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34 years since Butler’s only other PIAA tournament appearance, this year’s Tornado have similar ‘big family’ feel
BUTLER TWP — Butler baseball is entering the state championship game for the first time in program history. The 1992 Golden Tornado team — the only team before ...
Knoch students celebrate final moment together
JEFFERSON TWP — “Today marks the completion of one chapter and the beginning of another,” said Knoch School District superintendent David Foley during the distr...
Mars district, teacher’s union approaching contract expiration
The two sides will meet Thursday with negotiations still unresolved
Center Township places moratorium on data center development
CENTER TWP — With data centers rapidly expanding across Pennsylvania, the township’s board of supervisors is taking proactive measures in hopes of ensuring the ...
Fans, family send Butler off to PIAA baseball championship game in style: ‘They’re ready for this’
BUTLER TWP — Butler baseball is hoping to add an exclamation point to an already great season. The WPIAL Class 6A champion Golden Tornado (23-3) will play in th...
34 years since Butler’s only other PIAA tournament appearance, this year’s Torna...
34 years since Butler’...
Knoch students celebrate final moment together
Knoch students celebra...
Mars district, teacher’s union approaching contract expiration
Mars district, teacher...
Center Township places moratorium on data center development
Center Township places...
Fans, family send Butler off to PIAA baseball championship game in style: ‘They’...
Fans, family send Butl...
Top Headlines
A New Jersey man accused of shooting a woman multiple times at Moraine State Park in May had two felony charges added to his case before waiving his preliminary hearing W...
June 11, 2026 Local News
JEFFERSON TWP — The township’s board of supervisors moved forward with an ordinance to regulate data center development at its Monday, June 8, meeting. The motion, which ...
June 11, 2026 Local News
Keith Singleton, the new executive director of Quality Emergency Medical Services, said he is looking forward to continuing to work with the six municipalities served by ...
June 11, 2026 Local News
For the last day of the 2025-26 school year, some Knoch School District students chose an alternative way of getting to school. Students and their parents rode their “bik...
June 10, 2026 Local News
A man and woman accused of a break-in at a Butler home were sentenced to probation Tuesday in Butler County Common Pleas Court after pleading guilty to lesser charges. Ka...
June 10, 2026 Local News
News
BUFFALO TWP — Thanks to a rebalancing in millage rates and future debt payments due to the high school renovation project, Freeport Area School District’s Butler County r...
June 11, 2026 Local News
Independence Health System is hosting a free hernia screening and education event at 4:30 p.m. June 30 at the Crossroads campus on Oneida Valley Road. Participants will b...
June 11, 2026 Health
An Ellwood City man accused of kicking in a door and assaulting the homeowner had his bond changed before his Wednesday, June 10, preliminary hearing was rescheduled. Mi...
June 11, 2026 Local News
Adecco will reopen its Cranberry Township branch on Wednesday, June 17, with a ribbon-cutting scheduled at 1 p.m., at 20280 Route 19, Suite 8. Adecco is a staffing firm t...
June 10, 2026 Local News
Summer is heating up and so is the popularity of Alameda Waterpark. The pool was crowded with people throughout the day Monday, June 8, when temperatures hit nearly 90 de...
June 10, 2026 Local News
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Community
Century steelworkers put steel up Tuesday, June 14, 2016, for Marriott’s SpringHill Suites...
Today's Verse
Today in History
 
SLIPPERY ROCK TWP — Joe Hardisky and Tammy Veloski trekked more than 14 miles through Clea...
June 09, 2026
VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System will host a veterans town hall Wednesday, June 10, at its ...
June 08, 2026
Residents of the Middlesex Crossing neighborhood will have a two-day garage sale and a one...
June 08, 2026
Carved stones recovered from channel in May
June 08, 2026
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Sports
History is within reach for Lernerville Speedway Pro Stock driver Corey McPherson. After r...
 
Butler has made history already — twice — this season. It’s hoping to do so one more time....
June 10, 2026
PITTSBURGH — Tyler Callihan hit the first two home runs of his career, a solo shot off Sho...
June 10, 2026
PITTSBURGH — Paul Skenes was bored and driving through the northern Pittsburgh suburbs Mon...
June 10, 2026
O’HARA TWP — Butler hoped for a different result than last month’s WPIAL Class 3A champion...
June 09, 2026
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Editorial
June 10, 2026 Cartoons
In late May, a 12-year-old was severely injured after crashing an e-bike into a vehicle near the intersection of School and Eau Claire streets in Butl...
June 10, 2026 Our Opinion
Even as the U.S. struggles to conclude its war with Iran, it’s stumbling toward an equally ill-conceived conflict in Cuba. If the White House wants to...
June 10, 2026 Other Voices
June 09, 2026 Cartoons
Charity work in Butler is once again going to the dogs — literally. Street Dog Coalition is returning this Saturday to provide free veterinary care an...
June 09, 2026 Our Opinion
Business
SAN FRANCISCO — Payments giant Visa said Wednesday that it has embedded its payment network inside of ChatGPT, empowering the chatbot to independently...
June 10, 2026 Business
WASHINGTON — Rising gas prices pushed inflation to its highest level in three years last month, a headache for the Federal Reserve and a potential pol...
June 10, 2026 National News
Nearly a year after final approval was given, movement has begun on construction of a Chick-fil-A in Adams Township. The township board of supervisors...
June 09, 2026 Business
Allegheny Health Network’s Forbes Hospital in Monroeville, Allegheny County, is set to undergo a multiyear, $63 million infrastructure investment. The...
June 09, 2026 Business
U.S. Steel on Monday, June 8, outlined the economic impact of a $2.5 billion project that would add more than 6,300 jobs at its Mon Valley Works over ...
June 09, 2026 Business
Weekend Entertainment
As America approaches its 250th anniversary, Jennings Environmental Education Center will have a look at a part of Revolutionary history that is often overlooked — Wester...
June 10, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
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Arts & Entertainment
The streaming service debut of “Michael” and new albums from Olivia Rodrigo and Keith Urban are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near...
June 10, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — “Schmigadoon!,” an adaptation of an Apple TV series that gently mocks big, brassy Broadway shows, won the best new musical Tony Award on a night when actor Joh...
June 08, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — The summer box office is booming — but not because of the usual suspects. After three weeks of indie horror dominance at the box office, the slasher spoof “Sc...
June 07, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
The top lawyers for several states are drafting a legal challenge to Paramount Skydance Corp.’s $110 billion deal to buy Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., laying the groundwor...
June 07, 2026 Business
“Masters of the Universe” might not know who its audience is. Sure, yes, perhaps “everyone” is the goal. Modern blockbusters are usually aiming for those golden four ...
June 06, 2026 Reviews
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Special Sections
The Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival is returning to Butler County June 12-14 for its 15th anniversary. From history to activities, here’s what’s happening at this year’s e...
June 10, 2026 Special Sections
This article is one in a series of articles about what life looks like in Butler County ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026. Stories in this serie...
June 10, 2026 America 250
This article is one in a series of articles about what life looks like in Butler County ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026. Stories in this serie...
June 10, 2026 Special Sections
According to the Butler County Historical Society, Butler is “rightfully known worldwide as the birthplace of the Jeep.” That distinction dates to 1940, when the American...
June 10, 2026 Special Sections
Events at the 2026 Bantam Jeep Festival include the following: Babes of Bantam Trail Ride Date: 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. time slots Friday, June 12 Location: Bantam Qu...
June 10, 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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