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Local News
Includes new cameras for park-and-ride lots
December 09, 2025 Local News
The North Country Brewing Company is hosting an interactive show in its canning facility in Slippery Rock Township. Courtney McNamara, the writer of “Murder Mystery Dinne...
December 09, 2025 Local News
Summit Township residents will see their taxes remain the same after the 2026 budget was approved without any increase Wednesday, Dec 3. According to township secretary R...
December 09, 2025 Local News
PepsiCo plans to cut prices and eliminate some of its products under a deal with an activist investor announced Monday. The Purchase, New York-based company, which makes...
December 09, 2025 Business
ZELIENOPLE — After discussing the merits of supporting emergency medical service funding, borough council approved the borough’s 2026 budget and enacted a dedicated half-...
December 09, 2025 Local News
Adams Township residents can rest assured their local tax rate will remain intact for at least one more year. At a special meeting Monday, Dec. 1, the township’s board of...
December 09, 2025 Finance
In the wake of mounting financial strain, Harmony EMS has asked 10 partner municipalities to support a half-mill tax increase next year. However, the agency’s director of...
December 09, 2025 Local News
The following items were collected from various police departments and district courts: Butler Dec. 1 — James Isma Goldinger, 44, of Butler, was charged with misdemeanor ...
December 09, 2025 Local News
A Huntingdon man is accused of breaking into a Penn Township residence, assaulting a woman inside and taking her means of calling 911, police said. Josiah Mical Flores, ...
December 09, 2025 Local News
Alameda Park in Butler Township is decked out for the holiday season with its annual drive-through holiday light display. The light show is open each night until Christma...
December 09, 2025 Local News
Other News
Butler County resident Cindy Schaltenbrand won people’s choice “Best in Show” in the Pennsylvania Parks and Forests Foundation’s “On the Trail” Photo Contest, with a phot...
December 09, 2025 Community
NEW YORK — Moments after Luigi Mangione was handcuffed at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s, a police officer searching his backpack found a loaded gun magazine wrapped in a pair...
December 09, 2025 National News
MOORESVILLE, N.C. — Michael Annett, a former racecar driver who made 436 combined starts in NASCAR’s three national touring series, has died. He was 39. JR Motorsports, o...
December 09, 2025 National News
LONDON — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met British, French and German leaders in London on Monday in a show of European support for Ukraine at what they called a “critica...
December 08, 2025 International News
WASHINGTON — Twelve former FBI agents fired after kneeling during a 2020 racial justice protest in Washington sued Monday to get their jobs back, saying their action had ...
December 08, 2025 National News
ALLENTOWN — Republicans in key battleground U.S. House districts are working to contain the political fallout that may come when thousands of their constituents face high...
December 08, 2025 Pennsylvania News
BANGKOK — Thailand launched airstrikes along the disputed border with Cambodia on Monday as both sides accused the other of breaking a ceasefire that halted fighting earl...
December 08, 2025 International News
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced a $12 billion farm aid package Monday — a boost to farmers who have struggled to sell their crops while getting hit by risin...
December 08, 2025 National News
TOKYO — A powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck off northern Japan late Monday, injuring 23 people and triggering a tsunami in Pacific coast communities, officials sai...
December 08, 2025 International News
Sports
Karns City, Mars and North Catholic’s offenses were prolific, and they are well represented in this year’s Butler Eagle Sweet 16 Offense. The three teams, who had some of...
December 08, 2025 Sports
BUTLER TWP — Valuing possessions is a common theme when it comes to winning basketball games, but it seemed Butler’s boys needed to be reminded of it at halftime Monday n...
December 08, 2025 Sports
Andrew Omasits sank four of Seneca Valley’s eight 3-pointers, finishing with 23 points in a comfortable 62-46 non-section win over Peters Township on Monday night. Ryan ...
December 08, 2025 Sports
ADAMS TWP — Take the ball inside against Mars’ defense, and one discovers something rather quickly. The Planets have a no-shot zone in there. Mars blocked nearly 20 s...
December 08, 2025 Sports
STATE COLLEGE — As he steadily built up Iowa State’s football program, Matt Campbell regularly turned down other head coaching gigs until his dream job came open. After a...
December 08, 2025 College
PITTSBURGH — Aaron Rodgers was smiling. But he wasn’t kidding. Not long after a 27-22 victory over Baltimore on Sunday in which the Pittsburgh Steelers somehow pulled th...
December 08, 2025 Professional
Amos Glenn started to crack up before recounting his first-ever touchdown. “I think I was 5 years old, and I got the ball and I ran backwards,” the Freeport senior tailba...
December 08, 2025 Sports
See this week’s schedule of local sports across Butler County. Monday, Dec. 8 Boys Basketball 7 — Moniteau at Clarion Area 7 — Union at North Clarion County 7:3...
December 08, 2025 Sports
Editorial
We are nearing a tipping point with artificial intelligence. Scientists call it the singularity — the moment when machine intelligence surpasses our own. Some experts war...
December 09, 2025 Other Voices
December 09, 2025 Cartoons
Women Airforce Service Pilots, Chinese Americans, and real-life Rosie the Riveters all have one thing in common — they have all been honored with the Congressional Gold M...
December 09, 2025 Our Opinion
Community
When holiday expectations are paired with grief, the result could be depression
December 09, 2025 Community
Announcements
Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — Paramount on Monday launched a hostile takeover offer for Warner Bros. Discovery, initiating a potentially bruising battle with rival bidder Netflix to buy the...
December 08, 2025 Business
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has suggested that a deal struck by Netflix to buy Warner Bros. Discovery “could be a problem” because of the size of the combined mar...
December 08, 2025 Business
Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” scored a leading nine nominations to the 83rd Golden Globe Awards on Monday, adding to the Oscar favorite’s momentum and...
December 08, 2025 Arts & Entertainment
Other
December 09, 2025 Daily Photo Gallery
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