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Edwin Drake, ‘Uncle Billy’ Smith among those who helped create oil industry

The first oil well in the world was dug in northwestern Pennsylvania in 1859. Less than 20 years later, the boom would make Butler County a world leader in oil producti...

April 09, 2024 America 250

JPMorgan’s Dimon warns inflation, political polarization, wars creating risks not seen since WWII

NEW YORK — The nation’s most influential banker, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, told investors Monday that he continues to expect the U.S. economy to be resilient and gr...

April 09, 2024 Business

East Brady cleanup scheduled for April 27

In conjunction with the Great American Clean-up of Pennsylvania, the East Brady Area Development Corporation is sponsoring a town, highway and parks cleanup day for Satur...

April 09, 2024 Local News

Thomas Edison helped MSA develop its 1st product

Like so many stories about safety advancements, this one starts with tragedy and death. Just before 7:30 a.m. March 26, 1912, there were 91 men in the Jed Coal and Coke C...

April 09, 2024 America 250

John Roebling’s wire rope supported world changing bridges

John Augustus Roebling was educated in engineering and even worked for the Prussian government for several years. But when he settled in America in 1831, he was not plan...

April 09, 2024 America 250

New York man charged with burglary

A New York man was jailed in lieu of $40,000 bond Saturday after he was arrested for allegedly forcing his way into a woman’s Cranberry Township apartment and taking her ...

April 09, 2024 Crime & Courts

Rescued animals being treated at Erie shelter

When state police in Butler contacted Ruth Thompson, founder and director of the Association for Needy and Neglected Animals Shelter, on Saturday afternoon, she expected ...

April 09, 2024 Local News

Knoch students watch eclipse

JEFFERSON TWP — Brooklyn Johnston, 10, would have liked to join her grandmother and uncle, a scientist, in Erie to view the solar eclipse as it reached totality. But as s...

April 09, 2024 Local News

On the pathways to recovery, ‘Hope is Dope’

The pathway to recovery is not a straight line. Sometimes it’s a slow, uncomfortable walk with friends, sometimes it’s a dark, bumpy tunnel, sometimes it’s clear skies th...

April 09, 2024 Our Opinion

Adams Township man facing another charge for changing odometer

A Valencia man is facing another charge of changing the odometer reading on a car he sold. Adams Township police on Monday, April 8, charged Brian C. Frazin, 52, with fel...

April 09, 2024 Crime & Courts

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