When the young, slightly redheaded 21-year-old George Washington was asked to deliver a message to Virginia, he stopped in what is now Harmony.
A Native America...
The Carrizalez family spent their Fourth of July, just two days after Ignacio’s release from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, like an ordinary ...
Two school districts will be added to the growing list of schools across Pennsylvania adding cellphone bans to the books.
Earlier this week, Knoch High School p...
Follow the highways. That’s where you’ll see Butler County’s population growth.
While communities along stretches such as Interstate 79 and Route 228 are seein...
Butler City Council discussed what improvements it is looking to make using this and next year’s community development block grant funds from the state.
For thi...
Steeples & Stacks welcomes history
Steeples & Stacks welc...
With new deportation date set, the Carrizalez family considers what’s next
With new deportation d...
Knoch, Karns City to implement cellphone ban for upcoming school year
Knoch, Karns City to i...
Shifts highlight changing economy, workforce, population makeup
Shifts highlight chang...
Butler city council discusses plans for 2026, 2027 CDBG funds
Butler doubled its Inspiration Trail bench collection Friday, July 10, as it unveiled two new art installations in front of the Arc of Butler County and the Butler Family...
Those looking for the Genesis Medical Associates primary care facility near Butler Memorial Hospital need not worry; it hasn’t disappeared. It has simply moved a few mile...
Over 40 Butler County adults obtained their commonwealth secondary school diplomas through a free Butler County Community College program during its 40th anniversary.
A J...
An Allegheny Township man was sentenced Friday in Butler County Common Pleas Court to serve a sentence of prison and house arrest after pleading guilty to one of more tha...
A 66-year-old Butler man is accused of exposing himself in front of multiple children at a public pool in Slippery Rock Township.
Richard Edward Weiland was charged Frida...
Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education’s Board of Governors are poised to raise in-state undergraduate tuition by $172 per semester unless the state provides suf...
After visiting Butler County earlier this week, U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick, R-Pa., has sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy urging the Department of...
Aging water lines in four locations in Chicora are set to be replaced starting Monday, July 13.
According to a social media post, the borough contracted Mealy Excavation ...
The U.S. Treasury has identified seven census tracts in Butler County as eligible for designation as Qualified Opportunity Zones. They’re intended to spur economic growth...
Well, it’s happened again. For the fifth year in a row, Pennsylvania lawmakers missed the deadline for passing a state budget.
Republicans who control...
Pennsylvania is producing 60% fewer new teachers than it did a decade ago. So what needs to be done to address this shortage?
Having dedicated my care...
Mars can remain a unique place even if it becomes a township instead of a borough.
Mars Borough Council voted Monday, July 7, to put the merging of th...
The following are first place winners from the Big Butler Fair, which ended Saturday.
Champions
Supreme Ewe, Bobbie Jo Morrison, New Castle
Supreme R...
The following are first place winners from the Big Butler Fair, which ended Saturday.
Youth Vegetables
Beets, Alexis Brown, Butler
Cucumbers–Pickling...
The following are first place winners from the Big Butler Fair, which ended Saturday.
Special Contests
Bale Decorating Contest, Country Roots 4H, Boy...
NEW YORK — Shares of South Korean memory chipmaker SK Hynix rose 14% as they made their debut on Wall Street, at a time when demand for chips is surgi...
NEW YORK — Kia America has issued a new recall for nearly 463,000 of its Telluride SUVs, urging owners to again park their vehicles outside and away f...
The Cranberry Women’s Club will host the Farkleberry Craft Show Saturday, Nov. 7, at the Cranberry Township Municipal Center. While the event is several months away, appl...
Say what you will about them, but the Disney live-action remakes have at least given us a choice. Which would you rather see? A spirited, soaring, animated “Moana,” or a ...
French filmmaker Sébastien Vaniček vowed when he took charge of the sixth installment in the “Evil Dead” film series that it would be the most brutal. Mission accomplishe...
ABC is continuing to fight back forcefully against efforts by federal regulators to reopen the question of whether its popular talk show “The View” is subject to equal ti...
Every so often, I like to go into more detail about the life and times of stars we see night after night over Butler, provided clouds don’t get in the way. All of the sta...
LOS ANGELES — “The Pitt” led all nominees with 25 in a dominant sophomore season, while “Hacks” got a graduation party with a record-setting 24 to lead all comedies in it...
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.
Below are the even...
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.
Below are a number...
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 Area Pu...
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 Transit Aut...
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...
