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Fire hits apartment building on North Street
One resident rescued via ladder
Adams Township Halloween parade
ADAMS TWP — Superheroes, monsters and animals took over Adams Township Community Park Saturday afternoon, Oct. 11. At the annual Adams Township Halloween party...
Moniteau football beats Union City for 3rd win as sophomore QB Weston Cook makes big plays when it counts
UNION CITY, Erie County — On a night when Moniteau’s ground game was held in check, Weston Cook’s right arm came through in a big way. He completed just five pa...
Second open house draws families to Harmony Fire District
ZELIENOPLE — Tatum Renshaw, 11, and Mason Langly, 7, had smiles on their faces when they blasted a red crate with a fire hose to push it along a track. It appe...
Thousands expected at fall festivals in Zelienople, Harmony
Harmony pumpkin race to benefit dog park Two events are set to draw thousands of people to two small Butler towns this weekend. An organizer for the 40th annual...
Fire hits apartment building on North Street
Fire hits apartment bu...
Adams Township Halloween parade
Adams Township Hallowe...
Moniteau football beats Union City for 3rd win as sophomore QB Weston Cook makes...
Moniteau football beat...
Second open house draws families to Harmony Fire District
Second open house draw...
Thousands expected at fall festivals in Zelienople, Harmony
Thousands expected at ...
Top Headlines
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...
October 12, 2025 Pennsylvania News
Every October, during Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the Rick and Kim Hempfling Memorial Cast Iron Cookoff honors the memory of the two loving parents. Siblings Rich Hem...
October 11, 2025 Local News
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 ceremony at 1p.m. Nov. 9. The play...
October 12, 2025 Community
A postsentence motion seeking a new trail or dismissal of charges for a Harmony man convicted of sexually assaulting a girl multiple times 25 years ago, when she was ages...
October 11, 2025 Crime & Courts
With the state’s budget impasse now past the 100-day mark, Knoch School District has to contemplate what to do if it lasts much longer. Even though Knoch School District...
October 11, 2025 Local News
News
The John & Loriann Putzier Family Foundation presented a check for $10,000 to the Penn Theater on Friday afternoon. The donation supports the future of newly renovated t...
October 11, 2025 Local News
The Butler County Symphony Orchestra’s annual “Music Under the Stars” concert will be funded by an America250PA grant this year. While dates for the 2026 concert has not...
October 11, 2025 Local News
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 resident for more than 35-p...
October 11, 2025 Local News
Attorney’s for the estate of a Cranberry Township man who died in December 2022 when his vehicle was struck by a rented U-Haul truck driven by an intoxicated man, argued ...
October 11, 2025 Crime & Courts
The following items were collected from various police departments and district courts: State police, Butler Aug. 28 — Todd A. Greczkowski was arrested without incident ...
October 11, 2025 Local News
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Community
‘Growing Together’ highlighted at Community Voices session
Today's Verse
Today in History
 
MUDDY CREEK TWP — Entrepreneur and rowing enthusiast Howard Winklevoss, flanked by state R...
October 11, 2025
Every one of us is unique and important, but at the same time, we’re a microscopic part of...
October 11, 2025
Senior centers at Butler, Chicora, Cranberry Township, Evans City, Mars, Slippery Rock, Mo...
October 11, 2025
For those looking for a convenient place to rid themselves of unneeded and/or private docu...
October 10, 2025
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Sports
PITTSBURGH — Aaron Rodgers passed for 235 yards and two touchdowns, and the Pittsburgh Ste...
 
GREENSBURG — Make no mistake. That’s the key to Slippery Rock University football success....
October 11, 2025
It felt like fall last night, and true football feel. Week 8 of the football season featur...
October 11, 2025
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Mason Heintschel threw for 321 yards and connected with Desmond Reid o...
October 11, 2025
STATE COLLEGE — Caleb Komolafe ran for 72 yards and a touchdown and Northwestern held on t...
October 11, 2025
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Editorial
After 35 years as a clinical child and adolescent psychologist and a medical school professor, treating hundreds of children and teens who suffer from...
October 11, 2025 Other Voices
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...
October 11, 2025 Letters to the Editor
The design for the Seneca Valley High School is beautiful … but we cannot afford a Taj Mahal. We need a functional, intelligent upgrade to the school ...
October 11, 2025 Letters to the Editor
I am writing to answer Mr. Sanzotti (“Looking for insight from Trump supporters,” Sept. 21, Page A4) in regard to what he asked us about letting him k...
October 11, 2025 Letters to the Editor
Camp Redwing’s closing brings back many happy memories to me. As a young scout, I camped every summer at Camp Trefoil but when I applied for my first...
October 11, 2025 Letters to the Editor
Business
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...
October 11, 2025 Business
Independence Health System has added Dr. James D’Antonio to its cardiovascular team at Butler Memorial and Clarion hospitals. D’Antonio’s expertise i...
October 11, 2025 Business
Butler County’s rolling farmland is receiving a significant boost from state and federal farm grant programs — bringing in new technology, preserving ...
October 11, 2025 Agriculture
The federal government shutdown has entered its second week, and already shortages of air traffic controllers have strained operations and disrupted f...
October 11, 2025 Business
Independence Health System has added Dr. Michael Smith to the urology office at its Benbrook offices, 102 Technology Drive Suite 250, Butler. Smith t...
October 10, 2025 Business
Weekend Entertainment
This year, the Butler Freeport Community Trail will hold its 20th annual Buffalo Creek Half Marathon, which begins at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 18. According to Chris Zie...
October 09, 2025 Community
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Arts & Entertainment
“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...
October 11, 2025 Reviews
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...
October 11, 2025 Arts & Entertainment
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...
October 09, 2025 Arts & Entertainment
Ozzy Osbourne‘s youngest child opened up about the death of his father in a “Good Morning America” interview Monday. A day before the release of the late heavy metal grea...
October 09, 2025 People
LOS ANGELES — Thirty paintings created by the bushy-haired, soft-spoken Bob Ross will soon be up for auction to defray the costs of programming for public television stat...
October 07, 2025 Arts & Entertainment
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Special Sections
‘Stubborn’ administrator convinced to seek 2nd mammogram within 3 months after anomaly found
October 07, 2025 Local News
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 ...
October 07, 2025 Special Sections
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...
October 07, 2025 Special Sections
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...
October 07, 2025 Special Sections
CENTER TWP — The group has lost participants since COVID-19 and switched meeting venues a couple of times. Regardless, the Butler Breast Cancer and Women’s Cancer Support...
October 07, 2025 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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