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Local News
Emergency personnel are responding to a crash in the area of Halston Road, west of Beaver Dam road, in Clay Township. According to Butler County Emergency Services dispat...
February 12, 2026 Local News
Between cards and candy, students at Dassa McKinney Elementary School received plenty of treats during their celebration of Valentine’s Day Thursday, Feb. 12. Students pa...
February 12, 2026 Local News
Emergency crews and the Butler County Hazardous Materials Response Team responded to a fire at an abandoned gas well Thursday, Feb. 12, in Forward Township, according to ...
February 12, 2026 Local News
A man and woman in Jefferson Township have reported more than $185,000 was stolen from a savings account, state police announced Thursday, Feb. 12. Police said $185,572 ...
February 12, 2026 Local News
Residents spoke Wednesday, Feb. 11, at the Butler County commissioners meeting for and against an agreement Sheriff Mike Slupe signed in July to assist the U.S. Immigrati...
February 12, 2026 Government
Chrissy McGregor, the newest member of the Butler Transit Authority’s board of directors, made her introduction and first votes at the board meeting Tuesday, Feb. 10. “I’...
February 12, 2026 Local News
The issues raised by a Commonwealth Court judge regarding a brief filed by a Butler law firm were the result of human error — not artificial intelligence — the local atto...
February 12, 2026 Crime & Courts
Bishop Mark Eckman led a Mass on Wednesday, Feb.11, at St. Wendelin Church, where parishioners and students of St. Wendelin School heard from the faith leader of the Dioc...
February 12, 2026 Local News
The Fogels were an ordinary American family. They never expected their names could show up in future history books. Siblings Marc, Anne and Lisa grew up in south Butler,...
February 12, 2026 Local News
The development is set to include a Meijer grocery store, along with several other retail and dining spots
February 12, 2026 Local News
Other News
BILZEN-HOESELT, Belgium — European Union leaders broadly agreed Thursday on a plan to restructure the 27-nation bloc’s economy to make it more competitive as they face an...
February 12, 2026 International News
WASHINGTON — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week, remaining within the historically healthy range of the past few years. Application...
February 12, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — Billions of American chestnut trees once covered the eastern United States. They soared in height, producing so many nuts that sellers moved them by train ca...
February 12, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — A shutdown for the Department of Homeland Security appeared certain Thursday as lawmakers in the House and Senate were set to leave Washington for a 10-day b...
February 12, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — House Republicans rushed to approve legislation on Wednesday that would impose strict new proof-of-citizenship requirements ahead of the midterm elections, a...
February 12, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — A federal judge agreed Thursday to block the Pentagon from punishing Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, a former Navy pilot, for participating in a video that calle...
February 12, 2026 National News
KYIV, Ukraine — Russia launched a barrage of ballistic missiles and drones at Ukrainian cities in overnight attacks, officials reported on Thursday as Ukrainian President...
February 12, 2026 International News
MINNEAPOLIS — The Trump administration is ending the immigration crackdown in Minnesota that led to thousands of arrests, violent protests and the fatal shootings of two ...
February 12, 2026 National News
MILAN — The Minions made it. After a music rights dispute that took over the Winter Olympics, Spanish figure skater Tomas-Llorenc Guarino Sabate donned his yellow-and-blu...
February 12, 2026 International News
WASHINGTON — U.S. employers added a surprisingly strong 130,000 jobs last month, but government revisions cut 2024-2025 U.S. payrolls by hundreds of thousands. The unemp...
February 12, 2026 National News
Sports
Hanna Dailey scored 14 points, including nine in the first quarter, in Karns City girls basketball’s 44-27 victory over Cranberry in the KSAC semifinals at Clarion Univer...
February 12, 2026 Sports
The WPIAL girls basketball playoff pairing were announced Monday, with four Butler County teams getting set for postseason play. WPIAL Section 1-6A co-champions Seneca Va...
February 12, 2026 Sports
A Knoch-North Catholic Part 3 will have to wait a few rounds. But if it happens, it’ll set the stage for the WPIAL Class 4A boys basketball championship game. The WPIAL a...
February 12, 2026 Sports
Jackson Jungling has a plan for maximizing his performance at the rifle range. Judging from the results, nobody is about to debunk his approach. For the second straight y...
February 12, 2026 Sports
Love is in the air and on the roads this Valentine’s Day as Community Options Cupid’s Chase 5K comes to Butler at 10 a.m. Saturday. This marks the ninth year for the race...
February 12, 2026 Sports
Editorial
A fast-moving measles outbreak in South Carolina reached a grim milestone last week: It is now the biggest outbreak in the U.S. in a quarter century. It’s the latest publ...
February 12, 2026 Other Voices
What’s Galentine’s Day? “Oh, it’s only the best day of the year,” said Leslie Knope, the fictional deputy director of the imaginary Pawnee Parks and Recreation Departmen...
February 12, 2026 Our Opinion
February 12, 2026 Cartoons
Community
Reopening targeted for Feb. 17
February 12, 2026 Community
Announcements
In loving memory of Lois McClaine who passed away on February 13, 2022. It broke our hearts to lose you, But you did not go alone, A part of us went with you, The day God...
February 13, 2026 In Memoriams
Arts & Entertainment
Let’s learn to speak the language of love. Regrettably, I cannot fluently speak any romance language. But that doesn’t stop me from communicating with those I love, espec...
February 12, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
Cranberry Township and the Cranberry Foundation are rebranding the township’s Community Days this summer, bringing the focus to “highlight the Cranberry community and enc...
February 12, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
The Cranberry Elks Lodge is hosting a Night at the Races on Feb. 21. Prior to the event, people can name a horse for $10 or sponsor a race for $100. Guests can place wage...
February 12, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
The nature of genealogy is changing. It’s no longer digging into dusty old records, the province of old scholars. So much can be discovered on a laptop, and the Butler Co...
February 12, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
The Grove City College Symphonic Concert Band and Wind Ensemble kicks off its spring concert series at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 13, in Ketler Auditorium of the Pew Fine Art...
February 12, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
Enjoy a healthy hike and some cherry pie on Saturday, Feb. 21, in honor of George Washington’s 294th birthday, at the Jennings Environmental Education Center, 2951 Prospe...
February 12, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
The Butler Knights of Columbus is hosting a Valentine’s Day ball Saturday, Feb. 14. The organization’s new event will feature dancing to classic oldies hits “that everyon...
February 12, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
Other
Love does not delight in evil, but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. — 1 Corinthians 13:6-7 ...
February 13, 2026 Verse of the Day
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