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Butler City Farmers’ Market returns with revamped facility
Vendors and visitors take note of improvements
WPIAL baseball: Butler soaking in every moment ahead of massive Class 6A title clash vs North Allegheny
Even 25 hours before first pitch of its biggest game in recent memory, Butler’s baseball team carried on with a certain measure of mindfulness. The top-seeded G...
Seneca Valley softball gets one more go at defending champ Hempfield in WPIAL final
Hempfield’s softball team has become accustomed to overwhelming its opponents. Thirteen of the Spartans’ 20 victories this season have come via the mercy ru...
2 reported dead following Forward Twp fire
A fire Monday evening in Forward Township claimed the lives of two individuals, according to a news release from Pennsylvania State Police. According to the rel...
Police: Cranberry Township motorcyclist found dead along I-79 was discovered by ...
Police: Cranberry Town...
Butler City Farmers’ Market returns with revamped facility
Butler City Farmers’ M...
WPIAL baseball: Butler soaking in every moment ahead of massive Class 6A title c...
WPIAL baseball: Butler...
Seneca Valley softball gets one more go at defending champ Hempfield in WPIAL fi...
Seneca Valley softball...
2 reported dead following Forward Twp fire
2 reported dead follow...
Top Headlines
JACKSON TWP — Earlier this month, Seneca Valley School District’s board heard two public comments expressing concerns about the district’s spending trajectory. At the boa...
May 27, 2026 Education
A Slippery Rock man has been charged with imprisoning a woman in his apartment, assaulting her and raping her over the weekend. Brandon R. Brenner, 34, is facing a felony...
May 26, 2026 Local News
A Slippery Rock woman is charged with theft after reportedly stealing a vehicle, leading police on a short chase and stealing more than $300 “so she could play casino gam...
May 26, 2026 Local News
A Butler man was Tased twice while being arrested following an incident on Memorial Day, May 25, in Butler, according to state police. Mario James Longo, 35, was charged...
May 27, 2026 Local News
Two Pittsburgh men reportedly used a U-Haul to steal tools and pellet guns from Tractor Supply in Cranberry Township, police said. David James Bilicic, 48, and Paul Ross...
May 26, 2026 Local News
News
The following items have been collected from various police departments and district courts: Adams Twp May 7 — Austin John Langell, 33, of Gibsonia, was charged with thre...
May 27, 2026 Local News
State Sen. Elder Vogel, R-47th, will host a Butler County Senior Expo from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 5 at Discovery Church, 170 Scharberry Lane, Adams Township. Representati...
May 26, 2026 Local News
Update: The incident was terminated just before 1 p.m. Emergency crews are responding to a two-vehicle crash Tuesday afternoon, May 26, on Main Street in Butler, accordi...
May 26, 2026 Local News
Pennsylvania American Water began monthly water quality sampling by boat this week on the Lake Oneida and Thorn Run reservoirs. The water utility said this is to help ens...
May 26, 2026 Local News
American Legion Post 548 honored the nation’s fallen heroes Monday with a Memorial Day ceremony in Richland Township, Allegheny County. Robert Haffly, post senior vice co...
May 26, 2026 Local News
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Community
The 2009 class of Leadership Butler County wanted to help in case of an emergency. Each cl...
Today's Verse
Today in History
 
Alyssa Patterson is a young chef on a mission
May 26, 2026
Senior centers at Butler, Chicora, Cranberry Township, Evans City, Slippery Rock, Mount Ch...
May 22, 2026
Nine students to compete in New Jersey at northeast trivia tournament
May 22, 2026
ADAMS TWP — Artwork from kindergartners at Mars Area Primary Center aims to commemorate th...
May 22, 2026
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Sports
An old classic is back in a new way. Mars Baseball Association introduced a twist on t...
 
PITTSBURGH — Esmerlyn Valdez hit a two-run home run to cap a five-run first inning Tuesday...
May 26, 2026
PITTSBURGH — Evgeni Malkin is going to get a chance to finish what he started in Pittsburg...
May 26, 2026
Moniteau’s softball season ended with a 7-3 loss to Keystone in a District 9 Class 2A cons...
May 25, 2026
DUBOIS — Opposing teams found it difficult to keep up with Karns City softball’s bats this...
May 25, 2026
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Editorial
May 26, 2026 Cartoons
Summit Township officials are to be commended for taking a proactive approach to the possibility of data centers coming to the township in the future....
May 26, 2026 Our Opinion
Lenore Skenazy has spent the past 15 years shining a light on examples across the country of overzealous bureaucrats and law enforcement officials att...
May 26, 2026 Other Voices
May 23, 2026 Cartoons
Good company, good food and a long weekend traditionally mark the unofficial start of summer in the United States. As we collectively wait for the bur...
May 23, 2026 Our Opinion
Business
Local steel manufacturer Cleveland-Cliffs was named 2025 GM Supplier of the Year by General Motors. Cleveland-Cliffs was the only North American steel...
May 26, 2026 Business
NEW YORK — The U.S. stock market rose to records Tuesday as it caught up with climbs for others around the world from the day before, when President D...
May 26, 2026 Business
BP has ousted its chairman over what it called serious concerns related to “important governance standards, oversight and conduct.” The departure was...
May 26, 2026 Business
In Granbury, Texas, city council meetings begin with a prayer. But at a session back in January, one local invoked the Almighty in a way that would ha...
May 25, 2026 Business
Walmart Inc. warned rising fuel costs are squeezing the company’s bottom line and could lead to higher prices for shoppers. The world’s largest retail...
May 25, 2026 Business
Weekend Entertainment
There will be a bingo fundraiser event to support Felicia Caldwell, who recently suffered the death of her husband, Donnie. Doors open for the event at noon Saturday, May...
May 20, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
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Arts & Entertainment
From the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York to … community access TV in Michigan? One night after Stephen Colbert recorded his final episode of “The Late Show” on CBS, he ma...
May 26, 2026 People
Paul McCartney reflecting on the “Days We Left Behind” with his 18th studio album and John Travolta writing, directing and narrating an ode to the glamorous days of 1960s...
May 25, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
After nearly seven years away from the big screen, a new Star Wars movie drew healthy but not record-breaking crowds to global theaters this weekend. According to studio ...
May 25, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
Boots Riley holds nothing back in his audacious, surrealist social satire “I Love Boosters.” The film is a go-for-broke expression of wild imagination and social cons...
May 23, 2026 Reviews
It’s been nearly seven years since there was a new “Star Wars” movie released in theaters and there are lots of ways to do it. “Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu,” a d...
May 23, 2026 Reviews
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Special Sections
For five months a year, a small patch of Butler County comes alive with the sound of revving engines and thousands of screaming fans. That patch is Lernerville Speedway, ...
May 27, 2026 Special Sections
Each course in Butler County seems to offer at least one green that can keep golfers up at night. We polled five courses in the area for the trickiest, toughest greens th...
May 24, 2026 Sports
A portion of Main Street in Saxonburg between Pittsburgh and Rebecca streets will close to vehicle traffic on the third Thursday of the month from May through September f...
May 21, 2026 Special Sections
If a customer at the Butler City Farmers’ Market is looking for a specific item, Mayor Bob Dandoy said the following Saturday, vendors will often work to ensure they have...
May 20, 2026 Special Sections
Not every hole needs to be a challenge. Some can remind you of why you love — or maybe just tolerate, if it’s that kind of day — the game. And par-3s on a golf course are...
May 17, 2026 Sports
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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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