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Multiple fire departments responded Tuesday, Oct. 27, to a three-alarm fire in Summit Township, according to Butler County Emergency Services’ dispatch reports....
Before he was pulled over by a Zelienople police officer for his second DUI, alcohol had become “part of who I was,” Michael Bauer said.
“I reached a point wher...
A former student at Summit Academy claims in a lawsuit that he was sexually abused by one of his football coaches there about 15 years ago.
Windel Holmes, 28, w...
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Summit Township fire prompts third alarm response
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Butler man killed Tuesday morning in Route 8 crash
Butler man killed Tues...
Zelienople man facing addiction turns life around with help from community polic...
Zelienople man facing ...
Former Summit Academy student claims sexual abuse in lawsuit
Lifesteps and Butler Rotary Club PM are bringing back the annual Election Day pancake festival for the 67th year Tuesday, Nov. 3.
The festival will be held from 7 a.m. to...
Slippery Rock University is looking for tens of millions of dollars to invest in “students, academic excellence, athletics and SRU’s future.”
The university announced a $...
CRANBERRY TWP — Over the last four years, more than a thousand trees have been planted within the township through planting blitzes, according to Mike Manipole, township...
Two bills to assist Pennsylvania’s nonprofit organizations with fundraising through small games of chance were signed into law by Gov. Josh Shapiro Thursday afternoon.
Th...
The coroner was called to a two-vehicle crash with entrapment reported just before 8 a.m. Tuesday morning, Oct. 27, near Pittsburgh and Litman roads in Butler Township, a...
SLIPPERY ROCK TWP — Township officials are looking to improve safety by implementing new and upgrading existing road signs.
The township’s board of supervisors voted unan...
A Butler dog was shot three times after it bit police serving a search warrant in July, according to charges filed by Butler police.
According to police, an officer was ...
CLINTON TWP — Following in the footsteps of several other municipalities in Butler County, Clinton Township is going through the municipal curative amendment process to a...
A Taste of McKean is the rare event in Butler that takes place on a street other than Main Street.
While the street runs parallel to the main hub of a...
Anyone else get a surprise when they opened their water/sewer bill? Mine nearly doubled.
It took me back to a conversation with a friend about selling...
In a world where we see so much conflict and friction, I want to publicly acknowledge those who are doing great things. We recently held our annual “C...
A longstanding argument exists that the justice system could do more to recognize the impact of mental health conditions during criminal proceedings. ...
Imagine a place where even the worst partisan rifts disappear. Dream of a place filled with people completely united by a desire to be awed and a hope...
Eligible retirees in the Pennsylvania Public School Employees’ Retirement System are due to receive new regular monthly pension payments in October re...
The Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation has announced the voluntary withdrawal of AHN Grove City Hospital from its level IV trauma center accredita...
Any time a company looks to start selling shares on Wall Street, it’s required to disclose potential risks to investors. In the case of artificial int...
SAN FRANCISCO — Artificial intelligence giant Anthropic filed paperwork Monday for what could be the biggest initial public offering of stock ever, ev...
The Hotel Saxonburg’s long wait for a new owner may be on the verge of ending.
The 194-year-old former hotel and restaurant, a longtime fixture on Sa...
The Yoga House is a new yoga studio in Butler. It will have an open house Sunday, Oct. 25.
The open house takes place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sunday at 113 S. McKean St. i...
LOS ANGELES — The man who has helped produce the Super Bowl halftime show is stepping into the spotlight: Jay-Z will headline the show himself.
The NFL, Apple Music and ...
LOS ANGELES — Susan Saint James, who co-starred with Rock Hudson in the 1970s TV crime series “McMillan & Wife” and later co-starred with Jane Curtin in the sitcom “Kate ...
LOS ANGELES — Actor Walter Koenig, who played Ensign Pavel Chekov, the youthful Russian navigator on the “ Star Trek ” television series and several movies, has died. He ...
Someone rather bluntly popped up on X recently to ask Hollywood writer-producer James Gunn a pointed — and here sanitized — question: “Who asked for a ‘Clayface’ movie??”...
Everything about “Wildwood” is ambitious. It’s a stop-motion animated movie that stretches over two hours, with 230 hand-controlled puppets across 132 sets, shot frame by...
Matt Boehm can pinpoint when his interest to start the Model Train Club of Zelienople began. A little more than five years ago, his sister, Sandy, gave him their father’s...
Thomas Burnatoski lost his life in the line of duty as an EMT in 1983, but he will always be remembered by those who knew him as a hard worker and a gentle giant.
Burnato...
When medical emergencies happen, ambulance and other emergency rescue services across Butler County respond swiftly. Learn more about those services and how to support th...
Even with changes to nearby ambulance coverage, Butler Ambulance Service’s director of operations Jesse Haas said the service is not struggling to keep up with increased ...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
Two young Ukrainian families are relieved to be watching the deer and chipmunks frolic on their hosts’ Cranberry Township lawn, and not wondering wher...
HARRISBURG — In the coming years, Pennsylvania will receive more than $1 billion in federal funding to bring high-speed internet access to everyone in...
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 ...
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...
The Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority is asking for the public’s opinion until Friday, March 10 on two potential action plans for wider int...
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...
