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Details emerge on Beaver County shooting suspect fleeing police in Cranberry Township
A New Brighton man facing attempted homicide charges after firing a gun at a gas station in Beaver County was last seen after fleeing police in Cranberry Towns...
Mars fourth-grader, father advocate for legislation to insure prosthetics and orthotics
Using past health battles as an inspiration to help others, a local fourth-grader and his father are advocating for state legislation that would require insuran...
Butler County’s Act 13 impact fee revenues jump in 2025
County amount increases by nearly 58% from 2024
McConnells Mill gristmill gives visitors the opportunity to walk through a piece of history
SLIPPERY ROCK TWP, Lawrence County — Through weighing, grinding, cleaning and every other step of the process, visitors to McConnells Mill State Park have the o...
Butler County’s boys tennis 2026 all-stars: North Catholic’s Justin Garvey is 2-time Player of the Year
It’s been tough to match Justin Garvey’s success the past couple years. No Butler County boys tennis player has had as much individual and team postseason succe...
Details emerge on Beaver County shooting suspect fleeing police in Cranberry Tow...
Details emerge on Beav...
Mars fourth-grader, father advocate for legislation to insure prosthetics and or...
Mars fourth-grader, fa...
Butler County’s Act 13 impact fee revenues jump in 2025
Butler County’s Act 13...
McConnells Mill gristmill gives visitors the opportunity to walk through a piece...
McConnells Mill gristm...
Butler County’s boys tennis 2026 all-stars: North Catholic’s Justin Garvey is 2-...
Butler County’s boys t...
Top Headlines
Property owners face 1.9 mill hike
June 22, 2026 Education
Rosemarie Pochron, a 90-year-old resident of a local nursing home, is out over $20,000 after police said her son and daughter-in-law used power of attorney to make purcha...
June 22, 2026 Local News
“Yabba dabba doo!” Echoes of the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s were heard at both Zelienople and Mars public libraries Saturday, June 20, as the libraries offered different cartoo...
June 20, 2026 Local News
One person was flown and another taken by ambulance to Pittsburgh hospitals after a motorcycle and vehicle collided Saturday afternoon on Route 422 in Franklin Township. ...
June 20, 2026 Local News
(The Center Square) — Pennsylvania government has a $5.7 billion problem and close observers of those running the state don't anticipate seeing a full solution when the 2...
June 21, 2026 Pennsylvania News
News
For people who don’t like tea, sampling multiple teas made from plants at Moraine State Park while learning plant identification, and the inventions and wars caused by te...
June 20, 2026 Local News
A helicopter was requested after a motorcycle and car collided Saturday, June 20, near the intersection of Route 422 and Unionville Road in Franklin Township. The crash ...
June 20, 2026 Local News
BUTLER TWP — A successful wrestler himself at Slippery Rock University, Scott Stoner has developed many a mat man in more than 30 years as Butler Senior High School’s hea...
June 20, 2026 Local News
MARS — The town square received a patriotic upgrade Friday with the installation of a flagpole that will fly the American flag and an America250 flag during the borough’s...
June 20, 2026 America 250
Without action, Sprankle says consequences could be dire
June 20, 2026 Local News
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Community
Sharon Chernick, 74, still does almost everything now that she did before she lost her sig...
Today's Verse
Today in History
 
The Butler YMCA will have a pop-up yoga session on Tuesday, June 30, at 339 North Washingt...
June 22, 2026
A two-day yard sale to support a church sewing ministry will take place Friday and Saturda...
June 22, 2026
Some craft vendors started making their products out of boredom, some do it as a form of s...
June 20, 2026
A Slippery Rock University music instructor and alumnus was an invited guest at a ceremony...
June 19, 2026
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Sports
The readers have spoken, and North Catholic senior Logan Schade is the fan-vote winner of ...
 
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — JJ Wetherholt hit two home runs and had three RBIs as the St. Louis Car...
June 21, 2026
DENVER — Nick Gonzalez and Bryan Reynolds homered to help the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the ...
June 21, 2026
Butler’s Brandon Spithaler won his first race of the season at Lernerville Speedway, climb...
June 21, 2026
During a regular-season win over Clarion Limestone, Karns City baseball Josh Smith watched...
June 19, 2026
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Editorial
Our nation is experiencing a coordinated push to fuse one particular brand of Christianity with state power. A key driver is the New Apostolic Reforma...
June 20, 2026 Letters to the Editor
As a volunteer who helps with the annual Butler Bike Blessing, held May 9, at the Lyndora American Legion Post 778, I want to add some more informatio...
June 20, 2026 Letters to the Editor
June 19, 2026 Cartoons
A good way to both support a vital community institution and make some great summer memories is to attend the upcoming Saxonburg Fireman’s Carnival. T...
June 19, 2026 Our Opinion
When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Washington and Europe expected a quick Russian victory. Russia’s population...
June 19, 2026 Other Voices
Business
MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Monday that her country seeks to restart oil shipments to Cuba soon, a move that could provide...
June 22, 2026 Business
On July 20, Bernie Hall will be sitting across the table from Nippon Steel — whose takeover of Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel one year ago he did not sup...
June 21, 2026 Business
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve has for decades moved steadily from a remote, opaque government agency that shared little about what it did or why to...
June 21, 2026 Business
Global consumers want more protein in every bite, but the dairy industry is struggling to give it to them. Athletes and older adults have long used s...
June 20, 2026 Business
Rising energy demand is reshaping how engineers think, design and build, but not in the same way across every corner of the industry. And not at the s...
June 20, 2026 Business
Weekend Entertainment
The Harmony Borough Parks Board’s Summer Concert Series begins Thursday, June 18, with a performance by This, That and the Other Thing. The show will begin at 7 p.m. in t...
June 18, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
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Arts & Entertainment
MEXICO CITY — As World Cup fever sweeps Mexico City, one of the tournament’s biggest fan favorites isn’t a player, coach or official mascot. Joining Merlin the duck in th...
June 22, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
A Paul Simon concert special and Season 2 of the live-action “Avatar: The Last Airbender” are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near y...
June 22, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — Oliver Tree, the eccentric American musician known for viral stunts, alt-pop tracks like “Alien Boy” and “Life Goes On,” and his unconventional style, died fol...
June 22, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — Clive Davis, the record company lawyer who became one of the music industry’s most powerful figures, launching or resurrecting the careers of such superstars a...
June 22, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — “Toy Story” still has a friend in moviegoers. The fifth installment in the Pixar series debuted with $160 million in domestic ticket sales, according to st...
June 22, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
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Special Sections
This article is one in a series of articles about what life looks like in Butler County ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026. Stories in this serie...
June 22, 2026 Special Sections
This article is one in a series of articles about what life looks like in Butler County ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026. Stories in this serie...
June 19, 2026 Special Sections
This article is one in a series of articles about what life looks like in Butler County ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026. Stories in this serie...
June 19, 2026 Special Sections
Pennsylvania Farm Bureau is the state’s largest farm organization with a volunteer membership of more than 30,000 farm and rural families, representing farms of every siz...
June 19, 2026 Special Sections
This article is one in a series of articles about what life looks like in Butler County ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026. Stories in this serie...
June 17, 2026 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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