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Local News
If the walls of the Ritts mausoleum at North Side Cemetery could talk, they might share stories of how one member of the family, Elias Ritts, helped found the YMCA and th...
May 09, 2026 Local News
BUTLER TWP — Dozens of motorcyclists rode to the American Legion Post 778 Saturday morning, May 9, to get their bikes blessed by religious leaders in preparation for ridi...
May 09, 2026 Local News
Release day Saturday is the culmination of school project
May 09, 2026 Local News
A Parker man was sentenced Friday in Butler County Common Pleas Court to serve time in prison followed by probation for charges stemming from a burglary in Butler. Jonath...
May 09, 2026 Local News
PITTSBURGH — Allegheny Health Network’s new LifeFlight helicopters can reach speeds of over 120 knots, roughly 140 to 150 mph, which is slightly faster than its current f...
May 09, 2026 Local News
PENN TWP — Lisa Konesni and her late husband, David Konesni, received the 2026 Jean B. Purvis Community Cornerstone Award for their several decades of contributions to no...
May 09, 2026 Local News
Gina Rhoades felt her brother’s heartbeat again more than a year after he died. It was after a concert at 1:30 a.m. on a street in Queens, N.Y. A man she had never met st...
May 09, 2026 Local News
Mars Area students and guests took to the stage at the high school auditorium Friday, May 8, to show off prior to senior prom. The prom itself was held at the DoubleTree ...
May 09, 2026 Local News
Butler-based NexTier Bank and Ohio-based Riverside Bank of Dublin have entered into a definitive merger agreement, creating a financial organization with about $3.1 billi...
May 09, 2026 Business
Butler County officials are exploring the possibility of attracting data center development to the region as artificial intelligence infrastructure transforms Western Pen...
May 09, 2026 Local News
Other News
CONCORD, N.H. — In 1985, a 13-year-old girl in New Zealand spotted a pair of purple, lip-shaped sunglasses in “Young Miss” magazine. In March, I traveled 9,000 miles from...
May 09, 2026 National News
Sports
Not all par-5s are unbeatable monsters. Some can give a golfer an opportunity to shake off a bad bogey the hole before or build momentum with an layup of a birdie opportu...
May 10, 2026 Sports
It’s been a series of Western Pennsylvania false springs of late, but golf weather is increasing in regularity in the Butler area. And that means one thing: time to get o...
May 10, 2026 Sports
SAN FRANCISCO — Rafael Devers homered to back six strong innings from Robbie Ray, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-2 Friday night. The only run ...
May 09, 2026 Professional
Taite Beighley wanted more athletic competition. Derrick Eggleton is looking to repeat an upset. Riley McGee hopes to knock off a more experienced opponent. All three wil...
May 09, 2026 Sports
Editorial
I find it incredible that my tax dollars for education are being used to teach kids how to make graffiti. They cannot keep the kids engaged with worthwhile activities and...
May 09, 2026 Letters to the Editor
Community
CONNOQUENESSING TWP — For it’s 26th year, Kids Day America returned to the Butler Farm Show grounds to deliver hands on education and experiences to the community’s child...
May 09, 2026 Community
Senior centers at Butler, Chicora, Cranberry Township, Evans City, Slippery Rock, Mount Chestnut and Winfield Township will serve the following menus this week. Lunch is ...
May 09, 2026 Senior
If you are a brunch person, then you may have noticed a new dish in town, sitting comfortably in recent years alongside longtime favorites like Eggs Benedict and French T...
May 09, 2026 Recipes
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