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Local News
Seneca Valley High School students recently showed off their creativity at the Butler Art Center’s regional high school art exhibition. Eight Seneca Valley students earne...
June 01, 2026 Local News
A man being served a warrant on Sunday, May 31, in Center Township pulled out a firearm and allowed a state trooper to leave the Sunflower Road home just before he was fo...
June 01, 2026 Local News
First responders headed to a motorcycle crash Monday morning, June 1, in the 700 block of East Butler Road, according to Butler County Emergency Services dispatch. The c...
June 01, 2026 Local News
Drivers caught speeding by 11 mph or more in work zones can get 15-day suspension
June 01, 2026 Local News
These real estate transactions were recorded in Butler County from March 9 to 13: Adams Township Sherry and Clifford Foster Jr. to Riley and John McGraw Jr. at 318 V...
June 01, 2026 Real Estate Transactions
CRANBERRY TWP — Butler County was introduced to a new musical group this past weekend as the EchoPoint Chorale, a nonprofit group of volunteer vocalists from across the r...
June 01, 2026 Local News
A person was found dead from a gunshot wound in Center Township after an incident involving Pennsylvania State Police on Sunday, May 31. According to a news release, stat...
May 31, 2026 Local News
Throughout the month of June, all three state parks serving Butler County — Moraine and McConnells Mill State Parks, as well as Jennings Environmental Education Center — ...
May 31, 2026 Local News
DAKAR, Senegal — When Senegalese farmer Abou Sow first watched U.S. missiles strike Iran on social media, he had a sinking feeling it would soon affect agriculture in the...
May 31, 2026 Business
WASHINGTON — In the latest action to undo Biden-era regulations on climate change, the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday proposed repealing a rule that requir...
May 31, 2026 Business
Other News
PROVO, Utah — A Utah judge is set to decide Monday whether to bar reporters and the public from parts of a key upcoming hearing in the case of the man accused of killing ...
June 01, 2026 National News
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The United States said Monday that it bombed radar and drone sites in Iran after Tehran shot down an American drone over the weekend. Iran t...
June 01, 2026 International News
BEIRUT — Israel’s government ordered strikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut on Monday, a day after its ground forces reached their deepest point in Lebanon in 26 years...
June 01, 2026 International News
A family of four from Massachusetts who were killed when a bus crashed into multiple vehicles in Virginia were traveling to a wedding with a carload of homemade desserts...
May 31, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — The U.S. military stopped a merchant vessel trying to break through its blockade of Iranian ports by firing a missile into its engine room, the U.S. Central...
May 31, 2026 National News
BANGKOK — A blast on Sunday at a building in northeastern Myanmar said to have been storing explosives for mining has killed more than 45 people, according to rescue wor...
May 31, 2026 International News
Missing “Alaskan Bush People” star Matt Brown’s family fears the Discovery Channel alum has died by suicide. Brown, who lives in Washington state, allegedly “took his own...
May 31, 2026 National News
A United Airlines flight bound for Spain from Newark Liberty International Airport turned around midflight Saturday due to a possible security threat. The flight departed...
May 31, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — An upcoming celebration of America's 250th anniversary, “The Great American State Fair," recently had several musical guests back out partly over the event'...
May 31, 2026 National News
Blue Origin experienced a fiery setback Thursday when its New Glenn rocket exploded on the launchpad in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The Kent, Washington-based company, start...
May 31, 2026 Business
Sports
The PIAA tournaments start this week, and a Butler County team is hoping to extend a historic season while another is hoping to outplay its seeding. Here’s what to know ...
June 01, 2026 Sports
"They look like a droid from Star Wars." We go off the rails almost immediately, from pistachio chocolate to rainbow vacuum cleaners, cutting the grass and, well ... you ...
June 01, 2026 Sports
A potent offense and stingy defense once again has Mars’ boys and girls lacrosse teams entering the state playoffs as district champions. The Planets boys recently won th...
June 01, 2026 Sports
See this week’s schedule of local sports across Butler County. Check back throughout the week for updated PIAA tournament schedules. Monday, June 1 Baseball 4 —...
June 01, 2026 Sports
The PIAA tournaments start this week, and two champions from Butler County are hoping to extend their seasons another few days. Here’s what to know about Monday’s first-r...
May 31, 2026 Sports
The PIAA tournaments start this week, and one of the big surprises out of the WPIAL, North Catholic (15-6), is the last Butler County team still dancing Here’s what to kn...
May 31, 2026 Sports
It’s been a series of Western Pennsylvania false springs of late, but golf weather is increasing in regularity in the Butler area. And that means one thing: time to get o...
May 31, 2026 Sports
Some golf courses have that hole that jumps out in everyone’s mind whenever they think of the 18 holes. Whether it’s a signature feature, a unique backdrop, particularly ...
May 31, 2026 Sports
The PIAA baseball tournament begins Monday, with Butler County teams Butler and Moniteau in the mix. See the full PIAA brackets below. Results and upcoming matchups will ...
May 31, 2026 Sports
The PIAA softball tournament begins Monday, with Butler County’s North Catholic making the field. See the full PIAA brackets below. Results and upcoming matchups will be ...
May 31, 2026 Sports
Editorial
Community
No yard is too big, no garden bed too small. The Butler City Shade Tree Commission is bringing back its City Neighborhood Clean Up Program this summer beginning on June 1...
June 01, 2026 Community
Nomination period open until June 15
May 31, 2026 Community
Have you considered becoming a Penn State Extension Master Gardener, but don’t know where to begin? Attend an information session at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 3, or M...
May 31, 2026 Community
Announcements
In loving memory of our very dear uncle, Theodore "Art" Fair, who passed away June 1, 1991. When God was making uncles, He must have made a fuss He spent a lot of time o...
June 01, 2026 In Memoriams
Arts & Entertainment
Young audiences turned out in droves to movie theaters around the country this weekend. It wasn’t for the big budget “Star Wars” movie, “The Mandalorian and Grogu,” which...
June 01, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
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