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Local News
Armstrong announced it is acquiring a northeast-Ohio-based cable company, expanding its footprint in Ohio and West Virginia. The Butler-based telecommunications company a...
February 18, 2026 Local News
Bernie’s Mobile Home Park in Winfield Township is still under a boil water advisory due to a water main break, but that may not last long. On Tuesday morning, Feb. 17, Th...
February 18, 2026 Local News
With Mardi Gras serving as the last hurrah before Lent begins, Donut Connection in Cranberry Township geared up for high sales before many people give up their sweet trea...
February 18, 2026 Local News
HERMITAGE, Mercer County — What we do now will dictate our future. That was the main message delivered by industry and government leaders during Power Northwest’s launch...
February 18, 2026 Local News
S.R. Snodgrass, a full-service accounting and consulting firm in Cranberry Township, has promoted Lenore Seifer to chief operating officer and Jeremy S. Burris to chief t...
February 18, 2026 Business
The details of the charges levied against a man accused of assaulting his former girlfriend and kidnapping her Saturday, Feb. 14, in Butler have been released. Kenneth Cl...
February 17, 2026 Local News
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Agrochemical maker Bayer and attorneys for cancer patients announced a proposed $7.25 billion settlement Tuesday to resolve thousands of U.S. lawsui...
February 17, 2026 Business
NEW YORK — Warner Bros. Discovery is briefly reopening takeover talks with Skydance-owned Paramount to hear the company’s “best and final” offer, while the Hollywood gian...
February 17, 2026 Business
A lifelong Butler County resident announced his bid Tuesday, Feb. 17, for the Republican nomination for the 12th District in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives aft...
February 17, 2026 Local News
Officials at Summit Academy have reported that a student has left the grounds and is believed to be in the area. They said the student is not dangerous and are advising r...
February 17, 2026 Local News
Other News
PAWTUCKET, R.I. — A person who opened fire Monday during a youth hockey game at an ice rink in Rhode Island killed their ex-wife and one son, authorities said Tuesday. P...
February 17, 2026 National News
Muslims worldwide will begin daily fasting from dawn to sunset as Ramadan starts, marking a period of worship, reflection and charity. The holy month, the ninth in the Is...
February 17, 2026 International News
DNA from gloves found a few miles from the Arizona home of Nancy Guthrie did not match any entries in a national database, authorities said Tuesday, the 17th day of her d...
February 17, 2026 National News
PUEBLO, Colo. — Four people died in a pileup involving over 30 vehicles, including six semitrailers, on an interstate in Colorado Tuesday after blowing dirt made it hard ...
February 17, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — U.S. Capitol Police in Washington, D.C., arrested an 18-year-old man Tuesday after he ran from his vehicle towards the west side of the Capitol Building arme...
February 17, 2026 National News
SANTA FE, N.M. — State legislators in New Mexico launched an investigation Tuesday into past activity at a secluded desert ranch where financier and sex offender Jeffrey ...
February 17, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — Conservation and historical organizations sued the Trump administration on Tuesday over National Park Service policies that the groups say erase history and ...
February 17, 2026 National News
AUSTIN, Texas — Late-night host Stephen Colbert said his interview with Democratic Texas Senate candidate James Talarico was pulled from Monday night’s broadcast over net...
February 17, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — The U.S. military said Tuesday that it carried out strikes on three boats accused of smuggling drugs in Latin American waters, killing 11 people in one of th...
February 17, 2026 National News
PHILADELPHIA — A Pennsylvania man who spent 43 years in prison before his murder conviction was overturned — only to be taken straight into immigration custody — was deni...
February 17, 2026 Pennsylvania News
Sports
It was like riding a bike. After spending a year away from Moniteau’s boys basketball team, Andrew Zepeda surprisingly returned this past fall. It took only a few practic...
February 18, 2026 Sports
MILAN — Marie-Philip Poulin won’t dispute how good the Americans have looked in romping through the women’s hockey tournament at the Milan Cortina Games. And Canada’s cap...
