Although January’s sizable snowstorm is more than a week in the past, its effects are still being felt.
Mars Area Public Library on Grand Avenue was forced to c...
HARRISBURG — Highlighting his belief that Pennsylvania continues to be “on the rise” under his watch, Gov. Josh Shapiro on Tuesday, Feb. 3, unveiled a $53.3 bil...
WASHINGTON — The House on Tuesday passed a roughly $1.2 trillion spending package to end the partial government shutdown, sending the measure to President Donal...
The drive between Butler High School’s gym and Slippery Rock University’s Morrow Field House is nearly 18 miles.
The path between the two basketball courts felt...
A 96-year-old Butler man died Friday, Jan. 30, in a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Airport and Pittsburgh roads in Penn Township.
Donald Callen Jr. wa...
Mars library closes Tuesday due to flooding damage from winter storm
WASHINGTON — The House on Tuesday passed a roughly $1.2 trillion spending package to end the partial government shutdown, sending the measure to President Donald Trump an...
PUNXSUTAWNEY — Punxsutawney Phil predicted six more weeks of wintry weather Monday, a forecast sure to disappoint many after what's already been a long, cold season acros...
MARS — The borough has chosen its third new council member of 2026, as Jana Snavely has been appointed to fill a vacancy left after a January resignation.
Snavely, a Mars...
Mass shootings and gun violence constantly in the news have spurred efforts to secure and protect points of community gathering. These efforts can save lives, said Bob Wi...
Jennings Environmental Education Center rented snowshoes to visitors 62 times over the week following late January’s snowstorm.
This winter is the first in years that th...
Butler County Humane Society is launching a “Bark-chelorette” fundraiser, the second installment in the popular “Bark-chelor” series, which debuted last February.
The fi...
Despite a sluggish start, the Salvation Army Western Pennsylvania Division’s Red Kettle campaign for the 2025 holiday season surpassed its 2025 fundraising goal of $2.3 m...
In a news release issued Monday, Feb. 2, the nonprofit America250PA announced it was “actively coordinating with local leaders” to reschedule the planned Butler County Am...
All nine school districts with Butler County footprints closed or moved to remote learning Monday and Tuesday, Jan. 26 and 27.
Most followed that tre...
The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, part of the Bill of Rights, guarantees each person the freedom to speak out, untethered by government, i...
I read Mr. McKruit’s letter to the editor (“Law-abiding men, your country needs you,” Jan. 25, Page A4) with interest. He apparently believes the only...
Butler-based Armco Credit Union is shaking up its leadership team, following the announcement of the retirement of two of its members.
Randy Cypher ha...
Robotaxi pioneer Waymo has raised another $16 billion to help fuel its ambition for its fleet of self-driving cars to provide rides throughout the wor...
Concordia Lutheran Ministries is expanding yet again, acquiring a Johnstown, Pa., facility.
The Cabot-based senior residential services provider has a...
WASHINGTON — The Labor Department, citing the partial federal government shutdown, said Monday that it will not release the January jobs report on Fri...
NEW YORK — Americans are drinking more coffee than they have in decades. But fewer of them are getting it from Starbucks.
The company that revolutio...
Disney has named its parks chief Josh D’Amaro to succeed Bob Iger as the entertainment giant’s top executive.
D’Amaro will become the 9th CEO in the more than 100-year-ol...
NEW YORK — X.J. Kennedy, an award-winning poet, author, translator and educator who schooled millions of students through “The Bedford Reader” and other textbooks and eng...
LOS ANGELES — Trevor Noah once again roamed through the audience during his monologue to open the Grammy Awards, taking pokes at the stars while standing right next to th...
LOS ANGELES — Bad Bunny won album of the year at the 2026 Grammy Awards for his critically acclaimed “Debí Tirar Más Fotos,” closing out a surprising and history-making n...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Sunday he will move to close Washington’s Kennedy Center performing arts venue for two years starting in July for construction.
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Wellness offerings across Butler County are expanding to meet people where they are, whether that's in a chair yoga class at the Cranberry YMCA or lying still during a so...
When parents enroll their children in martial arts classes at Butler-area studios, they expect to see kicks, punches and sparring drills. What many don’t anticipate is th...
This holiday season, some shoppers are looking beyond traditional wrapped gifts — the kind that sometimes end up forgotten in the back of the closet — and choosing instea...
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...
