Site last updated: Friday, October 9, 2026

Log In

Reset Password
Butler County's great daily newspaper
PA, WPIAL football Week 7 updates, scores | Highlights from Butler, Knoch, Mars, Slippery Rock, more
Butler returns home looking to snap a losing streak, while Karns City, Moniteau and several other teams are looking for much-needed wins to get back on track or...
Identity released of man accused of armed robbery at Armstrong County bank
A Kittanning Township man is charged with felony robbery after police said he brandished a firearm and took more than $3,000 from NexTier Bank in Manor Township...
Carrizalez family bids farewell to Butler, unsure if they will return
Wife, 7-year-old daughter to follow documented immigrant father to Mexico after being ordered to self-deport
Instructor at Evans City dojo accused of sending sexual messages to minor
An instructor at an Evans City dojo is accused of sending sexually inappropriate messages to a minor and communicating with them inappropriately, according to c...
9 municipalities opt out of CDBG program
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development recently designated Butler County as urban for the Community Development Block Grant program, but for vario...
PA, WPIAL football Week 7 updates, scores | Highlights from Butler, Knoch, Mars,...
PA, WPIAL football Wee...
Identity released of man accused of armed robbery at Armstrong County bank
Identity released of m...
Carrizalez family bids farewell to Butler, unsure if they will return
Carrizalez family bids...
Instructor at Evans City dojo accused of sending sexual messages to minor
Instructor at Evans Ci...
9 municipalities opt out of CDBG program
9 municipalities opt o...
Top Headlines
NexTier Bank’s office off Route 422 East in Armstrong County experienced an “incident” requiring law enforcement intervention, according to a Facebook post Thursday, Oct....
October 08, 2026 Local News
The Grapevine Center had its annual remembrance rally Thursday, Oct. 8, at Alameda Park in Butler Township, where people who died from mental health-related causes were h...
October 09, 2026 Local News
Butler County has a new jury management system, according to a Monday, Oct. 5, news release from the Office of Court Administration. The system updates the summoning exp...
October 08, 2026 Local News
Slippery Rock University is launching a new degree in December 2026 aimed at the construction industry, according to a Tuesday, Oct. 7, news release. Eastern Atlantic Sta...
October 08, 2026 Local News
Pennsylvania’s senior citizens are reminded that the open enrollment period for Medicare begins Thursday, Oct. 15. Through the Pennsylvania MEDI (Medicare Education and D...
October 08, 2026 Local News
News
With budget season for 2027 approaching, Butler City Council held a discussion on how it can ease taxes on both residents and businesses. City council held a preliminary ...
October 09, 2026 Local News
With the first class of Butler County’s 18-month paramedic training program about to graduate, the county commissioners approved training for a second class. The county b...
October 09, 2026 Local News
The following items were collected from various police departments and district courts: Adams Township Sept. 11 — Christopher Robert Zevchek, 33, of Brunswick, Ohio, was ...
October 09, 2026 Local News
The Goddard School, a network of private, franchised early childhood education and daycare centers, has named The Goddard School of Cranberry Township a 2026 President's ...
October 08, 2026 Local News
The board of Pennsylvania's State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) has unanimously approved a request for a 5.5% increase in its 2027-28 state appropriation to enable ...
October 08, 2026 Local News
Read More
Community
Before working on their first public art project, the fifth-graders at Center Township Ele...
Today's Verse
Today in History
 
The homecoming queen will be announced during the football game pregame show Oct. 16., whe...
October 08, 2026
The Iron City Paranormal Investigators will have a presentation Thursday evening, Oct. 15,...
October 08, 2026
Senior centers at Butler, Chicora, Cranberry Township, Evans City, Slippery Rock and Winfi...
October 08, 2026
Southeastern Butler County chapter serves about 60 people per week
October 08, 2026
Read More
Sports
CHICAGO — Mike Ditka, who won NFL titles as a player and coach with the Chicago Bears, has...
 
