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At Butler Works, energy secretary touts American steel, workers
BUTLER TWP — U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm visited Cleveland-Cliffs’ Butler Works on Monday, April 22, where she said the plant would receive a $75...
1 hospitalized after boat capsizes Sunday in Lake Arthur
A man was taken to Butler Memorial Hospital after his sailboat capsized on Lake Arthur in Moraine State Park on Sunday, April 21, according to officials. Dusti...
Judge considering motions in Muddy Creek Township homicide case
A county judge is considering several motions about potential evidence in a 2022 homicide case in Muddy Creek Township, which might be delayed because a vital p...
Vanasdale details allegations in amended lawsuit
Attorney Jennifer Vanasdale detailed her allegations against District Attorney Richard Goldinger, Slippery Rock Mayor Jondavid Longo and two others in an amende...
Getting Possessive
Butler plays keep-away in win against Ramblers
At Butler Works, energy secretary touts American steel, workers
At Butler Works, energ...
1 hospitalized after boat capsizes Sunday in Lake Arthur
1 hospitalized after b...
Judge considering motions in Muddy Creek Township homicide case
Judge considering moti...
Vanasdale details allegations in amended lawsuit
Vanasdale details alle...
Getting Possessive
Getting Possessive...
Top Headlines
Cranberry Township celebrates Earth Day at Community Park
CRANBERRY TWP — Supervisors chairman Mike Manipole gave everyone who attended the Earth Day Celebration at Community Park an unexpected “gift.” Homework. “I’m a teacher ...
April 22, 2024 Local News
Moniteau talks AI
CHERRY TWP — After attending a conference on policies and ethics surrounding artificial intelligence, three administrators at Moniteau School District addressed the schoo...
April 23, 2024 Education
Decision on Adams Township housing development delayed again
ADAMS TWP — At their meeting on Monday, April 22, supervisors voted to table their decision on approving the development plans for Mandera, a planned residential developm...
April 23, 2024 Business
Butler school board hires new director of curriculum
New staffer’s time will overlap with current director
April 23, 2024 Local News
Local Methodist leaders eagerly await General Conference
For members of the United Methodist Church across the world, both priests and laity, this week has been circled on the calendar for the past four years. Tuesday, April 23...
April 22, 2024 National News
The Latest
Clarity Wealth opens in Cranberry Twp.
12:15 AM
Key takeaways from the opening statements in Donald Trump's hush money trial
12:15 AM
Today in History: April 23, first YouTube clip is uploaded
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25 years after Columbine, trauma shadows survivors of the school shooting
12:15 AM
Stevie Nicks penned prologue poem for Taylor Swift’s ‘Tortured Poets Department’
12:15 AM
Center Twp. woman knighted by Danish prince
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News
Police: Beaver County man accused of assaulting girl in Callery
A Beaver County man was accused of sexually assaulting a teen girl multiple times in a Callery home, according to charges filed by state police. Milton A. Elder, 49, was...
April 23, 2024 Crime & Courts
Seneca Valley students honored with statewide community service award for Cranberry Township work
More than 120 students from the Seneca Valley School District teamed up with officials from Cranberry Township to improve the township through multiple projects. The col...
April 23, 2024 Local News
PennDOT announces road maintenance for the week
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation announced road maintenance activities for the week of Monday, April 22. The week will see shoulder cutting on Prospect Road ...
April 23, 2024 Local News
Police reports
The following items have been collected from various police departments and district courts: Butler County Detectives March 28 — Elijah J. Claypoole, 24, of Butler, was ...
April 23, 2024 Crime & Courts
Slippery Rock Township to fix faulty drainage system
SLIPPERY ROCK TWP — The township voted to foot the $4,600 bill to repair a faulty drainage system on North Creek Road which is spilling wastewater onto residents’ lawns. ...
April 23, 2024 Government
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Community
Students’ very special art being displayed at local bakery
Those grabbing an iced coffee or gigantic cookie at Pennie’s Bake Shop & Espresso Bar in B...
Today's Verse
Chuckle of the Day
 
SRU students recognized at 2024 Celebration of Achievement
Several Slippery Rock University students were recognized at SRU’s annual Celebration of A...
April 20, 2024
Bruin couple still side by side, tearing up the floor
Herb and Barb Horner met at a square dance in 1977, and they haven’t stopped cutting a rug...
April 20, 2024
Memorial service for late hospice patients upcoming in Jefferson Twp.
A memorial service for people who spent their final days under the care of Good Samaritan ...
April 20, 2024
Senior Center Menus
Senior centers at Butler, Chicora, Cranberry Township, Evans City, Mars, Slippery Rock, Mo...
April 20, 2024
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Sports
Mars volleyball on dominant run
ADAMS TWP — Time will tell if Mars’ boys volleyball team can extend the prowess it has ear...
 
For years, a Michigan company has been the top pick to quickly personalize draftees' new NFL jerseys
ST. CLAIR SHORES, Mich. — Employees of the company tasked each year with rapidly personali...
April 23, 2024
Yankees manager Aaron Boone is ejected 5 pitches into a game. He says a fan berated the umpire
NEW YORK — Aaron Boone didn't tie the record for fastest ejection. The New York Yankees ma...
April 23, 2024
Brewers' Jakob Junis hit by flyball in batting practice, taken away in ambulance
PITTSBURGH — Jakob Junis of the Milwaukee Brewers was taken away in an ambulance after bei...
April 23, 2024
Cruz breaks slump with 3 hits, Jones cruises as Pirates beat Brewers 4-2 to end 6-game skid
PITTSBURGH — Oneil Cruz broke out of a slump with three hits, Jared Jones allowed one run ...
