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Butler man to be sentenced for fatal pedestrian crash
A Butler man will learn his fate later this month after entering a guilty plea following a fatal pedestrian crash. Robert D. Pflugh, 59, pleaded guilty during a...
PIAA basketball playoffs 2026: Breaking down Karns City, North Catholic, Slippery Rock girls’ Round 1 matchups
If you’ve been waiting to see the best Pennsylvania girls high school basketball teams square off, you can turn your alarm off. The PIAA tournaments start this ...
Nvidia to invest $2 billion in Clinton Township-based Coherent
Coherent, a manufacturing hub based in Clinton Township, is set to receive a major cash infusion from tech giant Nvidia, according to a joint news release from ...
Musicians of all skill levels sought for new Butler community band and orchestra
She’s not tooting her own horn, but Katie Korff, director of the new Butler Community Band & Orchestra, is proud to offer area musicians a venue to play and per...
Mars, Callery looking to strike emergency collaboration agreement
CALLERY — Two boroughs in the southwestern part of the county are working toward an ordinance which would dictate how the two would cooperate in the event of a ...
Butler man to be sentenced for fatal pedestrian crash
Butler man to be sente...
PIAA basketball playoffs 2026: Breaking down Karns City, North Catholic, Slipper...
PIAA basketball playof...
Nvidia to invest $2 billion in Clinton Township-based Coherent
Nvidia to invest $2 bi...
Musicians of all skill levels sought for new Butler community band and orchestra
Musicians of all skill...
Mars, Callery looking to strike emergency collaboration agreement
Mars, Callery looking ...
Top Headlines
JACKSON TWP — Seneca Valley’s school board will vote on whether to approve the 2026-27 vo-tech budget next week. The board’s representative on the vo-tech joint operatin...
March 03, 2026 Local News
Burglary, drug possession and other charges state police filed against an Ohio man following a chase from Butler into Oakland Township in January were held for Butler Cou...
March 03, 2026 Crime & Courts
Tables action on emergency management coordinator
March 03, 2026 Local News
Charges stem from May crash with juvenile in vehicle
March 03, 2026 Local News
Misdemeanor trespass, criminal mischief charges held
March 03, 2026 Local News
News
It’s not so much the weight of history that Butler County archivists have to deal with but rather the sheer volume of history. The Butler County Historical Society, the S...
March 03, 2026 Local News
CONNOQUENESSING TWP — With the cost of pet care rising higher, the Butler County Humane Society is offering ways to make some of those bills a little lighter. The humane ...
March 02, 2026 Local News
BUTLER TWP — When it comes to providing people with sports, swimming and many other opportunities, the Butler County Family YMCA is looking to deliver a strike with the h...
March 02, 2026 Local News
Just about everyone in the Island neighborhood knows Denny Offstein has been a force for good for over 30 years; but as he cleans up his Hazel Street warehouse and prepar...
March 02, 2026 Local News
SAXONBURG — Despite being officially billed as a “winter festival,” Saxonburg’s Saturday festival saw temperatures of 55 degrees with a sunny sky and thousands of residen...
February 28, 2026 Local News
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Community
This year’s Slippery Rock University Honors Flute Ensemble concert highlighted newly commi...
Today's Verse
Today in History
 
Two Knoch School District staff members received the Lauretta Woodson Award earlier this m...
February 28, 2026
The following area residents have been named to the dean’s list at their respective colleg...
February 28, 2026
With record cold gripping much of North America this winter, many who find themselves with...
February 28, 2026
The Cranberry Women's Club is donating gift baskets to the Lighthouse Foundation, which wi...
February 28, 2026
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Sports
Greyson Steadman is used to putting up impressive numbers on the ice, but admits he wa...
 
