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12th District special election: Unofficial results show Dukes likely winner over Timko
Dukes leads by 88 votes; 73 provisional ballots outstanding Brandon Dukes, the Democratic candidate, appears to have won the special election for Pennsylvania’s...
12th House District election recount possible, voters can request it themselves
While the Butler County Bureau of Elections is assessing whether a recount will be required by the narrow margin of votes in the 12th House District special ele...
Mars Area teachers to return to class as usual while contract deadlock continues
Strike cannot be initiated until fact-finding process is over
Knoch football 2026 preview: What to watch, 3 things to know and schedule
TJ Wiley’s first season as Knoch’s head coach was, in his own words, “a recipe for disaster from the start.” The Knights suffered through a 0-10 campaign last f...
12th District special election: Unofficial results show Dukes likely winner over...
12th District special ...
When will the 12th House District special election results be final?
When will the 12th Hou...
12th House District election recount possible, voters can request it themselves
12th House District el...
Mars Area teachers to return to class as usual while contract deadlock continues
Mars Area teachers to ...
Knoch football 2026 preview: What to watch, 3 things to know and schedule
Knoch football 2026 pr...
Top Headlines
A Jefferson County man is accused of attempting to assault a man with a chain saw Monday, Aug. 17, in Butler. Butler police charged Alan Richard Berkey, 37, Tuesday, Aug....
August 18, 2026 Local News
A Butler man had his neck cut after allegedly entering an apartment and physically attacking two people. Daniel G. Watters, 61, of Butler, is facing charges of felony cri...
August 18, 2026 Crime & Courts
The Butler County Prison Board on Tuesday renewed an inmate addiction treatment contract with the Ellen O’Brien Gaiser Center and is planning to negotiate an extension of...
August 19, 2026 Local News
Kiosks and new meters were installed in parking lots along Main, Diamond and North streets Tuesday, Aug. 19. The kiosks offer credit card or cash payment. Meters will sti...
August 19, 2026 Local News
SAXONBURG — Borough council is looking into the possibility of putting together a noise ordinance, something the municipality does not currently have. According to Steven...
August 19, 2026 Local News
News
Butler Cultural District, a project of Butler Rotary Club PM, is set to reveal a community mosaic for the exterior wall of The Penn Theater created during the Steeples & ...
August 19, 2026 Local News
The following are first place winners from the Butler Farm Show, which ended Saturday, Aug. 15. Youth Vegetables Green Snap Beans, Wyatt Carson, Chicora Yellow Snap Beans...
August 19, 2026 Special Sections
A man is accused of breaking into a Butler car wash and causing thousands of dollars in damage in late July. Aidan A. Hardisty, 34, was charged with a felony count of bur...
August 18, 2026 Local News
SLIPPERY ROCK — After weeks of consideration and hearing from dozens of residents, borough council decided to reject an agreement that would have let borough police assis...
August 18, 2026 Local News
A Knoch School District student was reportedly taken into custody after carrying a gun onto school property. The district was notified Tuesday, Aug. 18, that a member o...
August 18, 2026 Local News
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Community
Area photographers regularly photograph high school seniors
Today's Verse
Today in History
 
SonRise Community Church in Buffalo Township will have an International Overdose Awareness...
August 18, 2026
Join a Moraine State Park naturalist to learn about the owls that prowl the night woods in...
August 18, 2026
Numerous dogs took part in the 2008 dog show for Concordia Lutheran Ministries, but it was...
August 18, 2026
Former teacher concerned about future of class at school
August 18, 2026
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Sports
First-year head coach Zachary Benedek is bringing a new energy to the Mars Fightin' Planet...
 
As much as he may like to, Knoch quarterback Max Wiley knows he can't have a re-do on the ...
August 19, 2026
BUTLER TWP — Nobody’s job is safe. Taking over for a Mars football program that had establ...
August 19, 2026
Here’s what to know about the No. 18 Penn State Nittany Lions this season: Expectations fo...
August 19, 2026
Four Seneca Valley golfers came in under 40 as the Raiders topped Beaver 185-225 at Cranbe...
August 18, 2026
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Editorial
August 19, 2026 Cartoons
Seneca Valley School District should be applauded for entering into a partnership with the Jed Foundation to strengthen the district’s existing mental...
August 19, 2026 Our Opinion
Recent reporting says Russian leader Vladimir Putin is considering testing the resolve and combat responses of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ...
August 19, 2026 Other Voices
CRANBERRY TWP — At 8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 18, voters in the 12th House District of Pennsylvania will have chosen their next state representative — for a...
August 18, 2026 Editorial
August 18, 2026 Cartoons
Business
Grocery chain Meijer plans to close on the property for its planned location at Jackson Pointe Commerce Park off Route 19 in Jackson Township this Thu...
August 18, 2026 Business
Grove City College raised a record-breaking $75 million over the last year. The funding allows increased financial aid and improves funding for the st...
August 18, 2026 Business
Independence Health System is expanding access to orthopedic and spine care across two of its hospitals. According to the health system, it has added ...
August 18, 2026 Business
WOBURN, Mass. — At a Massachusetts lab, pebble-sized pellets are transformed into forks and films that won't leave persistent microplastics in the env...
August 18, 2026 Business
Of the thousands of lawsuits Meta faces over child safety on its platforms, none may be more consequential than one going to trial this week in Calif...
August 17, 2026 Business
Weekend Entertainment
There will be more than 100 raffle baskets up for grabs Sunday, Aug. 16, at the Sts. Francis and Clare Parish picnic at St. Wendelin, but the winners of the grand prizes ...
August 12, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
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Arts & Entertainment
The new sensation among some Chinese moviegoers is an animated film whose characters appear to have been created with rudimentary 3D animation and have been described as ...
August 18, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — Frank Beard, the drummer for the Texas boogie-rock trio ZZ Top who kept the tempo for the band’s biggest hits like “Sharp Dressed Man,” “Legs” and “Gimme All Y...
August 18, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Adam Driver will make a long-anticipated entrance into the Marvel Cinematic Universe to play super villain Mister Sinister, and “Obsession” breakout sta...
August 18, 2026 People
The final season of “Outer Banks” and a new album from Anthony Hopkins (yes, Sir Anthony Hopkins) are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a devic...
August 17, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
At the end of Hayden Panettiere’s memoir, which she published in May, she wrote about learning the principle of “radical acceptance” in her years of treatment programs fo...
August 17, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
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Special Sections
One of the toughest things to go through as an adult is helping your parents as they get older. Life is finite, and both you and your parents might be reluctant to talk ...
August 19, 2026 Special Sections
People who know they need an attorney don’t always know what kind of attorney they need. The Butler County Bar Association doesn’t provide legal advice, but its legal ref...
August 19, 2026 Special Sections
A Cranberry Township grandfather was browsing through Walmart late last fall when he spotted a bin filled with 24-count boxes of Crayola crayons priced at 25 cents each. ...
August 12, 2026 Special Sections
Starting days for the 2026-2027 school year
August 12, 2026 Special Sections
Across Pennsylvania, momentum is gaining to restrict K-12 students’ cellphone use during the instructional day. Each side of the General Assembly recently passed legislat...
August 12, 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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