This past girls soccer season isn’t one Freeport will soon forget.
“I knew we had a good team coming in this year, and the girls came in with the right attitude...
BUTLER TWP — The importance of the nurse pinning ceremony dates back centuries, and this week, Butler County Community College’s graduates from its practical nu...
The annual ring of the Salvation Army bell came with an unexpected, but familiar surprise for volunteers with the Harmony-Zelienople unit.
Lisa Zierden, a campa...
The Mars Police Department helped make Christmas magic possible on Tuesday, Dec. 9.
On Tuesday, the police department gathered the toys it had collected throug...
Freeport girls soccer star Camryn Woods player of the year: See 2025 Butler Coun...
Freeport girls soccer ...
BC3 practical nursing program graduates new nurses
BC3 practical nursing ...
Gold coin dropped into local red kettle boosts Salvation Army fundraising effort...
Gold coin dropped into...
Butler attorneys argue to void state regulations over gender, school restrooms
Butler attorneys argue...
Mars Police Department readies collections for Toys for Tots
A 75-year-old man was flown to a Pittsburgh hospital after his vehicle left the road Monday, Dec. 8, in Oakland Township, state police said.
Police said Fredrick L. Rupp...
Winter arrived in Western Pennsylvania last week, dropping as many as 4 inches of heavy snow in Butler County that sent road crews into action.
“It’s not often that we ge...
A Butler man has been charged with driving under the influence after Butler Township police said he drove into Applebee’s restaurant on Dec. 2.
David Joseph Cavanaugh, 78...
Even though the weather was warm enough for rain on Wednesday, Dec. 10, the National Weather Service predicts it’ll likely be another week before temperatures climb above...
The attorney for former Butler Area School Board member William Halle is seeking to uncover evidence needed for his client’s defense.
Halle, 61, of Westmoreland County, w...
East Brady officials said the borough’s 11th annual Light-Up Night and fourth annual Cookie Crawl, hosted on Saturday, Dec. 6, were a “huge success” this year.
According ...
An inmate at the Butler County Prison is facing charges after a correctional officer found Suboxone during the booking process.
Allen Griffin, of Oil City, was charged We...
Independence Health System announced Wednesday that it completed a major renovation of its outpatient services suite in Seven Fields, adding advanced imaging technology a...
An investigation led by the Pennsylvania attorney general found widespread instances where Dollar General overcharged customers at the register.
In a Tuesday, Dec. 9, new...
Across much of the industrial world, trust in government is low and declining. Why is this happening and why, exactly, does it matter?
An unusually th...
On a frigid Black Friday morning, Toys for Tots coordinator Matt Thurner stood in the parking lot near Five Below’s Butler Township location to collec...
Emergency Medical Service providers across Pennsylvania have been struggling for years to fill the funding gap between what it costs every time an amb...
WASHINGTON — Oil companies offered $279 million for drilling rights in the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday in the first of 30 sales planned for the region...
PENN TWP — Butler Transit Authority continued to upgrade its technology at its final meeting of the year.
The authority’s board voted Tuesday, Dec. 9,...
Camp Bow Wow in Cranberry Township has joined the U-Haul neighborhood dealer network and will offer truck rentals and moving supplies at its location ...
Buffalo Township’s municipal tax rate will have nearly tripled in the span of four years if the proposed 2026 township budget is approved.
The spendin...
A lumber company is expanding its footprint in Western Pennsylvania with the acquisition of three lumberyards.
Lezzer Lumber, based in Curwensville, ...
Steve and Lisa Ball will present the “Music of the Civil War” at the Greater Pittsburgh Civil War Round Table meeting Monday, Dec. 15.
The presentation will be at 7 p.m. ...
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Shaq is coming back.
And the first-tier Basketball Hall of Famer is going to help sports fans and other interested parties get ready for the Super Bowl...
LONDON — Writer Sophie Kinsella, whose effervescent rom-com “Confessions of a Shopaholic” sparked a millions-selling series, died Wednesday, her family said. She was 55 a...
NEW YORK — Raul Malo, the soulful tenor and frontman of the genre-defying, Grammy-winning band The Mavericks, has died. He was 60.
Malo died Monday night, his wife, Betty...
Paramount Skydance’s hostile takeover bid of Warner Bros. Discovery places CNN and its sister cable networks squarely back into what is likely to be an extended period of...
NEW YORK — Paramount on Monday launched a hostile takeover offer for Warner Bros. Discovery, initiating a potentially bruising battle with rival bidder Netflix to buy the...
The following is a list of church services to be held in Butler County and the surrounding area on or around the Christmas holiday.
Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh
Catholi...
1. 1971
2. Caspar, Melchior and Balthazar
3. Tiny Tim in “A Christmas Carol”
4. John Boy and Grandpa Walton
5. Jimmy Buffett
6. A Hula-Hoop
7. Paul Giamatti
8. New York C...
With the holidays just around the corner, Santa Claus and his army of helpers have come to town.
One such helper is Al Mazuch, who has acted as Santa’s eyes and ears at M...
A holiday season in Butler County is always ripe with opportunities to explore, gather and give back. Below are just a few events that can put you in the spirit this mont...
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...