SLIPPERY ROCK TWP — Slippery Rock University’s relatively inexperienced offensive line has...
October 09, 2026
Freeport girls volleyball remained perfect Thursday with a sweep at Ligonier Valley. The Y...
October 08, 2026
Dorothy Dohanics believed she had a championship-caliber doubles team in Evelyn Marche and...
October 08, 2026
This football season is flying by for Camden Schlegel. Schlegel tore his ACL playing lacro...
October 08, 2026
Read More
Editorial
October 09, 2026 Cartoons
October 05, 2026 Cartoons
If you know eight women, statistically, you know someone who will be diagnosed with breast cancer at some point in her life. According to data from b...
October 05, 2026 Our Opinion
As the maternity leave policy moves forward, there are a few things that people need to consider. It’s a great policy in a perfect world. Unfortunatel...
October 03, 2026 Letters to the Editor
Early in my life, I was a Democrat. I believed that the Democratic Party was an ally of the working class. I believed they favored lowering taxes for ...
October 03, 2026 Letters to the Editor
Business
American furniture and mattress retail chain Bob’s Discount Furniture is preparing to open a new showroom in Cranberry Township. The new store will op...
October 08, 2026 Local News
GENEVA — The World Trade Organization is sharply increasing its forecast for merchandise trade growth worldwide this year, more than doubling its earl...
October 08, 2026 Business
With the acquisition of Independence Health System by West Virginia University Health System official as of Oct. 1, WVU Medicine has made changes to t...
October 07, 2026 Local News
Stan Kosciuszko took over the Butler County Chamber of Commerce at a time when it needed help. Struggling and losing membership, his addition to the c...
October 07, 2026 Local News
The Pennsylvania government is investing more than $400,000 in environmental education projects across the state through the Pennsylvania Department o...
October 06, 2026 Business
Weekend Entertainment
Zelienople Fall Festival will take over the borough Friday through Saturday, Oct. 9-11, offering activity throughout each day. The event will take place from 4 to 9:30 p....
October 08, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
Read More
Arts & Entertainment
In the era of gentle parenting, even the word discipline can feel like a third-rail topic. It’s certainly foreboding when it’s first mentioned in Cristian Mungiu’s “Fjord...
October 09, 2026 Reviews
It is unfortunate for “The Social Reckoning” that “The Social Network” exists. The latter is a modern masterpiece. The former was kind of always doomed to exist in its s...
October 09, 2026 Reviews
Grammy-nominated R&B singer Freddie Jackson, known for his smooth ‘80s hits “Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake)” and “You Are My Lady,” has died. He was 70. A stat...
October 07, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Rapper Rick Ross was arrested in Miami Beach early Thursday and charged with battery after a woman he was living with told police he hit her, authorit...
October 07, 2026 People
Hobnob production a hard-hitting comedy-drama
October 07, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
Read More
Special Sections
When neighbors walk past Deb West’s patio home in the Meeder neighborhood in Cranberry Township, her front porch catches their attention. Filled with colorful seasonal fl...
October 07, 2026 Special Sections
Kathy Garrison has been cancer free for decades now, but her experiences during and after treatment had stuck with her. One especially impactful struggle for her was in ...
October 06, 2026 Special Sections
CENTER TWP — When it comes to cancer, Cheryl Schaefer is all about the fight. Schaefer, 68, of Center Township, has fought uterine, breast and thyroid cancer over the yea...
October 06, 2026 Special Sections
St. Faustina Kowalska, a Polish Catholic nun, spent her life sharing a message of compassion and mercy. At the Slippery Rock parish named for her, sewing ministry volunte...
October 06, 2026 Special Sections
When Claudia Marley began crocheting breast prostheses at age 70, she hoped to provide comfort to women recovering from mastectomies. The work also brought comfort to her...
October 06, 2026 Special Sections
Read More
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

Subscribe to our Daily Newsletter

* indicates required
TODAY'S PHOTOS