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Knoch girls wrestling coach Logan Downes reinstated after firing during school board meeting
JEFFERSON TWP — Knoch’s girls wrestling coach was reinstated by the school board Wednesday, Jan. 14, after being fired due to alleged inappropriate contact with...
Icy patches possible Wednesday evening into Thursday
The National Weather Service of Pittsburgh anticipates icy conditions Wednesday evening, Jan, 14, into Thursday as temperatures will drop 10 degrees in about fo...
Apple TV show continues shooting in Butler
Actors and crew members were in Butler on Tuesday, Jan. 13, for the second time, putting in 12-to-14-hour days shooting a future Apple TV show about a homicide ...
Butler Vietnam vet honored before Steelers game
By all accounts, Doug Hays, 79, of Butler, is lucky to be alive. During his nine-month stint in Vietnam, he was wounded multiple times, enough to receive three...
DUI repeat offenders will face harsher punishments from new law
Bill adds ‘substance use disorder’ terminology
Knoch girls wrestling coach Logan Downes reinstated after firing during school b...
Knoch girls wrestling ...
Icy patches possible Wednesday evening into Thursday
Icy patches possible W...
Apple TV show continues shooting in Butler
Apple TV show continue...
Butler Vietnam vet honored before Steelers game
Butler Vietnam vet hon...
DUI repeat offenders will face harsher punishments from new law
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Top Headlines
Mars library offers children opportunity to practice reading with help of furred friend
The Mars Area Public Library is recruiting some unconventional help to give children an opportunity to practice reading. The library’s Paws to read with Wally program is ...
January 14, 2026 Local News
Center Township man accused of shooting at group of men, teens has 11 charges added
Gunshot could be heard in 911 call
January 14, 2026 Local News
New county GOP leader looks to boost turnout
As the new leader of the Butler County Republican Committee of Pennsylvania, Stacey Palmer wants to introduce a new motto for the local party: “Every year, twice a year.”...
January 14, 2026 Local News
Transit authority updates routes, Saturday schedule
Butler Transit Authority’s board of directors announced a set of changes to the authority’s bus routes and schedule set to go in effect on Feb. 9. Authority executive dir...
January 14, 2026 Local News
Mars school board hears proposal for girls field hockey program
ADAMS TWP — A wave of coaches, players and parents on Tuesday night flooded the Mars Area School District administration building to advocate for adding a new Pennsylvani...
January 13, 2026 Local News
The Latest
Federal officer shoots person in leg after being attacked during Minneapolis arrest, AP source says
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War powers resolution fails in Senate as 2 Republicans bow to Trump pressure
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Democrats say Trump administration is investigating them over video message to troops
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Trump signs a law returning whole milk to school lunches
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Top Tier Federal Credit Union awarding $1,000 scholarships
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Former Pitt star Aaron Donald will enter College Football HOF along with Mark Ingram, Ndamukong Suh
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News
1 person sent to hospital after Tuesday rollover crash on Route 422
A New Castle man was taken to Butler Memorial Hospital following a rollover crash Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 13, on Route 422 westbound in Butler Township. Butler Township ...
January 14, 2026 Local News
Railroad crossing repaired in Adams Township
The Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad has completed repairs to a crossing on a section of railroad it owns at Mars/Evans City Road in Adams Township. Repairs started around...
January 14, 2026 Local News
Butler Area School District receives grant for agricultural upgrades
Butler Area School District will make more investments into agricultural education thanks to a youth agriculture grant from the state. The Pennsylvania Department of Agri...
January 14, 2026 Local News
Roof damaged in Clinton Twp. chimney fire
CLINTON TWP — A quick response by firefighters helped keep most of the damage from a Tuesday morning, Jan. 13, chimney fire confined to the roof of a family home. Family ...
January 13, 2026 Local News
Chimney fire reported on Spring Valley Road
Area fire departments are reportedly responding to a chimney fire in the 200 block of Spring Valley Road in Clinton Township. The fire was reported around 10:30 a.m. Acco...
January 13, 2026 Local News
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Community
Butler Township man golfs every month for 50 years
Even snow, sleet and hail cannot stop Bill Uram from golfing. As long as there is one day ...
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Slippery Rock Area School District opens kindergarten registration
Slippery Rock Area School District has opened its kindergarten registration for the 2026-2...
January 14, 2026
Workshop tackles financial, operational hardships faced by nonprofits
A clinic in November at the RLA Learning and Conference Center in Cranberry Township aimed...
January 13, 2026
Massive cereal donation comes from 13-year-old’s letter
Cereal enough for 16,000 meals, Pittsburgh food bank says
January 12, 2026
Cancer patient urges people to donate blood in January
Vitalant blood supply in constant need of replenishment
January 12, 2026
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Sports
PIAA announces next 4 years of fall state championship sites, and Pittsburgh will host soccer finals
The PIAA soccer championships are heading west — far west. The state’s high school governi...
 
Coach Eric Kasperowicz leaving Mars football to take over North Hills after four playoff appearances with Planets
After four years and two WPIAL semifinal appearances, Mars head football coach Eric Kasper...
January 13, 2026
Larry Wendereusz resigns as Slippery Rock football coach after 10 seasons, two District 10 final appearances
In the wake of his 10th season as Slippery Rock High’s head football coach, Larry Wendereu...
