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Crews battle structure fire at China Gourmet restaurant
CENTER TWP — Firefighters put out a large structure fire that was coming up through the roof of China Gourmet restaurant along Route 8 in Center Township on Tue...
New tech brings better response to emergencies
This is the second in a series of three stories about Butler County’s 911 communications center
Butler man wants 2021 homicide charge dismissed
One of the three defendants in the December 2021 shooting and stabbing death of a Pittsburgh man in Butler is seeking the dismissal of the homicide charge again...
2 places in Butler County to see elaborate Christmas displays
When Tyler Huth was 8 years old, his father died, throwing family traditions like decorating their house for Christmas into uncertainty. Not to be derailed by f...
Ayden Andrews leads Butler boys basketball in win over Kiski Area: ‘Tonight was my night’
BUTLER TWP — Being guarded the length of the court Saturday against Obama Academy, Butler senior Ayden Andrews was limited to a mere three points. “I was gettin...
Crews battle structure fire at China Gourmet restaurant
Crews battle structure...
New tech brings better response to emergencies
New tech brings better...
Butler man wants 2021 homicide charge dismissed
Butler man wants 2021 ...
2 places in Butler County to see elaborate Christmas displays
2 places in Butler Cou...
Ayden Andrews leads Butler boys basketball in win over Kiski Area: ‘Tonight was ...
Ayden Andrews leads Bu...
Top Headlines
A Clarion woman had her bond modified Tuesday, Dec. 3, on a charge of conspiring to help her then-boyfriend escape from Butler County Prison. Heidi M. Boots, 25, was he...
December 04, 2024 Crime & Courts
The success of the holiday light display in Alameda Park last year led Butler County Parks and Recreation to bring the free activity back this year. The display opened No...
December 04, 2024 Special Sections
A warrant has been issued for a Slippery Rock man after a dirt bike, skid loader, trailer and other items reported stolen from two businesses and a storage facility in Me...
December 04, 2024 Crime & Courts
Various Butler County public and private schools received grants from the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency’s school safety and security committee. The gr...
December 04, 2024
The Butler County District Attorney’s office asked a judge Tuesday, Dec. 3, to add three years of probation to the prison sentence of a Prospect man convicted in 2022 of ...
December 04, 2024 Crime & Courts
News
Nearly three out of 10 U.S. drugstores that were open during the previous decade had closed by 2021, new research shows. Black and Latino neighborhoods were most vulnerab...
December 03, 2024 Health
Stadium lights, air conditioning among big-ticket items
December 03, 2024 Local News
The following items were collected from various police departments and district courts: Butler Twp. Nov. 28 — Dominic Willforth, 25, of Butler, was charged with simple as...
December 03, 2024 Crime & Courts
State police have reported responding to more crashes and fatalities and making more DUI arrests over Thanksgiving weekend than last year. Over the five-day weekend from ...
December 03, 2024 Crime & Courts
A Butler man is being held in Butler County Prison after being arrested on multiple charges, including possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Richard Ryan Coulter,...
December 03, 2024 Crime & Courts
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Community
BUTLER TWP — Winning isn’t everything, but it can lead to plenty of other things. The Butl...
Today's Verse
Today in History
 
In honor of America’s fast-approaching 250th anniversary celebration, Moraine State Park i...
December 03, 2024
CENTER TWP — Steele’s Brushes and Ceramics in Center Township brought more than a dozen lo...
December 02, 2024
Anyone within a 15-mile radius of Callery can help collect data Dec. 29 for a scientific m...
December 02, 2024
No water wasted on ‘fire’ at Clearview Mall
November 30, 2024
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Sports
PITTSBURGH — Bryan Rust scored 1:31 into overtime, and the Pittsburgh Penguins avoided ano...
 
There will be a lot of strong girls talent diving back in Butler County pools during the u...
December 03, 2024
The smell of chlorine is in the air. As the high school swim season gets underway, Butler ...
December 03, 2024
Freeport swimming has not had a pool to call home for a while. In the past, the Yellowjack...
December 03, 2024
Mars’ girls basketball team began the season in impressive fashion, defeating visiting Fra...
December 03, 2024
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Editorial
December 04, 2024 Cartoons
When the community cried out in 2022 to Penn Township leadership following a fatal crash at the intersection of Airport Road and Route 8, its elected ...
December 04, 2024 Our Opinion
In October, the Environmental Protection Agency issued a ruling mandating the removal of all lead pipes supplying drinking water in the U.S. Whether t...
December 04, 2024 Other Voices
As the busy holiday weekend comes to a close and many return to school and sometimes work on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving, we know that Butler C...
December 03, 2024 Our Opinion
America’s unaccountably slow vote-tallying process should show one thing clearly: This should be the last election where anyone, of either party, ques...
December 03, 2024 Other Voices
Business
PPG Paints will be renamed Pittsburgh Paints Company following the sale of PPG Industries’ architectural coatings division, headquartered in Cranberry...
December 03, 2024 Business
MARS — A group of eight graduate students from the Falk School of Sustainability & Environment at Pittsburgh’s Chatham University, along with professo...
December 03, 2024 Government
PORTLAND, Maine — Honey, they shrunk the catalogs. While retailers hope to go big this holiday season, customers may notice that the printed gift gu...
December 02, 2024 Business
Shopping on Temu can feel like playing an arcade game. Instead of using a joystick-controlled claw to grab a toy, visitors to the online marketplace m...
December 02, 2024 Business
MARS — A high of 27 degrees did not put a damper on Small Business Saturday. Customers still went out to support local businesses, by shopping for ite...
December 01, 2024 Local News
Weekend Entertainment
The Butler County Symphony Orchestra’s holiday concert is generally the association’s biggest concert of the year — an opportunity the show’s guest conductor plans to mak...
November 27, 2024 Weekend Entertainment
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Arts & Entertainment
WASHINGTON — It’s the final holiday stretch for President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, who decked out the White House with some whimsical decorations to evoke the “peace...
December 04, 2024 National News
Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen and Oscar nominee Hailee Steinfeld announced their engagement Friday, roughly a year-and-a-half after being first romantically linked...
December 03, 2024 People
NEW YORK — For some television viewers, size apparently does matter. Forget the 65-inch TVs that were considered bigger than average a decade ago. In time for the ho...
December 03, 2024 Arts & Entertainment
LONDON — Many of us have felt it, and now it’s official: “brain rot” is the Oxford dictionaries’ word of the year. Oxford University Press said Monday that the evocative ...
December 02, 2024 Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — Christmas came early at the box office this year. “Moana 2” brought in a tidal wave of moviegoers over the Thanksgiving Day weekend, setting records with $...
December 02, 2024 Arts & Entertainment
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Special Sections
One annual event in downtown Zelienople consistently brings out the best of the Christmas season and reminds thousands of how special it is to be a part of a compassionat...
November 27, 2024 Special Sections
Through Christmas, a drive-through light display at Alameda Park will be available for families to enjoy. The 3-minute drive features displays set up by the Butler County...
November 23, 2024 Special Sections
PITTSBURGH — Three men who pleaded guilty last month to poaching charges for killing 21 white-tailed deer in Washington County last year received jail sentences, had thei...
November 01, 2024 Special Sections
PHILADELPHIA — In the Deep South, in places far from the surf, “lake life” is a big deal, and boating is more than a hobby. There’s a slew of country songs about the life...
November 01, 2024 Special Sections
Here are the population figures for central Butler County according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey 5-year estimates from 2022: Population Area: 192...
October 30, 2024 Special Sections
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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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