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Local News
Rates could change for 2027
April 21, 2026 Local News
A man in a rental car accidentally drove it into Applebee’s on Monday evening, April 20, in the Butler Crossing shopping center, according to Butler Township police. Jeff...
April 21, 2026 Local News
A Valencia man is accused of harming a woman and a dog in Middlesex Township. Ty David Gaffney, 26, was charged April 11 by Middlesex Township police with one misdemeano...
April 21, 2026 Local News
A Valencia man is accused of groping a woman at a bonfire on Crossvale Street. Matthew Frederick Lange, 36, was charged Saturday, April 18, with misdemeanor indecent ass...
April 21, 2026 Local News
A group of 10 children aged 5-10 were inside a bus that crashed Wednesday, April 15, in Connoquenessing Township, state police in Butler said Tuesday. The students were ...
April 21, 2026 Local News
CRANBERRY TWP — As the police department expands, township officials are expected to recommend upgrades to its headquarters in the municipal center. Cranberry’s police ch...
April 21, 2026 Local News
BUTLER TWP — Bids for the township’s asphalt and seal coat projects were opened at a commissioners meeting Monday evening, April 20. Three bids were received for the asph...
April 21, 2026 Local News
To The Limit Motorsportz, an auto detailing business located on North Isabella Street in Saxonburg, is holding a car cruise on Saturday, April 25, to raise money for the ...
April 21, 2026 Local News
Cranberry Township received the Outstanding Citizen Communication Award for a Township with a Population Over 5,000 at the Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supe...
April 21, 2026 Local News
Office still awaiting payment for support activities
April 21, 2026 Local News
Other News
NEW YORK — The Trump administration will require all 50 states to explain their plans to revalidate some of their Medicaid providers in a national escalation of anti-frau...
April 21, 2026 National News
LUXEMBOURG — Buoyed by the election of a new leader in Hungary, Europe's top diplomats are meeting in Luxembourg to forge plans of action on multiple crises from the ongo...
April 21, 2026 International News
Millions of people around the world will pause Wednesday, at least for a moment, to mark Earth Day. It's an annual event founded by people who hoped to stir activism to c...
April 21, 2026 National News
NACOGDOCHES, Texas — An explosion at a Texas natural gas or oil well site set off a large fire that was seen for miles and led to some evacuations, but caused no injuries...
April 21, 2026 National News
ISLAMABAD — Last-minute ceasefire talks between the United States and Iran looked uncertain Tuesday as a two-week truce was set to expire and both countries warned that, ...
April 21, 2026 International News
A Pennsylvania court on Monday said that the state's constitution guarantees a right to abortion while striking down a decades-long law banning the use of state Medicaid ...
April 20, 2026 Pennsylvania News
MILL HALL, Pa. — A mother and six children ranging in age from 3 to 11 were killed in an explosion and fire at a central Pennsylvania home, authorities said. Firefighters...
April 20, 2026 Pennsylvania News
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump offered mixed messages Monday about the path ahead for the U.S. war against Iran, declaring that he was in no rush to end the conflict...
April 20, 2026 International News
WASHINGTON — Burning time for North American wildfires is going into overtime. Flames are lasting later into the night and starting earlier in the morning because human-c...
April 20, 2026 National News
SHREVEPORT, La. — A gunman in Louisiana killed eight children, including seven of his own, and shot two other people Sunday in an early morning attack of domestic violenc...
April 20, 2026 National News
Sports
Mike Tomlin is going from the glare of an NFL sideline to the glare of television lights. The former Pittsburgh Steelers coach will join NBC's “Sunday Night Football” cov...
April 21, 2026 Professional
JACKSON TWP — North Catholic students have a game of senior assassins, where students use squirt guns out of school to shoot water at each other and “assassinate” a targe...
April 21, 2026 Sports
Two Butler County flag football players will get a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity this week during the 2026 NFL Draft. Seneca Valley senior quarterback/defensive back Mad...
April 21, 2026 Sports
PITTSBURGH — Dan Vladar stopped 27 shots, rookie Porter Martone scored for the second straight game and the Philadelphia Flyers shut out Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh ...
April 20, 2026 Professional
Jameson Garvin had a pair of hits — including a home run — and four RBIs, helping to lead Mars’ charge during a 6-5 baseball win over Taylor Allderdice on Monday. Colin Y...
