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Agricultural education to also fight food insecurity

The 17 acres of outdoor space at Summit Township Elementary School are to be filled up with fruits and vegetation. A schoolwide project kicked off last fall that had stu...

January 28, 2022 Local News

Armstrong County nurses authorize strike

CRANBERRY TWP — Nurses at Armstrong Center for Medicine & Health voted — almost unanimously — Wednesday to authorize a strike. Nearly 95% of union nurses at the Kittannin...

January 28, 2022 Local News

CPR classes offered at Butler Memorial Hospital

Butler Memorial Hospital offers cardiopulmonary resuscitation, also known as CPR, classes once a month aimed mainly at parents or child caretakers who want to learn how t...

January 28, 2022 Local News

Police charge man in pepper spray robbery

A Pittsburgh man is accused of stealing a laptop from Best Buy in Cranberry Township and threatening to use pepper spray. Police arrested and charged Kevin L. Somerville,...

January 27, 2022 Crime & Courts

COVID Box

The following numbers on the coronavirus pandemic were compiled from news releases from the state Department of Health. COVID-19 statistics from Tuesday are: Butler C...

January 27, 2022 Local News

Power of God church moves to new location in Oakland Township

OAKLAND TWP — “From a tavern to a temple” is the saying at the Power of God Pentecostal Church's new location. The phrase is fitting because the small church moved from a...

January 27, 2022 Local News

Mars Planet Foundation seeking new board members

The Mars Planet Foundation, an organization dedicated to funding educational activities and projects in Mars Area School District, is looking for two new board members fr...

January 26, 2022 Education

Vaccine supply and demand inverse of last year

Butler Health System has administered an average of 94 COVID-19 vaccines and boosters per day of operation so far this month for a total of 1,503 doses given this year. M...

January 26, 2022 Local News

Parts arrive for high school addition

Steel beams began arriving at Butler Senior High School Wednesday morning that will form a gymnasium, the first piece of its planned addition. The high school is being re...

January 26, 2022 Local News

Out on bond, accused mall shooting instigator back behind bars

The Butler man accused of instigating the Jan. 18 shooting at the Clearview Mall parking lot in Center Township was arrested Wednesday morning and arraigned on two new se...

January 26, 2022 Crime & Courts

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