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Man charged with placing dead body in trash can after overdose
Business owner claims his trash can was used A Butler man is facing charges after police said he placed his roommate in a trash can after he died from an appare...
Harrisburg leaders miss budget deadline for 5th consecutive year
(The Center Square) — For the fifth year in a row, state leaders have failed to meet the June 30 deadline for finishing an annual budget — a situation that will...
Butler County man killed after boat capsized in Lake Erie, coroner says
A Butler County man was pronounced dead after a boat capsized in Lake Erie Tuesday morning. David Rodgers, 63, of Chicora, was pronounced dead at UPMC Hamot hos...
Butler Family Medicine Residency charts the future for Butler healthcare
Butler Family Medicine Residency’s ribbon-cutting went beyond welcoming guests to the updated East Jefferson Street facility, it also opened its doors to the fu...
First major heat wave of summer hits, will last all week
Thunderstorms possible for America’s 250th
Man charged with placing dead body in trash can after overdose
Man charged with placi...
Harrisburg leaders miss budget deadline for 5th consecutive year
Harrisburg leaders mis...
Butler County man killed after boat capsized in Lake Erie, coroner says
Butler County man kill...
Butler Family Medicine Residency charts the future for Butler healthcare
Butler Family Medicine...
First major heat wave of summer hits, will last all week
First major heat wave ...
Top Headlines
The attorney representing a Butler Township man charged with homicide in the November death of a two-month-old baby is seeking documents containing communications between...
June 30, 2026 Local News
This article is one in a series of articles about what life looks like in Butler County ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026. Stories in this serie...
June 12, 2026 Special Sections
A Butler man was sentenced in federal court to three years probation and ordered to pay over $711,000 to the IRS after being convicted of failing to pay employment taxes ...
June 30, 2026 Local News
U.S. Sens. Dave McCormick and John Fetterman said they will join a coalition of state organizations to ensure the state has a presence at the Great American State Fair on...
June 30, 2026 Local News
PennDOT announced in a June 29 news release that New Castle Road in Zelienople will be closed from 7 a.m. July 9 to 6:30 p.m. July 13, at the railroad crossing located be...
June 29, 2026 Local News
News
All state Department of Transportation driver license and photo centers will be closed Saturday, July 4, in observance of Independence Day. Driver and vehicle services, ...
June 30, 2026 Local News
The Rotary Club of Zelienople has received a Rotary District 7280 matching grant to help pay for 28 street banners on the borough’s Main Street. The club qualified for t...
June 30, 2026 Local News
The Pennsylvania Lottery said one of two winning Powerball power play tickets from the Saturday, June 27, drawing was sold in Butler County. A $100,000 winning ticket wa...
June 30, 2026 Local News
SLIPPERY ROCK TWP — Despite a short delay with opening due to some necessary repairs, the pool at Armco Park is open to swimmers. Armco Park’s pool opened June 16, 17 day...
June 30, 2026 Local News
As America celebrates its 250th anniversary, residents work to keep the stories of their towns — some more than 200 years old — alive through a patchwork of local histori...
June 30, 2026 Local News
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Community
Bouncing signals off the ionosphere, ham radio club converses worldwide
Today's Verse
Today in History
 
Hunter Speer, 7, of the Fisher Dairy Farm at Portersville, readies his cow Friday, July 1...
June 30, 2026
Rosy Selby, née Clarke, sometimes returns to Butler from Barbados
June 29, 2026
The Grove City Area Historical Society & Museum continues its celebration of America’s 250...
June 29, 2026
The streets of Butler were choked with cars of all descriptions — classic cars, experiment...
June 28, 2026
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Sports
The girls lacrosse scene in Butler County this spring featured prolific goal scorers, play...
 
June 30, 2026
Emersyn Jones could have a bad game and nobody would be the wiser. “She doesn’t let anythi...
June 29, 2026
BUFFALO TWP — Devin Moran is nicknamed “The Mailman,” and he certainly delivered Saturday ...
June 28, 2026
We hadn’t trolled more than a hundred yards when my light spinning rod bent into a bow. In...
June 28, 2026
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Editorial
June 30, 2026 Cartoons
Fourth of July celebrations take many forms, but one thing most have in common is taking place outside. This year, that could require some extra cauti...
June 30, 2026 Our Opinion
The First Amendment needs all the help it can get these days. Some progressives want restrictions on “hate speech,” while Democrats weren’t shy about...
June 30, 2026 Other Voices
June 29, 2026 Cartoons
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is working around a bird that has taken up residence in one of the bridges it is working on in Armstrong...
June 29, 2026 Our Opinion
Business
NICOSIA, Cyprus — Natural gas could start flowing by 2033 out of two undersea deposits discovered by ExxonMobil off Cyprus, a senior executive with th...
June 30, 2026 Business
WASHINGTON — U.S. job openings stayed at a surprisingly strong 7.6 million in May as the American labor market remains resilient in the face of the ec...
June 30, 2026 Business
WASHINGTON — Americans’ attitudes toward the economy improved slightly this month as gas prices declined, but their outlook is still mostly negative b...
June 30, 2026 Business
NEW YORK — Communications giant Comcast is planning to split itself into two: one media-centered business that would include brands like NBCUniversal ...
June 29, 2026 Business
ROME — More than 10,000 Vespas putt-putt-putted around the Colosseum and past the Roman Forum on Saturday, marking the 80th anniversary of the iconic ...
June 28, 2026 Business
Weekend Entertainment
In honor of America’s 250th anniversary, Experience Butler County will celebrate its history and heritage through Butler County History Week from Sunday, June 28, through...
June 24, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
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Arts & Entertainment
LONDON — Penelope Keith, a comic performer who shone as flinty but loveable upper-crust characters in British sitcoms “The Good Life” and “To the Manor Born,” has died ag...
June 29, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
WASHINGTON — The Chicago rapper known as Twista has pleaded guilty to five counts of willfully failing to pay his income taxes and faces up to five years in prison. The I...
June 29, 2026 People
LOS ANGELES — After watching a 20-minute tribute celebrating her groundbreaking career, Lauryn Hill surprised the BET Awards audience Sunday with an impromptu performance...
June 29, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — In a setback for Warner Bros.’ revamped DC movie operations, “Supergirl” was absolutely no match for “Toy Story 5” at the box office, opening a distant second ...
June 29, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
Last year’s “Superman” ended with Iggy Pop singing “Because I’m a punk rocker, yes I am” — an ironic coda for a superlatively square hero. But it rings straightforwardly ...
June 27, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
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Special Sections
This list is one in a series showing a snapshot of what life looks like in Butler County ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026. Butler County Seni...
June 30, 2026 Special Sections
This list is one in a series showing a snapshot of what life looks like in Butler County ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026. Pennsylvania S...
June 30, 2026 Special Sections
This article is one in a series of articles about what life looks like in Butler County ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026. Stories in this serie...
June 26, 2026 Special Sections
This list is one in a series showing a snapshot of what life looks like in Butler County ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026. CITY BUTLER ...
June 26, 2026 Special Sections
This article is one in a series of articles about what life looks like in Butler County ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026. Stories in this serie...
June 24, 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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