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Local News
Two people were assaulted in the 200 block of Mercer Street in the city of Butler and taken to the hospital following seizures late Friday, Nov. 28, according to reports ...
November 29, 2025 Local News
A man was reportedly shot in the area of Whitmire Avenue in the City of Butler late Friday night, Nov. 28, according to Butler County Emergency Services Dispatch reports....
November 29, 2025 Local News
The following items were collected from various police departments and district courts: Butler Nov. 17 — Hawkess Rayquan Warren, 19, of Youngstown, Ohio, was charged with...
November 29, 2025 Local News
Changes coming based on proposed Parent PLUS loan caps
November 29, 2025 Local News
NEW YORK — Maybe your car broke down, your computer was stolen, or you had a surprise visit to urgent care. Emergencies are inevitable, but you can prepare to deal with t...
November 29, 2025 Business
KC superintendent says budget delay made tax increase unavoidable
November 29, 2025 Local News
NEW YORK — Black Friday no longer tempts people to leave Thanksgiving tables for midnight mall runs, but the annual sales event still brings more shoppers into stores tha...
November 29, 2025 Business
Megan Feller smoked pot several times a day and couldn’t eat, sleep or function without it. But at the time, she didn't see the need to reach out for help. “I didn’t thi...
November 29, 2025 National News
A professor at Slippery Rock University said many teachers already felt they were less respected than other professions that don’t require as many certifications. Then, a...
November 29, 2025 Local News
Andy Budmark said he recently joined the Butler Lions Club after learning his family bought their Christmas trees from the group as a child. Budmark, who volunteered at ...
November 29, 2025 Local News
Other News
WEST ORANGE, N.J. — Forget the giraffes, gibbons and leopards. About a dozen visitors at the Turtle Back Zoo gathered one recent morning around the most unusual sight of ...
November 29, 2025 National News
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Donald Trump said Friday that he will be pardoning former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who in 2024 was convicted for drug ...
November 28, 2025 National News
DAMASCUS, Syria — Israeli forces raided a Syrian village and opened fire when they were confronted by residents on Friday, killing at least 13 people, Syrian officials sa...
November 28, 2025 International News
HONG KONG — Hong Kong firefighters found dozens of more bodies Friday in an intensive apartment-by-apartment search of a high-rise complex where a massive fire engulfed s...
November 28, 2025 International News
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad — The prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago retracted comments where she asserted that no U.S. Marines were currently in the twin-island nation — ...
November 28, 2025 International News
West Virginia communities and officials were honoring two members of the state's National Guard who were shot in Washington, D.C., this week, lauding their dedication to ...
November 28, 2025 National News
A lot of snow, rain and cold weather await travelers for the rest of the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, with winter storm warnings posted Friday across the northern part o...
November 28, 2025 National News
Concord, N.H. — A college freshman trying to fly from Boston to Texas to surprise her family for Thanksgiving was instead deported to Honduras in violation of a court ord...
November 28, 2025 National News
NEW YORK — The U.S. flu season is starting slowly, and it's unclear if it will be as bad as last winter’s, but some health experts are worried as U.S. Centers for Disease...
November 28, 2025 National News
With his foreign trip to Turkey and Lebanon, Pope Leo XIV will become the first American pope on the road. The journey fulfills a visit Pope Francis had hoped to make be...
November 28, 2025 International News
Sports
SLIPPERY ROCK TWP — Hailey Rudish recalls being exposed to wrestling when her younger brother, Carter, took to the mat while in elementary school. “I went to all of his m...
November 29, 2025 Sports
Charlotte Thompson had a 12-point, 11-rebound double-double, but Moniteau fell 43-40 to Maplewood in a season-opening matchup on Friday night. Alyssa Thompson added nine ...
November 28, 2025 Sports
MANOR TWP, Armstrong County — Not bad for openers. Junior point guard Malina McElroy scored 14 points, tallied six steals and three assists Friday afternoon as Butler use...
November 28, 2025 Sports
Mars fans should get a good look at Austen Wroblewski this high school basketball season. They probably won’t see the Planets’ senior standout on the hardwood afterward. ...
November 28, 2025 Sports
Editorial
Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to account and drives po...
November 29, 2025 Other Voices
The Federal government was shut down for almost two months. Many people were inconvenienced, some drastically. By some miracle, airliner fatal accidents have not happened...
November 29, 2025 Letters to the Editor
Regarding U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly, R-16th, leader of the U.S. Congressional Task Force investigating the July 13, 2024, Donald Trump assassination attempt: I find it very ha...
November 29, 2025 Letters to the Editor
On Tuesday, Nov. 18, Butler County’s drug and alcohol advisory board head that 2025 has seen fewer overdose deaths than the same period in 2024. At the meeting, the board...
November 29, 2025 Our Opinion
The good news is that Americans have never been richer. The bad news is that most of them don’t feel like it. There has been tremendous growth in income and wealth in the...
November 29, 2025 Other Voices
November 29, 2025 Cartoons
Community
Volunteers enjoy chance to be outdoors, no matter the task
November 29, 2025 Community
Senior centers at Butler, Chicora, Cranberry Township, Evans City, Mars, Slippery Rock, Mount Chestnut and Winfield Township will serve the following menus this week. Lun...
November 29, 2025 Senior
There’s magic in the air this holiday season, and there’s also magic in the December Butler night skies. These long nights are blessed with some of the brightest constell...
November 29, 2025 Starwatch
The Miss Butler County organization crowned four title holders who will represent the county in 2026 were named at the competition on Saturday, Nov. 22. Annie Rieg was cr...
November 29, 2025 Community
Anyone interested in participating in the New Year's Eve Harmony Silvester Celebration 5K race has until Dec. 8 to register to guarantee they will receive a shirt. Regist...
November 29, 2025 Community
Announcements
In loving memory of our son, brother, and uncle Jeff Germanoski November 30, 1975 I have a Guardian Angel Who watches over me Sometimes he’s a falling leaf Or a Cardinal ...
November 29, 2025 Birthday Tributes
In loving memory of our beloved Nellie R. Barger who passed away twenty-seven years ago on November 29, 1998. Mom, Your life was a blessing, Your memory a treasure. You a...
November 29, 2025 In Memoriams
In memory of our son, brother and uncle Jeff Germanoski. February 20, 1992 All we have are memories now Your face we cannot see We sometimes see you in our dreams Then wa...
November 29, 2025 In Memoriams
In loving memory of our son, brother and uncle Jeff Germanoski. November 30, 1975 I have a Guardian Angel Who watches over me Sometimes he’s a falling leaf Or a Cardinal ...
November 29, 2025 In Memoriams
Ken and LuAnn Cherry, of Butler, recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a trans-Atlantic cruise that visited seven countries. They extended their trip wi...
November 29, 2025 Anniversaries
Arts & Entertainment
“Tell me a story,” the earthy young woman asks the shy Latin tutor early in Chloé Zhao’s “Hamnet.” What story, he asks? “Something that moves you.” She’s made a shrewd c...
November 29, 2025 Reviews
The original “Zootopia” was a minor miracle. Here was a Disney animated film that took themes of race and prejudice and managed to make a sensitive-to-all-sides tale, ant...
November 29, 2025 Reviews
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