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Butler streets to close Friday afternoon for Jeep Invasion
About 1,000 Jeeps are set to invade downtown Butler on Friday, June 13, leading to some road closures throughout the city. Friday’s event, the 2025 Jeep Invasio...
Freeport board votes 5-4 for high school renovation
$55 million project approved alongside district’s 2025-26 budget and tax increase.
PA Groundhogs hit the streets in Butler
Agency aims to promote ‘compassionate response’ to recreational drug use
Knoch set to approve budget with no tax increase
Despite a deficit that grew over the past month, Knoch School District is adamant that taxes will not be raised for the 2025-26 school year. The finalized versi...
Evans City tables possible deal to transfer reservoir property to Jackson Township
EVANS CITY — A two-year dispute between Evans City and Jackson Township was put on hold during a meeting on Wednesday, June 11, after borough council members un...
Butler streets to close Friday afternoon for Jeep Invasion
Butler streets to clos...
Freeport board votes 5-4 for high school renovation
Freeport board votes 5...
PA Groundhogs hit the streets in Butler
PA Groundhogs hit the ...
Knoch set to approve budget with no tax increase
Knoch set to approve b...
Evans City tables possible deal to transfer reservoir property to Jackson Townsh...
Evans City tables poss...
Top Headlines
Butler Health System has recently been designated as “stable,” by a rating agency that evaluated the system’s finances, including its debts and revenues. Moody’s, an agen...
June 12, 2025 Local News
LOS ANGELES — Democratic U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla on Thursday was forcefully removed from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s news conference in Los Angeles and handc...
June 12, 2025 National News
BUFFALO TWP — The township’s municipal building was packed Wednesday night, June 11, for a series of public hearings on whether or not to grant Atlanta-based energy compa...
June 12, 2025 Local News
With the school year in the rear view mirror, dozens of young people are slated to enjoy the outdoors for another summer of adventure, connection and learning as Camp Cra...
June 11, 2025 Local News
A new program designed to educate and rehabilitate inmates is set to be implemented at Butler County Prison on Wednesday, June 18. The jail collaborated with the Butler C...
June 12, 2025 Local News
News
Butler County residents sensitive to air quality should remain inside Thursday, June 12, with the significant concentrations of ozone gases, according to the Pennsylvania...
June 12, 2025 Local News
The following items were collected from various police departments and district courts: Butler Twp May 30 — Jeffrey H. Fetters, 46, of Butler, was charged with four misde...
June 12, 2025 Local News
An Oakland Township woman is accused of helping two men rob multiple people at gunpoint in Ohio. Iyana S. Barlow, 23, was charged with two counts of felony aggravated ass...
June 12, 2025 Local News
Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank has launched its summer food program, Summer Youth Café, to support children throughout the region who rely on meals at school. Sum...
June 12, 2025 Local News
State Rep. Aaron Bernstine, R-8th, plans to reintroduce legislation to the Pennsylvania General Assembly aimed at stopping the commercial use of booking photographs, know...
June 12, 2025 Local News
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Community
A Cranberry Township woman is president of the national organization
Today's Verse
Today in History
 
Airman Ryan Geyer, a native of Gibsonia, is serving with the U.S. Navy assigned to Aviatio...
June 10, 2025
Pennsylvania’s senior citizens and residents with disabilities have a few extra months to ...
June 10, 2025
The Cranberry Elks Lodge 2249 will host its annual Flag Day ceremony at noon Saturday, Jun...
June 09, 2025
Moniteau Jr./Sr. High School graduated approximately 65 students on Tuesday, June 3. The c...
June 07, 2025
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Sports
PITTSBURGH — The Steelers' addition of seventh-year receiver DK Metcalf along with four-ti...
 
OAKMONT — Gary Woodland, the 2019 U.S. Open champion, waved the rules official over. Certa...
June 12, 2025
OAKMONT — Patrick Reed made only the fourth double-eagle since the U.S. Open started keepi...
