Mother of boy dies in Sunday collision
Two women, including the mother of a boy, died following a head-on crash Sunday, July 26, along Route 8 in Butler Townsh...
The long wait is (just about) over.
High school football season begins in just about a month, renewing hope for each of the 11 teams in the Butler County ar...
Butler-based organizations and businesses are working together to seek a designation from the state that could open up new opportunities for the city’s downtown...
Ballistics testing, data center cooling systems and recreation site improvements are getting a boost in Butler County with a little help from the state governme...
2 women who died following Butler Township crash identified
2 women who died follo...
Neighbors along Beacon Road react to fatal crash near Penn Township homes
Neighbors along Beacon...
PIAA high school football 2026: Top 10 games you don’t want to miss in Butler Co...
PIAA high school footb...
Chamber of Commerce, Butler Downtown to pursue Main Street designation for Butle...
CRANBERRY TWP — Cranberry Township’s planning advisory commission denied Skill Games 777’s request for a conditional use application for an amusement arcade during its me...
ZELIENOPLE — At Monday’s meeting, borough council voted unanimously to authorize GFT Infrastructure to design storm sewers in the western part of the borough.
The move is...
ADAMS TWP — The township board of supervisors cleared one last, unexpected hurdle on the road to letting its residents decide on a proposed municipal merger with the boro...
The Davis Hollow Marina section of Moraine State Park hosted the second round of the Pittsburgh MTB Enduro Series, a regional off-road bike racing competition, on Sunday,...
Center Township’s board of supervisors will have a special meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 29, to discuss the creation of a full-time firefighter and paramedic position...
A GoFundMe for a mother of two boys killed Sunday, July 26, in a head-on crash on Route 8 has raised almost $2,000 in its first four hours.
Brandi (Plaisted) Novosel die...
State police had to deploy a tire deflation device to stop an Ohio man Saturday, July 25, after he made police believe he would stop then continued fleeing at 120 mph.
C...
The following items were collected from various police departments and district courts:
Butler
July 10 — Dremond Phillip King, 27, of Butler, was charged with one misdeme...
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission is adding more current travel information through its AI motorist assistance tool Miles, launched last year.
Available in English or...
Repairs to the Route 8 bridge in Clay Township have been delayed for the second time this month and have been pushed back by Butler County’s maintenance department to a d...
The relief the state budget impasse was solved in only two weeks this time was short-lived, at least here in Butler County.
That’s because for the sec...
Pennsylvania has a budget for the upcoming fiscal year passed earlier this month, “just” 12 days late; but to make that happen required the members of...
Butler County is taking a new approach toward the issue of student truancy through the creation of a Truancy Court Program, established by the county’...
Stocks on Wall Street drifted to a mixed close Monday as oil prices fell after the U.S. and Iran paused their attacks while work resumed on restarting...
MILFORD, Mich. — In a visit to Michigan on Monday, President Donald Trump argued that his economic policies have revived the auto industry and America...
HONG KONG — Shares of CXMT, China's largest memory chipmaker, shot skyward Monday as they began trading in Shanghai in mainland China’s biggest initia...
Cracker Barrel's CEO is stepping down nearly a year after an attempted rebrand of the chain led to a fierce customer backlash.
Cracker Barrel said Mo...
UPMC is expanding access to advanced lung cancer diagnostic technology across Pennsylvania.
To accomplish this, the Pittsburgh-based healthcare provid...
Butler County Symphony Orchestra will take audiences to the movies with an August concert.
The concert is dedicated to the music of films from every era, including classi...
NEW YORK — Singer Carly Simon has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and was recently treated for skin cancer, the singer shared in a statement provided to the Assoc...
PHILADELPHIA -- Classics scholar Emily Wilson was in Greece’s Costa Navarino last year when she heard the news that would change her life: Filmmaker Christopher Nolan was...
PHILADELPHIA — LeBron James is set to film a documentary tracking his final seasons in the NBA, according to Marc Stein of The Stein Line.
James has already been shooting...
“The Odyssey” continued to exert a mighty hold on moviegoers in its second weekend in North American theaters, with $87 million in ticket sales, according to studio estim...
NEW YORK — Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery have agreed to delay closing their $81 billion merger well into next year, a stunning move that arrives as a judge continu...
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...
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. ...
As yet another heat dome settles over part of the U.S., a depressingly predictable news cycle is unfolding. This week, the headlines will warn of dangerously high tempera...
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...
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...
