Traffic cones and construction vehicles are a sign of the continued growth spurt in Butler County. Since 2000, nearly 20,000 new residents are calling the count...
JACKSON TWP — The Seneca Valley School District is attempting to clear up any confusion surrounding its $165 million plan to transform the Intermediate High Sch...
A well-known casual dining chain is bringing its burgers and shakes to Cranberry Township.
Shake Shack is planning to open its fifth Pittsburgh-area restaurant ...
This Halloween, not all families can afford to dress their children in costumes, which can run upward of $30 each. For residents of Butler County, there was ano...
Tracking our progress: How is population growth shaping Butler County’s future?
Tracking our progress:...
Seneca Valley releases fact sheet amid ongoing discussion over $165 million expa...
Seneca Valley releases...
Tracy Vitale: How Seneca Valley’s educational landscape is evolving with Butler ...
Tracy Vitale: How Sene...
Shake Shack to open new location in Cranberry Township
BUTLER TWP — On Day 105 of the state’s budget impasse, Butler Area School District superintendent Brian White summarized his update to the board Monday, Oct. 13, as “no p...
WORTHINGTON, Armstrong County — As a common Lutheran joke goes, a Lutheran church without a pipe organ is like a farm without a tractor.
By that logic, the Worthington Lu...
PROSPECT — Slippery Rock Area School District is able to keep itself afloat for now, but with no movement on a state budget in sight, its leaders are poised to find addit...
After two and a half months of construction, the Saxonburg Rotary is set to open its new playground to the public with a ribbon-cutting at 1 p.m. Nov. 9.
The playground a...
The four Democrats and four incumbent Republicans involved in the Slippery Rock Borough Council race recently named the top three issues they’d seek to address if elected...
Four Democrats are challenging four incumbent Republicans for their seats on the Slippery Rock Borough Council on Nov. 4.
The borough’s voters will be tasked on Election ...
After seeing Zelienople’s Fall Festival attract hundreds to thousands of people every October, people of Harmony got cracking on creating a fall event the borough could c...
It’s harvest time in the Midwest and farmers are bringing in bumper crops of soybeans, corn and wheat. They should be elated.
But their best customers...
Seneca Valley High School has a “Hope Squad,” a student-based organization meant to reduce youth suicide through education, training and peer interven...
After 35 years as a clinical child and adolescent psychologist and a medical school professor, treating hundreds of children and teens who suffer from...
I want to remind Center Township voters they have the opportunity to cast votes for two supervisors this year. I believe Tom Schiebel and Mark Lauer d...
NEW YORK — And back up goes Wall Street. U.S. stocks rallied Monday after President Donald Trump said ” it will all be fine ,” just days after he sent...
NEW YORK — Uncertainty over the economy and tariffs is forcing retailers to pull back or delay plans to hire seasonal workers who pack orders at distr...
Pearl Dentistry hosted free dental care to veterans, active duty service members and their families Friday in honor of Freedom Day USA at its downtown...
When Tammy Brandt knocks on a door, it’s never just about handing over a pizza.
Brandt, a graduate of Ambridge High School and a New Sewickley residen...
Independence Health System has added Dr. James D’Antonio to its cardiovascular team at Butler Memorial and Clarion hospitals.
D’Antonio’s expertise i...
Several Butler County agencies will host a trunk or treat Thursday, Oct. 16, at the Clearview Mall.
Danielle Schmidt, executive director of the Butler County Child Advoca...
LOS ANGELES — Barack Obama helped Marc Maron lock the gates on his podcast Monday, returning to the show for the final episode after 16 years and more than 1,600 episodes...
Alex Kingston, known for her roles on “ER” and “Doctor Who,” has revealed she was diagnosed with uterine cancer last year.
In an interview with The Independent, published...
“Tron: Ares” may have the tagline “No Going Back” but Disney doesn’t like to leave money on the table. So here we are, going back with a third entry in a cult franchi...
The part of Luis Molina, the gay prisoner with a penchant for Hollywood’s Golden Age at the heart of “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” has been good to actors over the years. I...
NEW YORK — A federal judge tossed out a defamation lawsuit that Drake brought against Universal Music Group on Thursday, ruling that lyrics branding the superstar as a pe...
Prosthetic breasts may be considered as uncomfortable to wear as they are to be fitted, but a shop in Seven Fields is creating a different experience for both as it cater...
When the Butler volleyball team was introduced in Thursday’s, Oct. 2, showdown against Seneca Valley, the cheers were not only directed toward them. They were also for a ...
Even almost three years since her initial cancer diagnosis, Chrissy Senft, of Franklin Township, is still trying to understand the disease and why it affected her.
She ha...
Despite her impressive athletics resume — being a former Level 10 gymnast, a WPIAL AAA pole vault champion and Butler County record holder with the longest long jump in t...
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...
