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Local News
For Amy McConnell, work in emergency medical services is not a nine-to-five job. It’s a career that requires extraordinary commitment and dedication, to the tune of nearl...
February 06, 2026 Local News
Dan Santoro has consistently heard the same concern from Cranberry Township EMS: expenses are rising faster than revenue. Hearing the call for help, the Cranberry Townshi...
February 06, 2026 Local News
If ambulance services can’t cover their costs, they can’t cover the emergency needs of Butler County — and it’s becoming increasingly difficult to be ready for an emergen...
February 06, 2026 Local News
The Mars Area Public Library announced Friday, Feb. 6, it would close until “further notice,” after first closing Tuesday because of flooding damage caused by a January s...
February 06, 2026 Local News
The Butler County coroner’s office has released the name of the person who died following crashes Friday morning along an icy stretch of Interstate 79 in Jackson Township...
February 06, 2026 Breaking News
A 45-year-old Pittsburgh man died Thursday, Feb. 5, after jumping from the Route 28 bridge near Buffalo Creek Nature Park, state police said in a news release. William I...
February 06, 2026 Local News
Emergency crews responded to a multi-vehicle crash with injuries between commercial and passenger vehicles Friday, Feb. 6, near the Portersville exit on I-79 north, accor...
February 06, 2026 Local News
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GETTYSBURG, Pa. — History professor Gabor S. Boritt, a Hungarian immigrant to the United States who wrote widely about the Civil War and President Abraham Lincoln, has di...
February 06, 2026 Pennsylvania News
MILAN — Featuring tributes to da Vinci and Dante, Puccini and Pausini, Armani and Fellini, pasta and vino, and other iconic tastes of Italian culture — plus Mariah Carey ...
February 06, 2026 International News
SAN DIEGO — At least three people have died and three others have required liver transplants after eating the aptly named Death Cap mushroom that is proliferating in Cali...
February 06, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s racist social media post featuring former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, as primates in a jungle was deleted a...
February 06, 2026 National News
NEW YORK — U.S. births fell a little in 2025, according to newly posted provisional data. Slightly over 3.6 million births have been reported through birth certificates, ...
February 06, 2026 National News
Sonny Jurgensen, the Hall of Fame quarterback whose strong arm, keen wit and affable personality made him one of the most beloved figures in Washington football history, ...
February 06, 2026 National News
PHILADELPHIA — One of the lasting images of President Donald Trump's mass deportation campaign will be the masks worn by federal immigration agents. The widespread use of...
February 06, 2026 Pennsylvania News
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday described the performance of the air force in parts of the country as “unsatisfactory,” and said that st...
February 06, 2026 International News
NEW YORK — Luigi Mangione spoke out in court Friday against the prospect of back-to-back trials over the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, telling a judge: ...
February 06, 2026 National News
MOSCOW — Russian and U.S. negotiators discussed the expiration of the last remaining nuclear arms pact between the two countries and agreed on the need to quickly launch ...
February 06, 2026 International News
Sports
KARNS CITY — Naomi Venesky’s 1,000th and 1,001st career points were tallied with a touch of irony. The Karns City girls basketball senior sank a jumper from the post with...
February 06, 2026 Sports
Alexis Cashdollar has always made a point to be an example. The Mars senior, who’s ticketed to play at Wake Forest as a preferred walk-on, became the 12th Planets girls b...
February 06, 2026 Sports
Later this month, NFL Films is set to release a documentary detailing Western Pennsylvania’s storied gridiron history. Some Butler County high school football stars were ...
February 06, 2026 Sports
Knoch boys basketball owned the second quarter against host Freeport, outscoring the Yellowjackets 24-8 Friday as the Knights grabbed a share of the WPIAL Section 1-4A ti...
February 06, 2026 Sports
TAMPA, Fla. — At age 84, Tom Henschel continues to have a zest for life. But he’s ending his Super Bowl life at 60. One of three individuals to attend every Super Bowl, t...
February 06, 2026 Sports
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NEW YORK — Hoda Kotb is filling at the “Today” show co-host Savannah Guthrie amid the desperate search for the latter’s elderly mother, Nancy, who authorities believe was...
February 06, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — There are stages, and then there is the Super Bowl halftime show. On Sunday, fresh off his historic win at the Grammys for his love letter to Puerto Rico, “De...
February 06, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
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