EVANS CITY — Over the coming months, borough council is aiming to make additions to the borough code that address oversized vehicles, such as recreational vehic...
CRANBERRY TWP — Cranberry Township’s board of supervisors has voted unanimously to apply for a grant to fund a potential new traffic signal at the intersection ...
It’s a tricky one this year.
Of the Butler Eagle’s 32 Sweet 16 football all-stars on offense and defense last year, only three are back. That kind of turnover m...
BUTLER TWP — It’s three weeks until the PIAA high school football season.
Butler County teams unofficially kicked off the proceedings Thursday with the thi...
Girl suffers spinal injury in Monday night crash in Connoquenessing Township
Girl suffers spinal in...
Evans City looking to enact ordinance on parking of oversized vehicles
Evans City looking to ...
Cranberry seeks funding that could place traffic signal at Freedom, Rolling road...
Cranberry seeks fundin...
Butler Eagle Scoring Trophy watch list: Which of these players can win the title...
Butler Eagle Scoring T...
What we learned at Butler Eagle Football Media Day 2026: Butler’s expectations, ...
A Butler man was sentenced Thursday, Aug. 6, in Butler County Common Pleas Court to serve five years of probation after pleading guilty to possession of crack cocaine and...
CRANBERRY TWP — At the township’s meeting on Thursday, Aug. 6, the board of supervisors voted 4-0 to approve applications for several residential developments.
Board chai...
A Butler woman was ordered to pay $12,220 in restitution Thursday, Aug. 6, as part of her sentences for breaking into two Butler businesses twice in November 2024 and ste...
Dave Malarkey, the longtime WISR morning show host and legendary on-air personality that brought news to the radios of Butler residents for decades, died on Saturday, Aug...
NEW YORK — In the past year, the U.S. has seen a jump in frequent marijuana users going to the hospital with a nausea and vomiting condition, according to a report releas...
A man was taken to the hospital with a head injury following a single-vehicle crash Wednesday, Aug. 5, in Slippery Rock Township, according to Butler County Emergency Ser...
A Butler County judge is considering the county’s appeal of a state Office of Open Records determination ordering the county to release inmates names to a faith-based Mer...
JEFFERSON TWP — Knoch School District is seeking hundreds of thousands of dollars in grant money to help with repairs in and around the intermediate elementary school.
K...
CONNOQUENESSING TWP — With the open comment period for a proposed $9.15 million Act 537 sewer plan set to end Saturday, residents are down to their last days to give feed...
A nearly-90-year-old herald of the Atomic Age is on its way to Butler County.
While there is no solid timeline for the move yet, the world’s first Van...
I recently joined the board of my Manhattan co-op and I love it. One of my duties is reviewing applications for apartments, which — as both a prospect...
Center Township supervisors are taking a welcome proactive stance on the growing emergency medical services worker shortage by considering hiring a fu...
NEW YORK — Jalapeño peppers linked to a multistate salmonella outbreak have been traced back to a grower in Sinaloa, Mexico, federal officials say.
A...
LAS VEGAS — Airline passengers know to expect possible flight delays when weather forecasts call for thunderstorms, heavy snow or strong wind. The ome...
CHICAGO — Video game giant Electronic Arts officially has new owners.
The California-based maker of popular titles like “Battlefield” and “The Sims” ...
As the grocery scene in Cranberry Township continues to evolve with new competition coming soon, an established grocer has and is in the process of tr...
A new cash award intended for local 4-H and National FFA Organization, formerly Future Farmers of America, members pursuing a career in farming or an ...
Friendship Presbyterian Church’s Second Saturday Concert will take place at 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 8, at the church’s community center, 866 New Castle Road, Slippery Rock....
Sydney Towle, a social media content creator who projected enduring optimism as she chronicled her life with a rare form of cancer, has died, according to her family. She...
“House of the Dragon” creator George R.R. Martin has been struggling with depression.
The fantasy writer whose “A Song of Fire and Ice” series inspired HBO’s “Game of Thr...
BAYREUTH, Germany — Richard Wagner likely would have appreciated the cutting-edge technology, if not the reaction.
Scenery selected by artificial intelligence sparked boo...
NEW YORK — It’s been six months since Nancy Guthrie, mother of “Today” show anchor Savannah Guthrie, was last seen alive, and her family is still desperate for answers.
“...
The return of “Ted Lasso” and Billie Eilish's immersive concert film are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
Also among the st...
The Butler Farm Show office is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday and from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday.
All gates open at 8:30 a.m.
DAILY ADMISS...
Live music is a staple at the Butler Farm Show. This year, several bands return to the stage for the first time in years, while two bands return from last year.
All of t...
Almost every morning before school, Nolan, Dylan and their mother, Misty, Thurber head down the lane of their Fenelton family farm and, before they hit Route 422, they tu...
One of the most exciting events at the Butler Farm Show is the annual cheese auction, which takes place Wednesday, Aug. 12, at 8 p.m.
The cheese auction is not only spec...
In 1947, a plowing contest was held on the Jack Roe property in Meridian.
This was the birth of an idea to get the city folk, business owners and farmers together to bett...
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...