April 20, 2026 Sports
BUTLER TWP — Coaching high school basketball had been on Matt Clement’s radar for a long time. “Even my baseball teammates knew it,” the former major league pitcher said....
April 20, 2026 Sports
After five seasons in charge, Jim Rocco has resigned as North Catholic’s boys basketball head coach, according to Pittsburgh media reports. Rocco led the Trojans to 9...
April 20, 2026 Sports
PITTSBURGH — Aaron Rodgers is still weighing whether he wants to play in 2026. The Pittsburgh Steelers are still willing to give him plenty of latitude to decide. Pittsb...
April 20, 2026 Professional
Mike Seybert was not going to play a varsity sport in high school. A broken arm changed his destiny. “I played Legion and prep league baseball," Seybert recalled. “I suff...
April 20, 2026 Sports
See this week’s schedule of local sports across Butler County. Monday, April 20 Baseball 3:15 — Mars at Taylor Allderdice 4 — Freeport at Burrell 4 — Karns City...
April 20, 2026 Sports
Editorial
April 21, 2026 Cartoons
Hats off to Miss Butler County Annie Rieg for using her public appearances to push for more organ and tissue donations. At a recent appearance at Butler Memorial Hospital...
April 21, 2026 Our Opinion
From the ultra-deep waters of Brazil’s Santos Basin to the arid shale fields of Argentina’s Patagonia, a new hydrocarbon boom is welling up across Latin America. About 44...
April 21, 2026 Other Voices
April 20, 2026 Cartoons
Teachers at all levels of education are noticing the changing career landscape that awaits their students following their graduation from school. Trade schools in particu...
April 20, 2026 Our Opinion
“If the great brain of NASA were attached to any particular sense, it was the eye,” wrote Norman Mailer in his psychedelic history of the Apollo program. Whatever else on...
April 20, 2026 Other Voices
Community
Outdoor enthusiasts had a reason to check out Butler County Community College’s main campus after April 2013, when the college opened its one-mile blacktop-covered Shaffe...
April 21, 2026 Community
Orchard Hill Church in Butler is partnering with the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank to distribute food to those in need Saturday, April 25. People in need will be...
April 21, 2026 Community
Projects to promote history of the family of Brooklyn Bridge contributor
April 21, 2026 Community
Bakerstown United Methodist Church, 5760 William Flynn Highway, Gibsonia, will have a “junque sale” this weekend. The sale will be from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 2...
April 20, 2026 Community
The Rotary Club of Zelienople will have its spring pancake breakfast Sunday morning, April 26, to raise money for projects including the club’s Seneca Valley student scho...
April 20, 2026 Community
Butler County librarians share their favorite authors, genres and books
April 20, 2026 Community
Announcements
In loving memory of Edith Steighner who passed away 22 years ago, April 21, 2004. He Only Takes The Best God saw she was getting tired and a cure was not to be. So He put...
April 21, 2026 In Memoriams
In loving memory of our beloved L. Wilson Downing who passed away four years ago today, April 21, 2022. Some day I hope to meet you, Some day, I know not when, To clasp y...
April 21, 2026 In Memoriams
Happy Birthday to my mom who would have been 108 on April 18. May God Bless you every day. You are sadly missed every day - You always had the time for anyone and cared ...
April 20, 2026 In Memoriams
Arts & Entertainment
Actor Patrick Muldoon, known for a host of series and films from “Melrose Place” and “Days of Our Lives,” to “Starship Troopers,” died Sunday. He was 57. Muldoon’s manage...
April 20, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
Cher, who once said she longed to be a grandmother, has reportedly gotten her wish after learning last year that her troubled son, Elijah Blue Allman, secretly became a f...
April 20, 2026 People
Other
While spring marks the return of warmer weather in Western Pennsylvania, it also brings back the unmistakable sights and sounds of roadwork — including fresh surface tre...
April 21, 2026 Special Sections
Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting? The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory ...
April 21, 2026 Verse of the Day
April 20, 2026 Daily Photo Gallery
While the weather is becoming milder as Butler County enters spring, winter can leave a lasting impact on vehicles. Nate Miller, owner of Randy and Bob’s Auto Body, said ...
April 20, 2026 Special Sections
April 20, 2026 Daily Photo Gallery
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