For the last decade and a half, Saxonburg dog breeder Chanel Lefever has taken a week out of her year to try her luck at the prestigious Westminster Dog Show in...
For the first time since 1989, Butler Transit Authority is eyeing an expansion of service, but doing so will require two new buses and significant community out...
Following a three-month-long regular season, the dust has settled ahead of the WPIAL basketball playoffs.
Before boys favorites such as North Catholic and Knoc...
Several cows needed to be rescued after they got stuck in an icy pond Monday evening, Feb. 9, in Center Township.
Firefighters responded around 5 p.m. to the 1...
Fogel family, supporters recognize 1 year of Marc’s freedom
Fogel family, supporte...
Saxonburg beagle wins Best Of Breed award at Westminster Dog Show
Saxonburg beagle wins ...
Butler Transit authority seeks PennDOT confirmation after study
Butler Transit authori...
WPIAL basketball playoffs 2026: 9 Butler County players to watch as tournament b...
WPIAL basketball playo...
Crews rescue cows stuck in icy pond in Center Township; 3 die
A longtime music educator and band director at Butler Area School District has been selected to join the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association Hall of Fame.
Jeff Krone...
ADAMS TWP — Members of Mars Area’s school board unanimously approved Butler Area Vocational-Technical School’s 2026-27 budget Tuesday following a presentation on the prop...
An Ohio man allegedly used tools found in the Butler Walmart to force open a jewelry case and steal more than $5,000 in jewelry from the store, police said.
Tony Matthew...
Two Butler County infrastructure projects will receive a total of nearly $1.2 million in funding through Automated Red Light Enforcement program grants.
Penn Township wil...
During a meeting on Monday, Feb. 9, Seven Fields Borough Council approved a fresh look for the borough’s website.
While officials had four options to choose from, they op...
The Penn State Extension is hosting a crop conference that includes reviewing crop production last growing season and planning for next year’s season, showing off new inn...
FORWARD TWP — To mark America’s 250th birthday, the township is looking to install a new monument to commemorate its unique place in American history.
The municipality in...
Love can be celebrated in many different ways. For children, it can mean hugs from parents, gift-giving or being there for a friend.
At St. Wendelin Catholic School in S...
The following items were collected from various police departments and district courts:
Adams Twp.
Jan. 21 — Kevin Patrick Flaherty, 59, of Gibsonia, was charged with fel...
A Butler man is accused of hitting his father in the head with a baseball bat.
Christian Garing, 46, was charged Tuesday, Feb. 10, by state police in Butler with felony ...
Jeffrey Epstein has become one of the few scandals that unites Americans in cynicism.
The case is about far more than sex crimes. It has crystallized ...
Visitors found a sign on the Mars Area Public Library’s doors Friday stating the library will be closed until further notice.
This was after the libr...
The next election is not an existential event for the United States. Neither is the one after that — or the one after that. But that won’t stop Americ...
EMS agencies are facing more challenges than ever before and no one is more aware of it than the people who are on the front lines of emergency health...
Independence Health System physicians have once again been recognized as 2026 Castle Connolly Top Doctors.
More than two dozen Independence Health phy...
Concordia Lutheran Ministries is making yet another acquisition.
The nonprofit senior care provider has signed an asset purchase agreement with Reform...
The Route 19 corridor welcomed a new restaurant to the region.
Lao Sze Chuan Pittsburgh, which specializes in authentic Sichuan cuisine, officially op...
Coca-Cola saw stronger demand globally in the fourth quarter but its shares slipped on investors’ concerns about its tepid outlook.
Global unit case v...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump wants to keep home prices high, bypassing calls to ramp up construction so people can afford what has been a ticke...
The Super Bowl is this weekend, which is of no consequence to me. This is a column about arts and entertainment, after all.
However, as an aspiring Ina Garten, I took it ...
Terrance Gore, a speedy outfielder who played for three World Series champions while spending parts of eight seasons in the major leagues, has died. He was 34.
Chad Funde...
SAN FRANCISCO — Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime performance translated into an immediate surge in global listening, with new data from Apple Music showing sharp gains acr...
TUCSON, Ariz. — Savannah Guthrie’s family is “at an hour of desperation” in the search for her missing mother, the “Today” show host said in a video released Monday, just...
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Yes, the wedding depicted during Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show was real.
About five minutes into the 13-minute extravaganza at Levi’s Stadiu...
LOS ANGELES — Brad Arnold, the lead singer of the Grammy-nominated rock band 3 Doors Down, died Saturday, months after he announced that he had been diagnosed with Stage ...
Looking to give your loved one roses for Valentine’s Day? This year, the traditional dozen red roses might not be your best bet.
At least that’s the opinion of Jeff Doubl...
By February, most of us are looking forward to the gardening season. Our plant catalogs are dog-eared and worn; lists of plants and seeds are being finalized and we are a...
Doing something romantic for Valentine's Day does not need to involve a heart-shaped box of chocolates, roses or an atypically expensive dinner, according to relationship...
Christie O’Sullivan of Trinity, Fla., has spent 21 Valentine’s Days with her husband, but her favorite celebration was one spent with a girlfriend before she got married....
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...
