A person was found dead from a gunshot wound in Center Township after an incident involving Pennsylvania State Police on Sunday, May 31.
According to a news rel...
CRANBERRY TWP — Butler County was introduced to a new musical group this past weekend as the EchoPoint Chorale, a nonprofit group of volunteer vocalists from ac...
A potent offense and stingy defense once again has Mars’ boys and girls lacrosse teams entering the state playoffs as district champions. The Planets boys recen...
BUTLER TWP — It was a perfect day for a cookout at Preston Park.
The temperature was comfortable and the sky as blue as can be. Throughout the park, chefs from...
SLIPPERY ROCK TWP. — On Saturday morning, May 30, Butler County Treasure Hunters gathered at Camp Bucoco to celebrate the club’s 50th anniversary.
Starting at 9...
Individual dead in Center Township after attempted arrest
Individual dead in Cen...
EchoPoint Chorale holds debut concerts at Butler, Cranberry
EchoPoint Chorale hold...
PIAA lacrosse playoffs 2026: Breaking down Mars boys and girls’ Round 1 matchups
PIAA lacrosse playoffs...
Chefs cook for a cause at Guys Who Grill
Chefs cook for a cause...
Butler County Treasure Hunters celebrate 50th anniversary with a special hunt
SLIPPERY ROCK — The farmers market drew a good turnout the sunlit morning of Saturday, May 30.
The Slippery Rock Farmers Market, which opened this year on May 9, is slate...
The Cranberry Elks Lodge will host its annual Flag Day Ceremony at noon June 14, at the lodge, 20720 Route 19, Cranberry Township. The event, which is open to the public,...
Throughout the month of June, all three state parks serving Butler County — Moraine and McConnells Mill State Parks, as well as Jennings Environmental Education Center — ...
Prominent members of the Butler community danced like they’ve never danced before at the “Dancing for a Cause” competition at the Penn Theater Friday night, May 29, organ...
Valencia is in negotiations with St. Barnabas Health System to address the southern Butler County municipality’s growing emergency services costs.
A potential public-pri...
Parents and grandparents of Freeport Area School District students got to see them end one life chapter Friday, May 29, and prepare to begin another.
At Freeport’s gradu...
A multimonth, $2 million preservation project for Zelienople Bridge was set in motion on May 20, leading to lane closures on Route 19.
Northbound traffic can flow as usua...
Chatty drivers may have their conversations disrupted by police lights and sirens beginning Friday, June 5, when enforcement of Paul Miller’s Law becomes effective.
The l...
As Seneca Valley once again considers a tax increase for the fourth year in a row, it’s time to ask: are yearly tax increases becoming the new normal ...
The Democrats and Republicans envision two different futures for America. When you sift through all the opposing policies and mud-slinging, it all com...
Butler County first responders know, in a cardiac emergency, every second counts.
PulsePoint Respond, a 911-integrated mobile app, is about to give t...
Spring in Pennsylvania is always unpredictable, but this year’s weather has delivered a damaging combination of warm temperatures followed by hard fre...
DAKAR, Senegal — When Senegalese farmer Abou Sow first watched U.S. missiles strike Iran on social media, he had a sinking feeling it would soon affec...
WASHINGTON — In the latest action to undo Biden-era regulations on climate change, the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday proposed repealin...
Blue Origin experienced a fiery setback Thursday when its New Glenn rocket exploded on the launchpad in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
The Kent, Washington-...
The economy, inflation and how those forces could impact the lives of Americans were front and center over the past week. Trips to the grocery store o...
NEW YORK — Businesses big and small have started receiving tariff refunds after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that President Donald Trump lacked the ...
A community choir — a group that formed under the umbrella of the Butler County Symphony Orchestra — will perform two shows this weekend.
The EchoPoint Chorale debuts at ...
Sure, folks discuss the weather a lot, especially in Britain.
Still, it’s hard to imagine that a quiet chat about the weather — and why it isn’t boring — could be an emo...
What evil lurks in the drabbest of interiors?
The meme-rooted “Backrooms” is the latest movie to pull its mounting horrors out of liminal spaces. “Exit 8,” released earli...
WASHINGTON — A federal judge ruled Friday that President Donald Trump's name was illegally added to the Kennedy Center and blocked the administration from closing the cul...
NEW YORK — A day after the President Donald Trump -affiliated Freedom 250 announced the “first wave” of performers for “The Great American State Fair” shows on Washington...
WASHINGTON — Bruce Springsteen, Foo Fighters, Dave Matthews, Brittany Howard and Joan Baez will headline a star-studded protest festival set for the Washington, D.C., are...
Butler High School senior Brynn Cornibe was selected as the 44th annual Theodore K. Vogeley Scholarship recipient Tuesday, May 19.
She was selected from 45 applicants. Th...
BUFFALO TWP — Helen Comperatore is dedicated to making Corey’s Cruise 2026 — an event that honors her late husband while giving back to first responders — a smashing succ...
Nestled in the woods along Little Buffalo Creek, the Butler Freeport Community Trail spans 21 miles connecting the two municipalities. Open since 1989, the trail gives re...
For five months a year, a small patch of Butler County comes alive with the sound of revving engines and thousands of screaming fans.
That patch is Lernerville Speedway, ...
Birds are returning and flowers are blooming as warmer spring temperatures and rain showers bring wildlife back to the Butler Freeport Community Trail. To one Western Pen...
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...
