WINFIELD TWP — A group of Cub Scouts from Saxonburg’s Pack 51 spent their Earth Day planting dozens of trees at Winfield Township’s Community Park.
“It’s a good...
BUTLER TWP — When firefighters climbed a burning home and rescued Bryonna Spurk, 16, from her second-story bedroom on April 8, they were given directions by dis...
KARNS CITY — After every game, Karns City senior baseball player Joey O’Donnell called his grandfather to tell him how it went.
O’Donnell pitched a one-hitter a...
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation added a specialized webpage to its 511 traveler information website to provide real-time travel information during...
Saxonburg Cub Scouts plant trees at Winfield park for Earth Day
Saxonburg Cub Scouts p...
Butler man makes special proposal after cancer recovery
Butler man makes speci...
Training, public safety background helped Butler dispatchers make house fire res...
Training, public safet...
Hours after losing his grandfather, Karns City’s Joey O’Donnell threw a one-hit ...
Hours after losing his...
PennDOT releases specialized traffic website for NFL draft
A 2018 graduate of Karns City Area Jr./Sr. High School finished in the top 12% of runners in this year’s Boston Marathon on Monday, April 20. A Jackson Township man also ...
A Butler couple is accused of burglarizing an Evans City home.
Nathan David Leasher, 39, and Beth Ann Leasher, 44, were charged Wednesday, April 22, by Evans City police...
An Allegheny Township official has been reelected to serve as vice president of the Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors, the organization announced Tue...
Virginia voters on Tuesday approved a constitutional amendment authorizing a Democratic redistricting plan that could help the party win several additional House seats in...
Mars High School’s Fightin’ Planet is making a deep run in the 2026 National High School Mascot brackets.
The No. 14-seeded Fightin’ Planet are seeking votes to beat the...
PITTSBURGH — The runway up to the NFL draft can feel endless for the young men who put themselves under its exacting process. Years of hard work followed by weeks of bein...
The Butler County prison board Tuesday approved an amendment to the inmate phone system contract reflecting federally mandated lower rates for inmates and a lower commiss...
A U.S. district judge in Pittsburgh separated a class-action lawsuit against Summit Academy into seven different suits for individual plaintiffs Wednesday, April 15, and ...
SLIPPERY ROCK — Nearly a year after entering into an agreement of sale for the grass lot at 100 S. Main St., both the borough and the new prospective owner are ready to c...
Jimmy Carter was president, the country was still riding the wave of the U.S. men’s hockey team’s “Miracle on Ice,” the original Pac-Man was gearing u...
April 24 is Arbor Day, when Americans will gather to plant trees on city streets, in parks and within other open spaces. But this year, as wildfires, ...
Hats off to Miss Butler County Annie Rieg for using her public appearances to push for more organ and tissue donations.
At a recent appearance at Butl...
President Donald Trump on Tuesday suggested that the federal government could help keep a struggling Spirit Airlines afloat, while also encouraging a ...
WASHINGTON — As the United States was preparing a daring mission to rescue an airman whose fighter jet was shot down by Iran, there was money to be ma...
The satirical news outlet The Onion is back with a new plan to take over the Infowars platforms of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones as his company faces...
Apple CEO Tim Cook is stepping down from the job that he inherited from the late Steve Jobs, ending a 15-year reign that saw the company’s market valu...
The semiannual Paw Print Basket Bingo fundraiser, hosted by Operation Spay Neuter, will take place April 25 at Highfield Hall, 229 Highfield Road, Butler Township.
Doors ...
NEW YORK — Dave Mason — the co-founder of the psychedelic British band Traffic, songwriter behind classic rock hits “Feelin’ Alright” and “Hole in My Shoe,” and Rock & Ro...
Harry Styles and Zoë Kravitz are sparking engagement rumors, with the actress-director spotted multiple times rocking a massive diamond on her left ring finger.
The pop s...
NEW YORK — Alan Osmond, the eldest member of the chart-topping family act The Osmonds, died Monday after decades with multiple sclerosis. He was 76.
According to a family...
Actor Patrick Muldoon, known for a host of series and films from “Melrose Place” and “Days of Our Lives,” to “Starship Troopers,” died Sunday.
He was 57.
Muldoon’s manage...
Cher, who once said she longed to be a grandmother, has reportedly gotten her wish after learning last year that her troubled son, Elijah Blue Allman, secretly became a f...
While spring marks the return of warmer weather in Western Pennsylvania, it also brings back the unmistakable sights and sounds of roadwork — including fresh surface tre...
While the weather is becoming milder as Butler County enters spring, winter can leave a lasting impact on vehicles.
Nate Miller, owner of Randy and Bob’s Auto Body, said ...
Butler County has an unusually high number of golf courses.
That’s a good thing, said Experience Butler County president Amy Pack. There is something for all kinds of gol...
Vendors and exhibitors scheduled to appear at this year’s Butler County Home Show include:
Agway Water Treatment of Western PA
Alex Restoration & Masonry Repairs
ARK Base...
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...
