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Pope Francis shows further slight improvement as he battles pneumonia, the Vatican says

ROME — Pope Francis has shown further slight improvement as he battles double pneumonia, but doctors said Wednesday his prognosis is still guarded. A chest CT scan taken ...

February 26, 2025 International News

Butler’s historic Shiloh Baptist Church demolished

A dilapidated piece of Butler history with a connection to slavery and the 1865 assassination of President Abraham Lincoln faded further into memory Tuesday, Feb. 25. The...

February 25, 2025 History

St. Alphonsus church descendants fulfilling family’s 180-year-old vow

A small group of Butler County residents have spent the past year and a half trying to fulfill a 180-year-old promise. The group is working to transform the now-closed St...

February 22, 2025 Religion

SENIOR CENTER MENUS

Senior centers at Butler, Chicora, Cranberry Township, Evans City, Mars, Slippery Rock, Mount Chestnut and Winfield Township will serve the following menus this week. Lun...

February 22, 2025 Senior

Is spending all day on your feet at work an occupational hazard?

NEW YORK — While traveling in Europe, Margaux Lantelme noticed something different about the store cashiers: they did their work sitting down. It was a stark contrast to ...

February 22, 2025 Community

Local Make-A-Wish branch hosting training session for wish granters

Make-A-Wish Greater Pennsylvania and West Virginia is holding a virtual volunteer training session for prospective wish granters via Zoom on Saturday, March 15, 2025, fro...

February 21, 2025 Community

Penn Township’s annual Mega Cruise canceled for 2025

Event unable to use hangar

February 19, 2025 Community

Butler Township applies for grant for new goalposts

BUTLER TWP — The township is hoping to literally “move the goalposts” at the Pullman Recreation Complex. Township commissioners voted to apply for a Butler County Parks a...

February 19, 2025 Community

Seniors susceptible to hearing loss

Hearing loss comes in many forms, but one of the most common forms is presbycusis — gradual hearing loss that develops with age. According to a 2023 study from the Journ...

February 19, 2025 Senior

Saxonburg looking for more money to fix Roebling’s workshop

SAXONBURG — The borough is still looking for financing to save John Roebling’s original wire rope workshop from sinking into the ground. The borough is applying for a Ke...

February 19, 2025 Community

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