April 23, 2024
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Editorial
Editorial Cartoon
April 23, 2024 Cartoons
Stop saying ‘immigrants do jobs Americans don’t want to do’
The deaths of six immigrant workers in the collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge on March 26 sparked the kind of collective empathy that us...
April 23, 2024 Other Voices
Wildfire smoke is coming again. We’re not ready
Many Americans were surprised last year when smoke from wildfires hundreds of miles away turned their air toxic. There’s no excuse for anybody to be s...
April 23, 2024 Other Voices
Get to the polls, cast your vote, make your voice heard this Election Day
It’s election day once again. If you haven’t made a plan to get to the polls, there’s no time like the present. Registered voters can cast a ballot at...
April 23, 2024 Our Opinion
Watching America’s future and pastime intersect
The first cup of black coffee had not quite done its job, as I was slowly paging through Wednesday morning’s New York Times. But page B11 sure did. Th...
April 22, 2024 Other Voices
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Business
White House pushes Rx for nursing home staff shortages
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday said the first rule to set minimum staffing levels at federally funded nursing homes and require ...
April 23, 2024 Business
Cleveland-Cliffs reports $67M loss in 1Q
CLEVELAND — Cleveland-Cliffs on Monday reported a loss of $67 million in its first quarter. The company operates the Butler Works plant in Butler Tow...
April 23, 2024 Business
Rail spikes hammered, bullet train being built from Sin City to the City of Angels
LAS VEGAS — A $12 billion passenger bullet train linking Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area was dubbed the first true high-speed rail line in the nati...
April 23, 2024 Business
Autoworkers union celebrates breakthrough win in Tennessee and takes aim at more plants in the South
DALLAS — The United Auto Workers' overwhelming election victory at a Volkswagen plant in Tennessee is giving the union hope that it can make broader i...
April 22, 2024 Business
TikTok divest-or-ban bill expected to become US law in days
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House on Saturday put legislation forcing TikTok’s Chinese parent ByteDance Ltd. to divest its ownership stake on a fast track t...
April 22, 2024 National News
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Weekend Entertainment
‘Cryptids,’ filmed in Butler County, to be screened April 25 at Sewickley theater
Next week, Butler County residents have a chance to come out and see a movie which was partially filmed at home. “Cryptids,” a horror movie anthology which has received m...
April 19, 2024 Weekend Entertainment
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Arts & Entertainment
'Civil War’ bests ‘Abigail’ for top spot
NEW YORK — “Civil War,” Alex Garland’s ominous American dystopia, remained the top film in theaters in its second week of release, according to studio estimates Sunday. ...
April 22, 2024 Arts & Entertainment
Conductor Andrew Davis, who headed Lyric Opera of Chicago and orchestras on 3 continents, dies
Andrew Davis, an acclaimed British conductor who was music director of the Lyric Opera of Chicago and orchestras on three continents, has died. He was 80. Davis died Satu...
April 22, 2024 Arts & Entertainment
'Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare' amps up a true-tale WWII heist
The latest Guy Ritchie flick “The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare” has a spine of true story to it, even if it does all it can to amplify a long-declassified World War ...
April 20, 2024 Reviews
Heist movie gleefully collides with monster movie in 'Abigail'
If you always thought your garden-variety heist movies could do with a bit more blood-sucking vampire, have we got a flick for you. “Abigail,” featuring a 12-year-old tut...
April 20, 2024 Reviews
Multiple Moon Myths!
Another full moon is upon us this week, whitewashing the Butler night sky and making it challenging for stargazers. We’re also getting into the time of year when the full...
April 20, 2024 Starwatch
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Special Sections
Oxycodone misuse sparked opioid epidemic
The start of the opioid epidemic is ironically linked to a drug that was supposed to help people suffering from moderate to severe pain. While oxycodone was first synthe...
April 19, 2024 Special Sections
State offers free opioid training for first responders, health care providers
Any training that helps people fighting in the battle against opioid addiction is beneficial and helps bring attention to the problem, local officials said. Numerous free...
April 19, 2024 Special Sections
7 fluids used in your car: What they do and when to change them
Taking care of a car is no different than taking care of a body. Like going to the doctor for a checkup, cars need maintenance to stay healthy. Alex Skander, owner of Ska...
April 16, 2024 Local News
Connoquenessing Township couple share story of restoring 1950s cars
CONNOQUENESSING TWP ­— David Carr spends a lot of time in his garage tinkering with his restored classic cars. That’s all right with his wife, Linda, because she’s often ...
April 16, 2024 Local News
Mount Chestnut man devoted to ‘Vicky’ — a 1931 Ford Model A Victoria
Bill Raabe, of Connoquenessing Township, is a self-described “Ford guy,” which he attributes to his late grandfather, Francis Raabe, who owned a 1932 Ford three-window co...
April 16, 2024 Special Sections
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Seeking Refuge
Ukrainians who fled homeland face 1st anniversary of invasion
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
Ukrainian families assimilating in Butler County as war rages on in homeland
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
Another family will join Ukrainians who fled to Cranberry Twp.
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
Efforts started to help Ukrainian families in Cranberry Twp.
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
2 young families flee war-torn Ukraine, staying in Cranberry
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
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Digital Divide
Obstacles abound as Pa. plans for surge of federal broadband funding
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
Biden administration announces more funding for rural broadband infrastructure
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
What’s next as Pa. prepares to spend $1.2B on broadband
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
Broadband authority seeks feedback on plans
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
FCC maps still under criticism from the Butler County residents, government officials
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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