Ethan Riffe and Carter Hoehn scored goals less than 90 seconds apart in the first period, ...
March 02, 2026
Mars is expected to name Zachary Benedek its next head football coach. The school board is...
March 02, 2026
Joseph Haefner is expected to be named as head coach of Mars’ boys soccer team, pending sc...
March 02, 2026
Weeks before his 13th birthday, Maddox Dawson found himself playing on an NHL-caliber rink...
March 02, 2026
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Editorial
VA Butler Fire and Emergency Services ended its EMS service at the end of February, leaving one less option for dispatch to call for emergency medical...
March 03, 2026 Our Opinion
Tax season can be an unsettling time for some folks. But this year, the new Working Families Tax Cuts (WFTC) law, which I proudly helped to craft last...
February 28, 2026 Other Voices
In a letter published Feb. 7, (“Trump making good on campaign promise,” Page A4) Carl Jones claims that U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement’s hein...
February 28, 2026 Letters to the Editor
How soon will the government pass a law to ban our youth from social media apps and the spam merchants of smut and gore? Social media is everywhere. P...
February 28, 2026 Letters to the Editor
The MAGA followers loved saying “Sleepy Joe.” But I'm not hearing a peep from them about how the current occupant of the White House is seemingly slee...
February 28, 2026 Letters to the Editor
Business
FRANKFURT, Germany — Energy prices rose sharply Monday as disruptions to tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz and damage to production faciliti...
March 02, 2026 Business
FRANKFURT, Germany — Oil markets currently closed for the weekend are set to see price swings next week as the impact from the U.S. and Israeli strik...
March 01, 2026 Business
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Friday ordered all U.S. agencies to stop using Anthropic’s artificial intelligence technology and imposed o...
March 01, 2026 Business
Thousands of flights have been disrupted in the wake of the escalating conflict engulfing the Middle East, with Dubai’s main airport — the world’s bus...
March 01, 2026 Business
Students from nine Pittsburgh area school districts gathered at the Westinghouse Global Headquarters in Cranberry Township on Friday to compete in the...
February 27, 2026 Education
Weekend Entertainment
Saturday event raises money for YMCA programs
February 25, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
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Arts & Entertainment
Rihanna riled her fans with a clip of her in the recording studio, reigniting hopes that her ninth album could be on the way. The “Umbrella” singer took to Instagram on T...
March 03, 2026 People
After a near awards-season sweep by “One Battle After Another,” “Sinners” won best ensemble at the Screen Actors Guild’s 32nd Actor Awards on Sunday, shaking up the Oscar...
March 02, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
Harry Styles’ fourth solo album, “Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally,” and Guy Ritchie’s detective series “Young Sherlock” are some of the new television, films and m...
March 02, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — “Scream” is still making a killing. Thirty years after the original slasher movie opened in theaters, “Scream 7” debuted with a franchise-best $64.1 million, ...
March 02, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
LOS ANGELES — Viola Davis delivered a powerful speech about self-worth, resilience and collective progress on the 57th NAACP Image Awards stage Saturday night, telling th...
March 01, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
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Special Sections
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
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
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
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
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Seeking Refuge
Every morning Irena Tkachenko starts her day the same way: by telephoning her relatives and friends in Ukraine to see if they are still OK. Tkachenko,...
February 24, 2023 Local News
Three young Ukrainian families who escaped their war-torn hometown of Kharkov think the American holiday of Thanksgiving is a good time to say they ca...
November 23, 2022 Local News
CRANBERRY TWP — Huge, steaming pots of homemade food and endless carafes of coffee and tea sustain 11 adults and children seeking refuge at the crowde...
July 16, 2022 Local News
When it comes to helping those in need, Butler County residents have proven their generosity again and again by donating amounts large and small strai...
June 20, 2022 Local News
Two young Ukrainian families are relieved to be watching the deer and chipmunks frolic on their hosts’ Cranberry Township lawn, and not wondering wher...
June 18, 2022 Local News
Digital Divide
HARRISBURG — In the coming years, Pennsylvania will receive more than $1 billion in federal funding to bring high-speed internet access to everyone in...
August 30, 2023 Pennsylvania News
The Biden administration on Monday continued its push toward internet-for-all by 2030, announcing about $667 million in new grants and loans to build ...
August 22, 2023 National News
STATE COLLEGE — Before Pennsylvania can spend an almost $1.2 billion windfall of federal funding for high-speed internet, it must figure out how to us...
July 18, 2023 Pennsylvania News
The Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority is asking for the public’s opinion until Friday, March 10 on two potential action plans for wider int...
February 27, 2023 Local News
CRANBERRY TWP — Pennsylvania is set to get a piece of $42.5 billion in federal money to help expand broadband internet access to underserved areas. On...
February 17, 2023 Business

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