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Reading and drawing: Northwest Elementary students create colorful characters

BUTLER TWP — Kindergarten students in Butler Area School District schools were excited to hear stories from United Way volunteers Thursday, April 4 and Tuesday, April 9, ...

April 09, 2024 Local News

Peter Higgs, who proposed existence of Higgs boson particle, has died at 94, university says

LONDON — Nobel prize-winning physicist Peter Higgs, who proposed the existence of the so-called “God particle” that helped explain how matter formed after the Big Bang, h...

April 09, 2024 International News

More than 200 women and several men accuse doctor in lawsuit of sexual abuse, unnecessary exams

BOSTON — More than a decade ago, Kristin Fritz was struggling with pain in her spine and saw a rheumatologist recommended by her doctor at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in...

April 09, 2024 National News

Arizona court ruling makes nearly all abortions illegal in a presidential battleground state

PHOENIX — An Arizona Supreme Court decision on Tuesday that will end virtually all abortions in the state puts the issue front and center in a battleground state that wi...

April 09, 2024 National News

Report: Visitor spending in Butler County increases to $600 million

From 2021 to 2022, Butler County visitor spending increased by $93 million, according to the Butler County Tourism & Convention Bureau, to a total of $600 million. About ...

April 09, 2024 Business

Librarians fear new penalties, even prison, as activists challenge books

When an illustrated edition of Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” was released in 2019, educators in Clayton, Missouri needed little debate before deciding to keep c...

April 09, 2024 National News

UN atomic watchdog says the status of Russian-occupied Ukraine nuclear plant is 'extremely serious'

KYIV, Ukraine — An explosion caused by an alleged drone attack at Europe’s largest nuclear plant in Ukraine on Tuesday posed no direct threat to its safety but underscor...

April 09, 2024 International News

Beyoncé becomes first Black woman to hit No. 1 on Billboard country albums chart

NEW YORK — Beyoncé has made history once again. Her latest album, the epic “Act ll: Cowboy Carter”, hit No. 1 on the Billboard country albums chart, making her the first ...

April 09, 2024 Arts & Entertainment

Norfolk Southern agrees to pay $600M in settlement related to train derailment in eastern Ohio

Norfolk Southern has agreed to pay $600 million in a class-action lawsuit settlement related to a fiery train derailment in February 2023 in eastern Ohio. The company sa...

April 09, 2024 Pennsylvania News

Franklin Stanko

IN MEMORIAM

In loving memory of our beloved Franklin (Skeeter) Stanko, husband, father, and grandfather, who passed away 31 years ago today, April 9, 1993. A golden heart stopped bea...

April 09, 2024 In Memoriams

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