Butler County’s delegation to the Pennsylvania House is in total agreement: a proposal to raise the minimum wage to $15 by 2029 is misguided.
All four local rep...
Raising the state minimum wage could be the right decision, if “done wisely,” the president of the Pittsburgh North Regional Chamber said in a recent interview ...
Election season is sooner than many realize. May 19 is the primary election here in Pennsylvania, while the midterm general election — shaping up to be a conseq...
MARS — Lambasting the war in Iran, gas prices going up as a result, Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations “causing chaos in the streets,” and attacking...
CRANBERRY TWP — Stacy Garrity, treasurer of Pennsylvania and the likely Republican candidate for governor this fall, was at the Butler County GOP headquarters f...
A Pittsburgh woman is fulfilling her father’s wish by sharing the story of how he survived the Holocaust and came to America.
Lee Goldman Kikel presented on her 2019 memo...
The couple killed in what police called an apparent murder-suicide Tuesday, April 28, in Seven Fields and Cranberry Township was married about 19 months, according to the...
A former Middlesex Township man serving a long prison sentence after being found guilty of sexual assault charges in Butler and Allegheny counties in 2014 is challenging ...
On Tuesday morning, April 28, all operating locations of Smokey Bones Bar & Fire Grill were suddenly shut down, including the location in Cranberry Township, one of the l...
CRANBERRY TWP — Butler County’s budding entrepreneurs took center stage Tuesday, April 28, as the Butler County Chamber of Commerce hosted its take on a longstanding real...
Maria Malloy was appointed as the new director of human resources for Butler County.
Malloy has been with the county in some capacity since 1995, holding positions in the...
Butler Transit Authority is set to have a balanced operational budget for fiscal year 2026-27, including a raise for employees.
The authority’s board of directors voted u...
ADAMS TWP — In the 12th legislative district, Ethan Nicholas and Scott Timko both portray themselves as solidly conservative and proud Republicans, though they hold some ...
Brian M. Bailey, the sitting mayor of Portersville, died of natural causes on Sunday morning, April 19, at the age of 67.
Prior to his death, Bailey had served as mayor f...
The Butler County Chamber of Commerce took a unique approach to encouraging business initiative this year with the first Butler County Emerging Entrep...
The resignations of three members of Congress over misconduct allegations demonstrate that the U.S. House — which most Americans think can’t get its a...
Sometimes little things are the evidence of a bigger event.
That was the case earlier this month when the Moraine Preservation Fund activated its osp...
Google’s transition into the era of artificial intelligence continued to pay off for its corporate parent, Alphabet Inc. , which on Wednesday announc...
BUTLER TWP — The crowded commercial district along Route 356 in Butler Township has temporarily lost a pair of fast-food dining options.
Over the past...
Farmers across the Great Plains are confronting an intense drought that threatens winter wheat harvests and is pushing cattle producers toward costly ...
OAKLAND, Calif. — Technology tycoons Elon Musk and Sam Altman are poised to face off in a high-stakes trial revolving around the alleged betrayal, dec...
Allegheny Health Network has received national recognition as its Forbes Hospital in Monroeville, Allegheny County, has been named to Newsweek’s prest...
“Deception and Murder at Rosebud” — a murder mystery production that is written, produced and performed by members of the Passavant Community in Zelienople — offers both ...
NEW YORK — Caitlin Clark will have a picture book out this fall based on her own life, one she knows is like few others’.
Random House Books for Young Readers announced T...
Michael B. Jordan voicing a tiny woodland creature who switches bodies with a majestic bird in the animated movie “Swapped” and Kacey Musgraves’ seventh studio album, “Dr...
Taylor Swift has filed to trademark two voice clips and an image of her in concert in an apparent attempt to shore up her identity against AI incursions.
Her company, TAS...
NEW YORK — Nedra Talley Ross, the last surviving member of the 1960s bee-hived pop band the Ronettes, who sang the enduring hits “Be My Baby,” “Baby I Love You” and “Walk...
NEW YORK — Nearly a quarter-century after rap star Jam Master Jay of Run-DMC was shot to death, a man admitted in court Monday to a role in a killing that stymied investi...
With high school graduations on the horizon, for many students, it’s time for them and their families to look ahead to the next level of their education journey.
From st...
As college enrollment among 18-year-olds continues to decline, higher education institutions in the county are being pushed to rethink how they operate.
Slippery Rock Un...
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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...
