As the calendar reached Oct. 13, no last-minute intervention by the General Assembly materialized to prevent the thousands of skill game machines deployed acros...
Karns City Area School District announced it is offering free shuttle services for fans attending Friday’s high school football game against Butler.
It is the f...
The scheduled debate between Democratic state Rep. Brandon Dukes, D-12th, and Republican challenger Scott Timko has been canceled.
The debate was to be held Th...
George Williams knew all about winning before ever stepping foot on Seneca Valley’s campus.
He’s been teaching generations of boys soccer players that secret ev...
PENN TOWNSHIP — After four months of work by the land use administrator, the township’s board of supervisors held a public hearing on and then voted to adopt a...
Enforcement deadline for skill games passes with no action from state legislator...
Enforcement deadline f...
Karns City offering free shuttles for fans for football game against Butler. Her...
Karns City offering fr...
Dukes-Timko debate canceled
Dukes-Timko debate can...
Seneca Valley boys soccer coach George Williams hits another milestone in career...
Seneca Valley boys soc...
Penn Township adopts ordinance restricting data center development
Starting Saturday, Oct. 17, City of Butler residents can begin disposing of leaves in a designated area in Memorial Park.
According to a news release from the city, signs...
The Butler County District Attorney’s Office dropped its case against a West Sunbury man charged with statutory sexual assault and other charges days before his trial was...
The Butler County District Attorney's Office withdrew charges against a Pittsburgh man who allegedly threw boiling water at two people during a break-in at a preliminary ...
A Pittsburgh man is charged with stalking a girl near Mars Area Middle School, according to charges filed Saturday, Oct. 10, by Adams Township police.
Brady Michael Elli...
The Karns City Area Jr./Sr. High School Incentive Committee hosted its second food truck event of the school year Monday, Oct. 12.
The event was split into two parts, wit...
One person was flown to Allegheny General Hospital after a two-vehicle crash Wednesday morning, Oct. 14, at Route 422 and Bonniebrook Road in Summit Township, according t...
A Butler man is charged with DUI after police allegedly found him with scrapes on his body after falling off an e-bike in early September on Pillow Street, according to B...
Detectives recovered six bricks of suspected fentanyl and other substances while executing a search warrant on Federal Street in Butler, according to charges filed Sept. ...
SUMMIT TWP — Despite receiving approval from the state Department of Environmental Protection for a sewer plan for Summit Township, the sewer authority decided to contact...
After reading citizen concerns related to a proposed data center in Butler County (all of which are valid), another concern needs to be considered reg...
Kudos to Butler!
Last week, we celebrated our daughter’s wedding and it was a beautiful day surrounded by family and friends. We had guests from 12 di...
On Nov. 3, Pennsylvania’s State House District 12 will elect its representative for the 2027-2028 term. Voters are encouraged to research candidate po...
The United States has opened another chapter in its decades-long campaign of economic pressure against Iran. The Treasury Department launched Operatio...
PARIS — Cyberattacks disrupted European supermarket chains, affecting refrigeration systems at hundreds of stores in France and forcing a major grocer...
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Treasury Department said Tuesday that it’s imposing $1.2 billion in fines on Bank of America for allegedly violating anti-money ...
NEW YORK — The first big batch of summertime profit reports from U.S. companies is making waves on Wall Street after topping analysts' expectations, b...
Grocery store chain Kroger said it will lay off 3,000 corporate employees over the next three years as it ramps up its use of artificial intelligence ...
NEW YORK — Nelson Vandermeer voted Republican for decades but balked at supporting President Donald Trump, fearing that the Republican's plan for tari...
I have started to appreciate a little hocus-pocus in the past year or so.
Previously, I wanted nothing to do with jumpscares, suspense or hair-raising tales. The world is...
NEW YORK — Actor Selma Blair has been issued a summons accusing her of assaults that occurred aboard a plane after she was taken into custody following a flight from Los ...
In the era of gentle parenting, even the word discipline can feel like a third-rail topic. It’s certainly foreboding when it’s first mentioned in Cristian Mungiu’s “Fjord...
It is unfortunate for “The Social Reckoning” that “The Social Network” exists.
The latter is a modern masterpiece. The former was kind of always doomed to exist in its s...
I’ve been meaning to tell you about the tiny constellation Delphinus the Dolphin for a while now, but with everything else going on this year I just haven’t had the chanc...
Grammy-nominated R&B singer Freddie Jackson, known for his smooth ‘80s hits “Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake)” and “You Are My Lady,” has died. He was 70.
A stat...
This year’s Zelienople Fall Festival brought together the community for an evening of activities Friday.
The event will continue from 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Saturday and fr...
When neighbors walk past Deb West’s patio home in the Meeder neighborhood in Cranberry Township, her front porch catches their attention.
Filled with colorful seasonal fl...
Kathy Garrison has been cancer free for decades now, but her experiences during and after treatment had stuck with her.
One especially impactful struggle for her was in ...
CENTER TWP — When it comes to cancer, Cheryl Schaefer is all about the fight.
Schaefer, 68, of Center Township, has fought uterine, breast and thyroid cancer over the yea...
St. Faustina Kowalska, a Polish Catholic nun, spent her life sharing a message of compassion and mercy. At the Slippery Rock parish named for her, sewing ministry volunte...
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...
