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Butler County’s state reps. call proposed minimum wage hike unneeded, misguided
Butler County’s delegation to the Pennsylvania House is in total agreement: a proposal to raise the minimum wage to $15 by 2029 is misguided. All four local rep...
Some in Butler County call minimum wage hike proposal hopeful, others consider it a ‘slippery slope’
Raising the state minimum wage could be the right decision, if “done wisely,” the president of the Pittsburgh North Regional Chamber said in a recent interview ...
Six months out from general election, Butler County matters for candidates
Election season is sooner than many realize. May 19 is the primary election here in Pennsylvania, while the midterm general election — shaping up to be a conseq...
Wagner, Dukes look to ‘take back’ Congress, legislature
MARS — Lambasting the war in Iran, gas prices going up as a result, Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations “causing chaos in the streets,” and attacking...
Garrity’s gubernatorial campaign stops in Butler County
CRANBERRY TWP — Stacy Garrity, treasurer of Pennsylvania and the likely Republican candidate for governor this fall, was at the Butler County GOP headquarters f...
Butler County’s state reps. call proposed minimum wage hike unneeded, misguided
Butler County’s state ...
Some in Butler County call minimum wage hike proposal hopeful, others consider i...
Some in Butler County ...
Six months out from general election, Butler County matters for candidates
Six months out from ge...
Wagner, Dukes look to ‘take back’ Congress, legislature
Wagner, Dukes look to ...
Garrity’s gubernatorial campaign stops in Butler County
Garrity’s gubernatoria...
Top Headlines
A Pittsburgh woman is fulfilling her father’s wish by sharing the story of how he survived the Holocaust and came to America. Lee Goldman Kikel presented on her 2019 memo...
April 30, 2026 Local News
The couple killed in what police called an apparent murder-suicide Tuesday, April 28, in Seven Fields and Cranberry Township was married about 19 months, according to the...
April 29, 2026 Local News
A former Middlesex Township man serving a long prison sentence after being found guilty of sexual assault charges in Butler and Allegheny counties in 2014 is challenging ...
April 30, 2026 Crime & Courts
On Tuesday morning, April 28, all operating locations of Smokey Bones Bar & Fire Grill were suddenly shut down, including the location in Cranberry Township, one of the l...
April 29, 2026
CRANBERRY TWP — Butler County’s budding entrepreneurs took center stage Tuesday, April 28, as the Butler County Chamber of Commerce hosted its take on a longstanding real...
April 29, 2026 Business
News
Maria Malloy was appointed as the new director of human resources for Butler County. Malloy has been with the county in some capacity since 1995, holding positions in the...
April 29, 2026 Government
Butler Transit Authority is set to have a balanced operational budget for fiscal year 2026-27, including a raise for employees. The authority’s board of directors voted u...
April 29, 2026 Local News
ADAMS TWP — In the 12th legislative district, Ethan Nicholas and Scott Timko both portray themselves as solidly conservative and proud Republicans, though they hold some ...
April 29, 2026 Local News
State police shared alert on resident’s statements
April 28, 2026 Local News
Brian M. Bailey, the sitting mayor of Portersville, died of natural causes on Sunday morning, April 19, at the age of 67. Prior to his death, Bailey had served as mayor f...
April 28, 2026 Local News
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Community
Concordia will host its free Fishing Derby from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 16, at Saxo...
Today's Verse
Today in History
 
Four movie screenings and five musical performances are scheduled in Cranberry Township be...
April 29, 2026
Bryan Vavro talks show business in Pittsburgh
April 28, 2026
Karns City Area Jr./Sr. High School will have its prom on Friday, May 1, at Butler Country...
April 28, 2026
The Intermediate League of Butler will meet on Monday, May 11, at Christ Community Methodi...
April 28, 2026
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Sports
The high school track and field season continues on, with the postseason already here. Tak...
 
BUTLER TWP — Butler girls lacrosse coach Abbie Roetering was not happy about Wednesday’s 1...
April 29, 2026
Weston Cook had a pair of hits, including three RBIs, as Moniteau downed Clarion-Limestone...
April 29, 2026
Clarion’s pitchers gave a little. The Bobcat hitters took a lot. Trailing 9-1 in the fourt...
April 29, 2026
Ava Kamenski won two individual events (100-meter hurdles, 300 hurdles) and was part of tw...
April 28, 2026
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Editorial
April 29, 2026 Cartoons
The Butler County Chamber of Commerce took a unique approach to encouraging business initiative this year with the first Butler County Emerging Entrep...
April 29, 2026 Our Opinion
The resignations of three members of Congress over misconduct allegations demonstrate that the U.S. House — which most Americans think can’t get its a...
April 29, 2026 Other Voices
Sometimes little things are the evidence of a bigger event. That was the case earlier this month when the Moraine Preservation Fund activated its osp...
April 28, 2026 Our Opinion
April 28, 2026 Cartoons
Business
Google’s transition into the era of artificial intelligence continued to pay off for its corporate parent, Alphabet Inc. , which on Wednesday announc...
April 30, 2026 Business
BUTLER TWP — The crowded commercial district along Route 356 in Butler Township has temporarily lost a pair of fast-food dining options. Over the past...
April 27, 2026 Local News
Farmers across the Great Plains are confronting an intense drought that threatens winter wheat harvests and is pushing cattle producers toward costly ...
April 27, 2026 Agriculture
OAKLAND, Calif. — Technology tycoons Elon Musk and Sam Altman are poised to face off in a high-stakes trial revolving around the alleged betrayal, dec...
April 27, 2026 Business
Allegheny Health Network has received national recognition as its Forbes Hospital in Monroeville, Allegheny County, has been named to Newsweek’s prest...
April 27, 2026 Business
Weekend Entertainment
“Deception and Murder at Rosebud” — a murder mystery production that is written, produced and performed by members of the Passavant Community in Zelienople — offers both ...
April 29, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
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Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — Caitlin Clark will have a picture book out this fall based on her own life, one she knows is like few others’. Random House Books for Young Readers announced T...
April 29, 2026 People
Michael B. Jordan voicing a tiny woodland creature who switches bodies with a majestic bird in the animated movie “Swapped” and Kacey Musgraves’ seventh studio album, “Dr...
April 28, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
Taylor Swift has filed to trademark two voice clips and an image of her in concert in an apparent attempt to shore up her identity against AI incursions. Her company, TAS...
April 28, 2026 People
NEW YORK — Nedra Talley Ross, the last surviving member of the 1960s bee-hived pop band the Ronettes, who sang the enduring hits “Be My Baby,” “Baby I Love You” and “Walk...
April 27, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — Nearly a quarter-century after rap star Jam Master Jay of Run-DMC was shot to death, a man admitted in court Monday to a role in a killing that stymied investi...
April 27, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
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Special Sections
With high school graduations on the horizon, for many students, it’s time for them and their families to look ahead to the next level of their education journey. From st...
April 28, 2026 Special Sections
Changes introduced under ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’
April 28, 2026 Special Sections
Perfect homework and blank stares lead to changes
April 28, 2026 Special Sections
As college enrollment among 18-year-olds continues to decline, higher education institutions in the county are being pushed to rethink how they operate. Slippery Rock Un...
April 28, 2026 Special Sections
File the FAFSA • File on Oct. 1, the day the Federal Application for Student Aid opens. The sooner you file, the longer you have to plan. Some programs fund on a first-co...
April 28, 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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