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Westinghouse Cranberry HQ to receive historic atom smasher
A piece of Western Pennsylvania’s industrial history is coming to Cranberry Township to stay. A Westinghouse spokesperson said the company plans to disassemble ...
Freeport grad, SRU safety Ben Lane has hulked out, is primed for possible All-PSAC year
He’s big, green and you won’t like it when he’s angry. He’s not the Incredible Hulk. He’s Ben Lane, ex-Freeport football standout and current Slippery Rock Univ...
Historical societies continue celebrating Butler’s heritage
America’s 250th birthday, which garnered the recognition of communities and organizations nationwide, included displays and exhibits locally that took residents...
Seneca Valley board approves grant applications for submission
District seeks state and federal funds to support operations.
SEBCO Pool renovation proceeding on schedule, expected to open for next summer
SEBCO Pool renovation ...
Westinghouse Cranberry HQ to receive historic atom smasher
Westinghouse Cranberry...
Freeport grad, SRU safety Ben Lane has hulked out, is primed for possible All-PS...
Freeport grad, SRU saf...
Historical societies continue celebrating Butler’s heritage
Historical societies c...
Seneca Valley board approves grant applications for submission
Seneca Valley board ap...
Top Headlines
A Slippery Rock man is facing charges after police say he stole 25 Tonka trucks, a golf pump, a Sunoco sign and a scale and sold them to a scrapyard. Justin William Ealy,...
August 04, 2026
Dick Road closed to traffic
August 03, 2026 Local News
Council sets trick or treat hours
August 04, 2026 Local News
CRANBERRY TWP — At its Thursday, July 30, agenda preparation meeting, the board of supervisors held public hearings on two proposed residential developments: Henry Farm a...
August 04, 2026 Local News
(The Center Square) — The state Supreme Court denied the Allegheny County district attorney's request to extend a stay on a ruling that declared unconstitutional language...
August 04, 2026 Pennsylvania News
News
A Butler man had his charge dismissed Monday, Aug. 3, after being accused of assaulting a woman who allegedly faked a drug overdose to get away from him, according to pol...
August 03, 2026 Local News
A New York woman charged with prostitution in Cranberry Township did not attend her preliminary hearing last week because authorities believe she is in U.S. Immigration a...
August 03, 2026 Local News
The Buffalo Township Police Department is hosting a public discussion Aug. 15 with the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office. The event will provide an opportunity to t...
August 03, 2026 Local News
Initial steps taken over a year ago to consider making a recreation engagement center a reality for Cranberry Township will face a crucial test Thursday, Aug. 6 when supe...
August 03, 2026 Local News
Weather interrupts annual two-day festival
August 02, 2026 Local News
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Community
Joey Cafaro, 7, of Gibsonia, pedaled hard during the Kid's Tractor Pull competition Tuesda...
Today's Verse
Today in History
 
Mike Rehm’s legacy is as visible in the work he left as it is in the memory of everyone he...
August 04, 2026
The Greater Pittsburgh Civil War Roundtable will have its next presentation Aug. 17. Bill ...
August 03, 2026
The Butler County Genealogical Society will host a presentation meant to save researchers ...
August 03, 2026
Dressed in the black Benedictine habit and sporting a foot-long beard, the Rev. Boniface H...
August 03, 2026
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Sports
Slippery Rock University football is hoping to rebound. Coming off a 6-4 season, but with ...
 
PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Pirates made a significant push to improve their beleaguered b...
August 03, 2026
SLIPPERY ROCK — Slippery Rock University athletics are all about winning in the Pennsylvan...
August 03, 2026
See this week’s schedule of local sports across Butler County. Friday, Aug. 7 Dir...
August 03, 2026
CINCINNATI — Chase Burns won his 12th straight decision, and Sal Stewart hit his 24th home...
August 02, 2026
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Editorial
August 04, 2026 Cartoons
Center Township supervisors are taking a welcome proactive stance on the growing emergency medical services worker shortage by considering hiring a fu...
August 04, 2026 Our Opinion
At a time when both U.S. parties paint the other as a threat to the country’s future, both are ignoring one of the gravest threats of all: student ach...
August 04, 2026 Other Voices
August 03, 2026 Cartoons
The Regatta has become a tradition at Moraine State Park and it has now survived for 27 years. It’s such a great way to commemorate what is a pretty g...
August 03, 2026 Our Opinion
Business
WASHINGTON — Twenty-five states sued the Trump administration Monday over its latest tariffs, calling them a pretext for replacing import taxes the Su...
August 03, 2026 Business
NEW YORK — Bank accounts held by President Donald Trump were closed by Capital One in 2021 after it flagged financial activity that had characteristic...
August 03, 2026 Business
Canada’s second largest airline, WestJet, has agreed to a tentative agreement with flight attendants to end a strike that led to hundreds of flight ca...
August 03, 2026 Business
The Federal Aviation Administration on Monday approved the smallest model of Boeing's Max jetliners for commercial service nearly a decade after the a...
August 03, 2026 Business
NEW YORK — Charlene Catalano was looking for a ball of green-and-white yarn to crochet this year's winter scarf. Instead of going to a big-box retail ...
August 03, 2026 Business
Weekend Entertainment
Both Moraine State Park and McConnells Mill State Park have a full schedule of events lined up. That’s a paddlin’ Moraine State Park is offering the following paddle even...
July 30, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
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Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — It’s been six months since Nancy Guthrie, mother of “Today” show anchor Savannah Guthrie, was last seen alive, and her family is still desperate for answers. “...
August 04, 2026 People
The return of “Ted Lasso” and Billie Eilish's immersive concert film are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you. Also among the st...
August 03, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
“Spider-Man: Brand New Day” made box office history in its first weekend in theaters. The Sony-released superhero movie became the second-biggest North American openi...
August 03, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — Vincent Pastore, a veteran actor who played mobsters and tough guys, and was best known for portraying Salvatore “Big Pussy” Bonpensiero on “The Sopranos,” has...
August 02, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — Arlene Smith, one of the first “girl group” stars who as a teenager and a founder of the Chantels co-wrote and sang lead on the 1950s doo-wop classic “Maybe,” ...
July 31, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
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Special Sections
At three years old, Maxon Turack loves Peter Parker — better known as Spider-Man. He has a Spider-Man costume, a Spider-Man battery-powered car, pajamas, T-shirts, a colo...
August 04, 2026 Special Sections
Residents of Mars are already quite familiar with the name “Purvis Brothers,” the 95-year-old family-owned fuel distribution company which also owns the small Planet Mart...
July 29, 2026 Special Sections
Although nearly every township or borough in Butler County has a municipal park or recreation complex of some kind, few — if any — can boast of one quite as expansive as ...
July 29, 2026 Local News
NEW YORK — Do your hands hurt when you use your phone? All that texting and scrolling might be stressing out your fingers. The term texting thumb can describe a wide ran...
July 22, 2026 Special Sections
Most people may never have heard of Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Syndrome, or CKM, which makes sense, considering the condition was only identified and named in 2023. ...
July 22, 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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