February 18, 2026 Sports
Forgive Anastasia Manchester for having a darker sense of humor. She’s endured more tragedy than most her age. Or maybe don’t. She’ll laugh about it anyway. The Butler gi...
February 17, 2026 Sports
Editorial
As Americans recover from a barrage of Super Bowl food coupled with ads suggesting we eat even more — made light of in a funny and self-aware Uber Eats campaign starring ...
February 17, 2026 Other Voices
Every married couple remembers how they first met and fell in love with their spouse, whether it be through attending the same church or school or using the same dating a...
February 17, 2026 Our Opinion
February 17, 2026 Cartoons
Community
Cranking up the volume in your car may sound harmless and fun, but it could lead to hearing problems in your older years -- and possibly even increase your risk of dement...
February 18, 2026 Senior
Most people view beauty pageants as competitions for looking good. For veteran pageant contestant Samantha Roth, they’re more about feeling great. “They (pageants) build ...
February 17, 2026 Community
There was a little too much snow in Butler County on Feb. 16, 2010, for area drivers and too little snow in Vancouver for Olympic athletes. However, it was just about per...
February 17, 2026 Time Capsules
Also hosting history wall exhibit at Cranberry Township
February 17, 2026 Community
Announcements
CELEBRATING A BIRTHDAY Wednesday, Feb. 18, is Kenneth Davis, of Butler. ...
February 18, 2026 Town & County
In loving memory of our beloved Mary Rose Ogin who passed away one year ago today. August 29, 1949 - February 18, 2025 In our hearts your memory lingers, Sweetly, tender,...
February 18, 2026 In Memoriams
In loving memory of our beloved Joseph F. Shramawick whose birthday is February 18. No dear father ever lived Or dying, left so sad, A family to miss him Than you, our da...
February 18, 2026 Birthday Tributes
In loving memory of our beloved Alan J. Martin whose birthday is February 18. Happy Heavenly Birthday, Alan. We send our love today. Please look down upon us, And pray fo...
February 18, 2026 Birthday Tributes
In loving memory of Walter (Wally) Hudak. It’s been six years, February 18, 2020, without you. In our hearts always, we miss you every day. Sadly missed by, Janet, LeeAnn...
February 18, 2026 In Memoriams
Arts & Entertainment
The Armstrong Center for Community Learning is partnering with several local libraries to offer fun and educational escape rooms that will challenge participants to solve...
February 18, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
Emerald Fennell’s bold reimagining of “Wuthering Heights” brought crowds of women to movie theaters this weekend. The Warner Bros. release topped the box office charts an...
February 17, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — Logan Paul has set a new world record — for the auction price of a trading card. The wrestling and social media star’s rare Pikachu Illustrator Pokémon card, ...
February 17, 2026 People
The Emma Thompson-led thriller “Dead of Winter” and Hilary Duff’s first full-length album in 11 years are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a d...
February 17, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
Other
At Passavant Community in Zelienople, the beauty of kindness arrives on four wheels. Once a month, a pushcart filled with fresh-cut flowers donated by Trader Joe’s makes...
February 18, 2026 Special Sections
WASHINGTON — Colorectal cancer is a threat not just to older adults but increasingly to young men and women, too. It’s now the top cancer killer of Americans younger than...
February 18, 2026 Special Sections
BUTLER TWP — The dance floor may be new for the group of seniors who get together every Monday to line dance together, but the steps remain the same. The senior line danc...
February 18, 2026 Special Sections
February 18, 2026 Daily Photo Gallery
BROOKLYN, Ill. — Sr. Julia Huiskamp, all 4 feet and 10 inches of her, oversees everything at the Thomas Terry Community Center: the food pantry, the child care, the fundr...
February 18, 2026 Special Sections
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or sword? ... No, in all these things we are more than conq...
February 18, 2026 Verse of the Day
February 17, 2026 Daily Photo Gallery
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