, 28, was charged with misdemeanor loit...
June 20, 2026 Local News
Global consumers want more protein in every bite, but the dairy industry is struggling to give it to them. Athletes and older adults have long used smoothies and shakes ...
June 20, 2026 Business
Rising energy demand is reshaping how engineers think, design and build, but not in the same way across every corner of the industry. And not at the same speed across Wes...
June 20, 2026 Business
WASHINGTON — A new kind of flu vaccine moved a step closer to the U.S. market Thursday as federal health advisers recommended approval of the first made with the same mRN...
June 19, 2026 Health
Other News
JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. — President Donald Trump on Friday showed off the new Air Force One, a formerly Qatari-owned jumbo jet that has been converted into the official U...
June 19, 2026 National News
Officials in Kansas City, Mo., are preparing to equip cameras on some public buses with facial recognition software capable of identifying passengers who appear on a list...
June 19, 2026 National News
LONDON — Archaeologists revealed Thursday that they have discovered a structure near the prehistoric stone circle of Stonehenge in southern England that may have served a...
June 19, 2026 International News
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Thursday against a broad federal ban on gun ownership by marijuana users, the latest in a line of firearm cases from a court that has...
June 19, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — As Janeese Lewis George paves a path to the mayor's office in Washington, D.C., she's told voters they could have it all. Her unapologetically expansive, le...
June 19, 2026 National News
ZURICH — The American push to quickly begin high-stakes talks with Iran hit a snag Friday, just days after the signing of an agreement that opens a two-month window for n...
June 19, 2026 National News
DALLAS — As people gathered across the U.S. to celebrate Juneteenth on Friday, former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama welcomed the first visit...
June 19, 2026 National News
Iran sought to assert control over the Strait of Hormuz by saying that ships need its permission and mandatory insurance in order to cross, even as the U.S. said that 20 ...
June 19, 2026 International News
JERUSALEM — Talks between the U.S. and Iran were called off Friday after intense fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, officials said, raising questi...
June 19, 2026 International News
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump gave the Medal of Honor to three veterans on Thursday, honoring acts of heroism that saved lives and repelled enemy forces in Vietnam ...
June 19, 2026 National News
Sports
During a regular-season win over Clarion Limestone, Karns City baseball Josh Smith watched two of his batters bash no-doubt homers — in most every other ballpark than the...
June 19, 2026 Sports
Editorial
Our nation is experiencing a coordinated push to fuse one particular brand of Christianity with state power. A key driver is the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR), a loose ...
June 20, 2026 Letters to the Editor
As a volunteer who helps with the annual Butler Bike Blessing, held May 9, at the Lyndora American Legion Post 778, I want to add some more information that wasn’t covere...
June 20, 2026 Letters to the Editor
June 19, 2026 Cartoons
A good way to both support a vital community institution and make some great summer memories is to attend the upcoming Saxonburg Fireman’s Carnival. This year, the annual...
June 19, 2026 Our Opinion
When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Washington and Europe expected a quick Russian victory. Russia’s population was more than three...
June 19, 2026 Other Voices
Community
Want to make your vegetables taste better and have your friends love you? Char the heck out of some on the grill and then toss them in a bacon vinaigrette, using this rec...
June 20, 2026 Recipes
Father’s Day is just around the bend, and there are decisions to be made. Some dads want to eat out, some want to eat in. Some want a big old meat-and-potatoes meal, some...
June 20, 2026 Recipes
Some craft vendors started making their products out of boredom, some do it as a form of self expression, but for Madison Eichner, Butler resident and owner of Madison Ma...
June 20, 2026 Community
A Slippery Rock University music instructor and alumnus was an invited guest at a ceremony to unveil the naming of a street in New York City in honor of rock legend Jimi ...
June 19, 2026 Community
The 19th century gristmill at McConnells Mill State Park is open from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. through Labor Day. It began its open hours May 16. Admission is free. Interp...
June 19, 2026 Community
Rachel Legacy experienced the range of human emotion during intense race
June 19, 2026 Community
Not every accident victim can react to first responders in the same way. That’s why Butler County Human Services and Alliance for Nonprofit Resources launched Project REA...
June 19, 2026 Community
Main Street in Saxonburg hosted its second Mingle on Main of the 2026 season on Thursday night, June 18. Mingle on Main, a showcase of local food and craft vendors, takes...
June 19, 2026 Community
Laura Ankrom and Mathew Roth, of Butler, were united in marriage on May 23, at Butler Assembly of God, in Butler. The Rev. Steve Noullet officiated. A reception followed ...
June 19, 2026 Community
Announcements
Dennis J. Bogan, of Penn Township, celebrated his 102nd birthday on June 9. A weeklong celebration was held during daylight hours at his home. Bogan was born on June 9, 1...
June 20, 2026 Birthday Tributes
In loving memory of Rick Everly. Missing you this Father’s Day. Today we pause to think about you, And all the love you gave. The lessons learned, the smiles shared, The ...
June 20, 2026 Other Tributes
In memory of Michelle Lynn Roudybush on the fourth anniversary of her passing, June 20. A wonderful wife, mother, daughter and friend. To a life well lived. Mom and Dad ...
June 20, 2026 In Memoriams
Happy Heavenly Father’s Day To our dad, grandfather and great-grandfather Gene Manuel You were so many different things to each of us, a great football and baseball coach...
June 20, 2026 Other Tributes
Arts & Entertainment
The “Toy Story” movies, like “Star Wars” and those games Michael Jordan played with the Washington Wizards, pose a problem of canon. The first three movies are a near-per...
June 20, 2026 Reviews
In the opening moments of Michael Sarnoski’s “The Death of Robin Hood,” Hugh Jackman’s Robin shelters on a cold and desolate peatland. A young attacker (Jade Croot) emerg...
June 20, 2026 Reviews
LOS ANGELES — James Burrows, who helped create volumes of laughter as director of more than a thousand episodes of such classic television comedies as “Cheers,” “Taxi," “...
June 19, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
Other
June 20, 2026 Daily Photo Gallery
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...
June 19, 2026 Special Sections
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...
June 19, 2026 Special Sections
Pennsylvania Farm Bureau is the state’s largest farm organization with a volunteer membership of more than 30,000 farm and rural families, representing farms of every siz...
June 19, 2026 Special Sections
June 19, 2026 Daily Photo Gallery
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