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Mandera development receives final approval

ADAMS TWP — After months of back-and-forth between Adams Township’s supervisors and planning commission, supervisors granted final major subdivision approval for the Mand...

May 15, 2024 Government

Annual Butler County Family YMCA meeting focuses on children, tenured staff

FRANKLIN TWP — There was much for the Butler County Family YMCA to celebrate during it’s annual meeting on Tuesday, May 14. Last year the nonprofit saw a net revenue of $...

May 14, 2024 Local News

Mars OKs proposed budget with tax increase

Preliminary budget includes 3.474 mill tax increase

May 14, 2024 Education

Jewish Voice for Peace stages protests in Philadelphia over Israeli bonds

PHILADELPHIA — Pro-Palestinian demonstrators with Jewish Voices for Peace shut down a street for an hour on Tuesday to protest the investment of private and taxpayer doll...

May 14, 2024 Pennsylvania News

This giant gas planet is as fluffy and puffy as cotton candy

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronomers have identified a planet that’s bigger than Jupiter yet surprisingly as fluffy and light as cotton candy. The exoplanet has exceedingl...

May 14, 2024 National News

Waymo is latest company under investigation for autonomous or partially automated technology

DETROIT — The U.S. government's highway safety agency has opened another investigation of automated driving systems, this time into crashes involving Waymo's self-driving...

May 14, 2024 Business

Woman dies in Leechburg house fire

A Leechburg woman was found dead in her Armstrong County home following a house fire Tuesday morning, May 14, according to the Armstrong County coroner’s office. Betty Ba...

May 14, 2024 Local News

Red Lobster closes dozens of locations across the U.S. just months after ‘endless shrimp’ losses

NEW YORK — Dozens of Red Lobster locations across the U.S. are on the chopping block. Restaurant liquidator TAGeX Brands announced this week that it would be auctioning o...

May 14, 2024 Business

David Sanborn, Grammy-winning saxophonist who played on hundreds of albums, dies at 78

NEW YORK — David Sanborn, the Grammy-winning saxophonist who played lively solos on such hits as David Bowie's “Young Americans” and James Taylor’s “How Sweet It Is (To B...

May 14, 2024 Arts & Entertainment

Alice Munro, Nobel literature winner revered as short story master, dead at 92

Nobel laureate Alice Munro, the Canadian literary giant who became one of the world’s most esteemed contemporary authors and one of history’s most honored short story wri...

May 14, 2024 Arts & Entertainment

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