January 13, 2026
Butler boys basketball’s struggles continue in loss to Fox Chapel despite 22 points from Stainton Forbes
BUTLER TWP — Opportunities lost — as in multiple. Such was the theme of Butler’s 53-51 WPI...
January 13, 2026
Knoch boys basketball continues run with emphatic victory over Freeport to extend streak to 11
JEFFERSON TWP — Joe Lafko tells his Knoch boys hoops team that, if the other team has 45 p...
January 13, 2026
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Editorial
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January 14, 2026 Cartoons
Commentary: Hamstringing the humanities will hinder scientific discovery
It seems we’ve decided the humanities have less to give the human race — or more modestly, this country’s future — than the sciences. This is a seriou...
January 14, 2026 Other Voices
Group effort essential to Butler’s prosperity
Butler Mayor Bob Dandoy is a man with a plan. The recently reelected mayor recently shared his proposal for using $15 million the city received from t...
January 14, 2026 Our Opinion
Changing seasons: From holiday to tax
It’s a new year and no sooner than resolutions are broken, tax season arrives. It will officially begin Jan. 26 when the Internal Revenue Service begi...
January 13, 2026 Our Opinion
Editorial Cartoon
January 13, 2026 Cartoons
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Business
2025 home sales stuck at 30-year low with prices high and mortgages onerous
The U.S. housing market slump dragged into its fourth year in 2025 as sales remained stuck at a 30-year low with rising home prices and elevated mortg...
January 14, 2026 Business
Bargain grocer Aldi seizes the moment in an era of higher prices
The discount grocery chain Aldi is expanding rapidly and plans to open more than 180 U.S. stores this year as more Americans skip nights out at restau...
January 14, 2026 Business
Inflation cooled slightly in December though it remains above Fed’s target
WASHINGTON — Inflation cooled a bit last month as prices for gas and used cars fell, a sign that stubbornly elevated cost pressures are slowly easing....
January 14, 2026 Business
Hospital and nurses fail to negotiate during second day of NYC’s largest nursing strike in decades
NEW YORK — Hospital officials and union leaders traded barbs Tuesday, but failed to return to the bargaining table on the second day of New York City’...
January 13, 2026 Business
The BBC seeks to dismiss Trump’s $10B defamation lawsuit in a Florida court
LONDON — The BBC plans to ask a court to throw out U.S. President Donald Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the British broadcaster, court papers sho...
January 13, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
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Weekend Entertainment
Mars hockey raising money for ALS with charity game
The Mars Hockey Club will host its annual ICE ALS charity game Feb. 2, in a game pitting the team against West Allegheny High School at Baierl Toyota Ice Complex, 103 Mar...
January 08, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
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Arts & Entertainment
Scott Adams, whose comic strip ‘Dilbert’ ridiculed white-collar office life, dies at 68
Scott Adams, whose popular comic strip “Dilbert” captured the frustration of beleaguered, white-collar cubicle workers and satirized the ridiculousness of modern offi...
January 13, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
Actor Timothy Busfield accused of child sex abuse in New Mexico
Authorities in New Mexico issued an arrest warrant Friday for director and Emmy Award-winning actor Timothy Busfield to face a child sex abuse charge. An investigator wit...
January 13, 2026 People
'Hamnet' and 'One Battle After Another' take top honors at Golden Globes
Paul Thomas Anderson’s ragtag revolutionary saga “One Battle After Another” took top honors at Sunday’s 83rd Golden Globes in the comedy category, while Chloé Zhao's Shak...
January 13, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
Paramount’s next target in hostile takeover bid of Warner Bros. is a board of its own making
NEW YORK — Paramount Skydance is taking another step in its hostile takeover bid of Warner Bros. Discovery, saying Monday that it will name its own slate of directors bef...
January 12, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ tops box office for fourth straight week with newcomer ‘Primate’ second
LOS ANGELES — “Avatar: Fire and Ash” kept on smoldering at the box office, taking the top spot for a fourth straight week on a relatively quiet weekend as the January dol...
January 12, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
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Special Sections
January 2026
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January 14, 2026 Special Sections
The best holiday gifts don’t always come in boxes
This holiday season, some shoppers are looking beyond traditional wrapped gifts — the kind that sometimes end up forgotten in the back of the closet — and choosing instea...
December 11, 2025 Special Sections
December 2025
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December 10, 2025 Special Sections
Holiday services across Butler county
The following is a list of church services to be held in Butler County and the surrounding area on or around the Christmas holiday. Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh Catholi...
December 04, 2025 Special Sections
Holiday trivia answers
1. 1971 2. Caspar, Melchior and Balthazar 3. Tiny Tim in “A Christmas Carol” 4. John Boy and Grandpa Walton 5. Jimmy Buffett 6. A Hula-Hoop 7. Paul Giamatti 8. New York C...
December 04, 2025 Special Sections
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Seeking Refuge
Ukrainians who fled homeland face 1st anniversary of invasion
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
Ukrainian families assimilating in Butler County as war rages on in homeland
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
Another family will join Ukrainians who fled to Cranberry Twp.
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
Efforts started to help Ukrainian families in Cranberry Twp.
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
2 young families flee war-torn Ukraine, staying in Cranberry
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
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Digital Divide
Obstacles abound as Pa. plans for surge of federal broadband funding
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
Biden administration announces more funding for rural broadband infrastructure
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
What’s next as Pa. prepares to spend $1.2B on broadband
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
Broadband authority seeks feedback on plans
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
FCC maps still under criticism from the Butler County residents, government officials
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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