Scott Timko, the Republican challenger, is the apparent winner in the race for Pennsylvania’s 12th state House District, Tuesday, Nov. 3, flipping the seat back...
Despite what now looks to be a blue wave in both halves of Congress, Mike Kelly, R-16th, appears to have won a ninth consecutive term in the U.S. House of Repre...
One man was killed in a two-vehicle crash Tuesday, Nov. 3, at the intersection of Brownsdale and Powell roads in Penn Township.
Emergency responders were called...
Follow 2026 midterm election results live in Butler County
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Adams Township, Mars residents vote overwhelmingly in favor of merger
Adams Township, Mars r...
Timko takes the 12th District in rematch against Dukes: unofficial results
Timko takes the 12th D...
Kelly reelected over Wagner in fight for the 16th District: unofficial results
Rep. Marci Mustello, R-11th, will serve another term in the Pennsylvania state House of Representatives following a midterm general election race in which she ran against...
Tim Bonner, R-17th, will serve another term in the Pennsylvania state House of Representatives following a general election race in which he ran unopposed.
Bonner, who w...
Republican Stacy Garrity, the state’s treasurer, spoke to supporters gathered for a results watch party at a golf course in Wyoming County at 8:50 p.m. — nearly an hour a...
BUTLER TWP — Pancakes have been a key part of Election Day in Butler County for the last 67 years. Today was no different, as the community came out to the social hall at...
MARS — Mars Area Public Library was a hotbed of activity Tuesday morning, Nov. 3, when the space became a voting precinct for the midterm elections.
The library itself w...
Incumbent Republican candidate Aaron Bernstine will return to Harrisburg to represent Pennsylvania’s 8th state House District for the next two years.
Bernstine won the di...
A man is facing charges after the floor of the hotel where he was staying was evacuated early Tuesday morning because of a strong odor from a gas can he had in his room.
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Regular voting in the Tuesday, Nov. 3, midterm election has resumed in Adams Township Precinct 3 after a ballot scanner had a jam, a situation the Butler County Bureau of...
CALLERY — Borough council has adopted a 1.75-mill fire tax, which will take effect at the start of the 2027 fiscal year, to provide much-needed funding to the Callery Vol...
JACKSON TWP — Seneca Valley School District’s director of student services was selected to be a fellow with the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning ...
American politics has become a test of allegiance. Candidates are expected to defend their party’s nominee, voters are urged to treat every election a...
About 80% of students in Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education schools return for their second year. The remaining 20% are now the much-needed...
It’s been just over a year since the One Big Beautiful Bill Act became law. Its passing changed federal eligibility guidelines for the Supplemental Nu...
New offerings include rolled ice cream, dirty sodas
On Halloween, trick-or-treat candy will not be the only sweet thing available in Butler.
The Sweet...
Keystone Appalachian Transmission Company, FirstEnergy’s transmission subsidiary, will test advanced technologies in Butler County that could make the...
A new consulting company has opened in Zelienople, aimed at helping college-bound students and families navigate the college admissions and selection ...
Fort Worth, Texas-based natural gas and natural gas liquids exploration and production company Range Resources has entered into a merger agreement wit...
Eligible retirees in the Pennsylvania Public School Employees’ Retirement System are due to receive new regular monthly pension payments in October re...
The Appleby Manor Presbyterian Church, 810 Main St. in Ford City, is having its 35th annual model train display in November.
The display will be open from 4 to 6 p.m. Nov...
NEW YORK — Tony Butala, co-founder of the Grammy-nominated trio The Lettermen, whose lush vocal harmonies made them one of the most popular vocal groups of the 1960s, die...
HALF MOON BAY, Calif. — When fall arrives and leaves start changing color, Mike Valladao, a systems engineer at a cybersecurity company, slips into his alter ego, “Farmer...
NEW YORK — Actor Margaret Qualley and Grammy winner Jack Antonoff have filed for divorce after three years of marriage, according to court records.
The case was filed Fr...
The North American box office took a bit of a hit this weekend with the Halloween holiday drawing audiences away from theaters on Saturday. Ticket sales were led by the E...
Thirty-four days before the disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes was due in federal prison to serve an 11-year sentence for conspiracy and fraud, she and her partn...
LOS ANGELES — Strapped into a harness, Josh Law was lowered from a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter into the rough Pacific Ocean in the pitch black night, far off the Mexican ...
A longtime Western Pennsylvania firefighter who died in 2022 at the age of 49 left behind memories for his colleagues and a lasting legacy as a fire instructor.
Jimmy...
Matt Boehm can pinpoint when his interest to start the Model Train Club of Zelienople began. A little more than five years ago, his sister, Sandy, gave him their father’s...
Thomas Burnatoski lost his life in the line of duty as an EMT in 1983, but he will always be remembered by those who knew him as a hard worker and a gentle giant.
Burnato...
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...
