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Magdeburg mourns Christmas market attack victims as fears swirl of deeper German social divisions

MAGDEBURG, Germany — Mourners laid flowers near the scene of the deadly Christmas market attack on Monday as investigators puzzled over the motive of the suspect and his ...

December 24, 2024 International News

Editorial Cartoon

December 24, 2024 Cartoons

Summit Academy student arrested on assault charges

A student at Summit Academy in Summit Township allegedly broke another student’s jaw in an assault earlier this school year, according to charges filed last week. The stu...

December 24, 2024 Local News

Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus

In 1897, 8-year-old Virginia O'Hanlon wrote a letter to the editor of the New York Sun, and the quick response was printed as an unsigned editorial on Sept. 21, 1897. The...

December 24, 2024 Our Opinion

Today in History: Dec. 24, World War I ‘Christmas truce’ begins

Today is Tuesday, Dec. 24, the 359th day of 2024. There are seven days left in the year. This is Christmas Eve. Today in history: On Dec. 24, 1914, during World War I, im...

December 24, 2024 Today in History

No white Christmas expected for Butler County this year

Butler will not be dreaming of a white Christmas this year, though its residents can expect chilly temperatures on Christmas Day. Some snow will come through the souther...

December 24, 2024 Local News

Free legal clinic to take place Jan. 9

Neighborhood Legal Services, an organization that provides free legal services for civil issues, will host a walk-in legal clinic at its Butler office next month. The cli...

December 24, 2024 Business

Santa’s reindeer cleared for special deliveries across Pennsylvania on Christmas Eve

Rudolph and his team of eight other reindeer are ready to run, run. Santa Claus and the nine reindeer received a clean bill of health from the Pennsylvania Department of ...

December 24, 2024 Local News

Police Reports

The following items were collected from various police departments and district courts: Adams Twp Nov. 26 — Sean P. Magee, 65, of Gibsonia, was charged with misdemeanor c...

December 24, 2024 Local News

State won’t remove barrier for problem bettors entering casinos

After strong opposition, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board will not go forward with a proposed change that would have made it easier for problem bettors to return to ...

December 24, 2024 Local News

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