June 12, 2025
OAKMONT — Rory McIlroy made a couple early birdies at the U.S. Open. That encouraging sta...
June 12, 2025
The postseason awards continue to roll in for Lexie Hames, the Seneca Valley senior star w...
June 12, 2025
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Editorial
President Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Los Angeles, over the objection of California Gov. Gavin Newsom, represents a structural ...
June 12, 2025 Other Voices
June 12, 2025 Cartoons
For many children, summer means more than just a break from studies and a chance for fun outdoors. It can also mean facing food insecurity. For many c...
June 12, 2025 Our Opinion
We’re on the verge of what will probably be one of the hottest Northern Hemisphere summers in human history. In early May, the water in the English Ch...
June 11, 2025 Other Voices
Sometimes it takes a self-indulgent public-relations stunt to remind us of what’s important. Monday’s inevitably intercepted aid flotilla to Gaza was ...
June 11, 2025 Other Voices
Business
Independence Health System has appointed Michael Fiorina as its new chief medical officer, following the retirement of Carol Fox. Fiorina brings over ...
June 12, 2025 Business
NEW YORK — Disney and Universal have filed a copyright lawsuit against popular artificial intelligence image-generator Midjourney on Wednesday, markin...
June 11, 2025 Business
ADAMS TWP — Strother Brothers, an auto repair shop currently located in Richland Township, Allegheny County, will soon be packing up and moving. The b...
June 11, 2025 Local News
Disney will pay Comcast's NBCUniversal nearly $439 million for its stake in Hulu, taking full control of the streaming service. The move closes out a...
June 11, 2025 Business
The Western Pennsylvania Sheep and Wool Grower’s Association will be holding their annual Shepherd’s Night program at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 12 at ...
June 10, 2025 Agriculture
Weekend Entertainment
ADAMS TWP — Winter in Adams Township is starting a little early this year, as the township is moving its annual Winter Light Celebration up five months from the Christmas...
June 12, 2025 Weekend Entertainment
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Arts & Entertainment
The Worthington Carnival will take place from Monday to Saturday, June 16 to 21, at the Worthington-West Franklin Volunteer Fire Department, and each day will bring with ...
June 12, 2025 Weekend Entertainment
NEW YORK — Former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein was convicted Wednesday of one of the top charges in his sex crimes retrial but acquitted of another, and jurors were as ye...
June 12, 2025 People
DECATUR, Ga. — Silentó, the Atlanta rapper known for his hit song “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae),” pleaded guilty but mentally ill Wednesday to voluntary manslaughter and other...
June 11, 2025 Arts & Entertainment
Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys’ visionary and fragile leader whose genius for melody, arrangements and wide-eyed self-expression inspired “Good Vibrations,” “California...
June 11, 2025 Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — Nicole Scherzinger is ready for her close-up. A radical reimaging of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Sunset Boulevard,” starring the former Pussycat Dolls frontwoman, w...
June 10, 2025 Arts & Entertainment
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Special Sections
More than half a dozen local nonprofits and organizations reaped the benefits of donations from the Friends of the Bantam Jeep Association at the end of last year. The or...
June 11, 2025 Local News
WORTH TWP — An old Jeep sat dormant in his grandfather’s backyard for years. Valencia resident James Linn, with the help of his father, Chester, brought it back to life. ...
June 11, 2025 Special Sections
Father’s Day is coming up, and I’ve been testing a few things that dads would love. You could get dad another tie or bottle of after shave, but he’s probably got too many...
June 11, 2025 Special Sections
WORTH TWP — When it comes to the annual Barbee Jeep Race at the Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival, Greg Langer is 2-for-2. He won’t get a chance to make it 3-for-3. Langer, 3...
June 11, 2025 Special Sections
With Father’s Day coming up on Sunday, June 15, children at Over the Moon Daycare in Cranberry Township are celebrating the dads and father figures who brighten their day...
June 11, 2025 Local News
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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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