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NEW YORK — Leading Jewish groups in the United States are urging all Jewish organizations to ratchet up security measures at public events — including restrictions on acc...
December 15, 2025 National News
Hanukkah — also spelled Chanukah or other transliterations from Hebrew — is Judaism’s “festival of lights.” On eight consecutive nightfalls, Jews gather with family and f...
December 12, 2025 Arts & Entertainment
The Lighthouse Foundation, a Christian nonprofit and food bank based in Middlesex Township, has closed on the site of the former Furniture Galleries store on Pittsburgh R...
November 08, 2025 Religion
The St. Francis and St. Clare of Assisi parishes are hosting their annual turkey dinner at St. Wendelin Church in Summit Township on Sunday, Nov. 9, starting at 11:30 a.m...
November 08, 2025 Religion
WORTHINGTON, Armstrong County — Worthington Lutheran Church has introduced a new Wicks Opus pipe organ to its congregation. On Sunday, Oct. 12, the church officially ina...
October 12, 2025 Pennsylvania News
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Senior
Senior centers at Butler, Chicora, Cranberry Township, Evans City, Mars, Slippery Rock, Mount Chestnut and Winfield Township will serve the following menus this week. Lun...
December 13, 2025 Senior
Senior centers at Butler, Chicora, Cranberry Township, Evans City, Mars, Slippery Rock, Mount Chestnut and Winfield Township will serve the following menus this week. Lun...
December 06, 2025 Senior
Senior centers at Butler, Chicora, Cranberry Township, Evans City, Mars, Slippery Rock, Mount Chestnut and Winfield Township will serve the following menus this week. Lun...
November 29, 2025 Senior
Senior centers at Butler, Chicora, Cranberry Township, Evans City, Mars, Slippery Rock, Mount Chestnut and Winfield Township will serve the following menus this week. Lun...
November 22, 2025 Senior
Senior centers at Butler, Chicora, Cranberry Township, Evans City, Mars, Slippery Rock, Mount Chestnut and Winfield Township will serve the following menus this week. Lun...
November 15, 2025 Senior
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Military
Pinewood Memorial Gardens in Cranberry Township is one of 19 cemeteries across Butler County hosting a Wreaths Across America ceremony Saturday, Dec. 13, which has been d...
December 10, 2025 Military News
CLAY TWP — In a ceremony nearly half a century in the making, a group of friends unveiled a newly created headstone for the late Michael S. Thompson at West Sunbury Cemet...
November 09, 2025 Military News
Veterans from Western Pennsylvania — including one 105-year-old World War II veteran — traveled to Washington D.C. on Saturday, Sept. 20, to see the memorials that were b...
September 23, 2025 Community
CENTER TWP — To mark National Suicide Prevention Month, the VA Butler Healthcare System hosted its third annual Walk to Remember at Abie Abraham Health Care Center on Tue...
September 10, 2025 Military News
U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly, R-16th, presented Marine Maj. Zachary Sessa, a Butler native, with a flag in honor of Sessa being named the 2025 Military Times Marine of the Year. ...
September 06, 2025 Local News
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Scout News
Many families have a history of producing Boy Scouts through the generations, but the Hoffer family has taken it one step further. Jason Hoffer, 18, a senior at Butler Se...
March 30, 2024 Community
Girl Scout Junior Troop 28030, based at Mars Area School District, hosted a food drive to benefit Inspired Hearts & Hands. The Scouts collected 2,117 food items over the...
November 11, 2023 Scout News
Jason Hoffer, 17, recalls a teacher at Penn Christian Academy mentioning Fishbone Ministries in Butler, as well as a weeklong mission trip to the ministry’s complex on Sh...
July 03, 2023 Scout News
Members of Boy Scout Troop 58 assisted the Mars VFW Post 7505 in retiring worn and tattered U.S. flags in a special ceremony recently. Before the service, the troop pres...
June 24, 2023 Scout News
It’s a huge honor for a Boy Scout troop to produce an Eagle Scout, which is the Boy Scouts of America’s highest achievement. Troop 6 of Butler tripled that feat recently....
June 23, 2023 Scout News
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