Two people suffered injuries and were transported to area hospitals from a head-on two-vehicle crash Saturday afternoon, Aug. 15, on Whitestown Road in Butler T...
CRANBERRY TWP — On Friday, Aug. 14, the Pittsburgh Pirates ended their game around 10 p.m., defeating the Boston Red Sox 8-4. Hitters like Brandon Lowe and Esme...
With big seasons come bigger expectations.
The Butler Golden Tornado are about to learn that after a 7-3 campaign that has raised the program’s standard. A ret...
CLINTON TWP — The pictures adorning Cherrie Mahan’s 50th birthday party should’ve shown a middle-aged woman with wide brown eyes and brown hair. Perhaps she wou...
2 transported from Saturday crash on Whitestown Road
2 transported from Sat...
12th district campaign heats up amid tax lien revelation, heated rhetoric
12th district campaign...
Pirates players help spread baseball’s joy at Miracle League camp
Pirates players help s...
Butler football 2026 preview: What to watch, 3 things to know and schedule
Butler football 2026 p...
Cherrie Mahan’s family holds 50th birthday celebration in her honor
CRANBERRY — To honor late Cpt. Jimmy Ellis’s passion for firefighting training, the local firefighting community formed the Jimmy Ellis Firefighter Foundation in 2023.
Wh...
Cranberry and Jackson township officials have been working for months to determine a more defined boundary between the two municipalities.
The two townships will meet joi...
The Butler Farm Show blended family fun and Butler County’s agricultural identity once again this year between Monday, Aug. 10, and Saturday, Aug. 15.
While offering plen...
(The Center Square) — With a mid-October time frame in mind, law enforcement leaders in Pennsylvania are pondering the fate of an estimated 70,000 “skill games” that the ...
Residents of the 12th state House District have been without representation for four months. Tuesday, all of that changes with a special election to fill the vacant seat....
The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh issued a statement at 3:44 p.m. announcing all or parts of Butler, Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Lawrence and Westmoreland coun...
HARMONY — Four members of the Dishong family attended the Color Blast Fun Run Saturday, Aug. 15, dressed in tie-dye shirts and bandannas, which would only get more colorf...
Normally sleepy Washington Township is set to come alive next week for the 66th annual North Washington Rodeo, a five-day Western-themed event starting Tuesday, Aug. 18, ...
CONNOQUENESSING TWP — Among dozens of farm families involved in the Butler Farm Show, only one earned the prestigious prize of the Eagle Bowl Friday, Aug. 14.
Lee and Ann...
Supposedly, with age comes wisdom. At my age, 70s, confusion is replacing it. As were so many Americans, I was raised in a loving family that worked h...
Most people think voting, petitions or rallies are the only way to make an impact as a regular citizen, but there are several other ways to make your ...
The COVID-19 pandemic was an extremely sad American event. It was new and scary. Many cases resulted in death.
Other countries were in the same fix. N...
Butler Township Police Department’s recent community outing allowing officers, firefighters and first responders a chance to mingle with citizens is a...
A jury awarded $29 million to the family of an Irish United Nations worker who died when a Boeing 737 Max fatally crashed in Ethiopia in 2019.
Michael...
Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella asked U.S. President Donald Trump to temporarily suspend tariffs on Colombian goods as the country grappl...
Tyson Foods is closing more beef plants as a prolonged cattle shortage continues to force the U.S. beefpacking industry’s restructuring.
The country’s...
NEW YORK — Encouraging customers to mend worn clothes instead of buying new ones might seem like a self-defeating sales strategy. But in-store repairs...
WASHINGTON — Full disclosure: this should really be two tales. How better to pay tribute to the natural and perhaps inevitable combination of two dist...
There will be more than 100 raffle baskets up for grabs Sunday, Aug. 16, at the Sts. Francis and Clare Parish picnic at St. Wendelin, but the winners of the grand prizes ...
MILAN— Thieves stole four works attributed to Renaissance painter Antonello da Messina worth millions of euros from the regional museum in the city of Messina in Sicily w...
At the end of the block in David Robert Mitchell’s “The End of Oak Street” is a cul-de-sac with a telephone pole in the middle and wires radiating out like the cables of ...
“She is gone, but she used to be mine,” go the words of Sara Bareilles’ poignant and powerful anthem from “Waitress,” the quintessential Broadway 11 o’clock number. For m...
WASHINGTON — The Kennedy Center board voted on Thursday to add President Donald Trump’s name to the facade of the performing arts venue and move forward with a two-year c...
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — Travis Kelce likes to call training camp with the Kansas City Chiefs his “sanctuary,” whether that be the quiet, hourlong drive north to Missouri Wester...
A Cranberry Township grandfather was browsing through Walmart late last fall when he spotted a bin filled with 24-count boxes of Crayola crayons priced at 25 cents each.
...
Across Pennsylvania, momentum is gaining to restrict K-12 students’ cellphone use during the instructional day. Each side of the General Assembly recently passed legislat...
Backpacks can be fashionable and functional, but they can also be too heavy — weighed down by digital devices, musical instruments, sports equipment and more. Some kids c...
For teenagers and middle school-aged students, cellphones can be a key tool for parents to stay connected to their children. Yet, cellphones do not come without drawbacks...
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...
