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Local News
NexTier Bank, headquartered in Butler, has officially completed a legal merger with an Ohio-based bank. As of Aug. 31, NexTier has merged with Riverside Bank of Dublin in...
September 01, 2026 Business
Cranberry Township, Zelienople and Slippery Rock tested positive
September 01, 2026 Local News
ZELIENOPLE — Work that was part of Phase 2 of the ongoing streetscape project on the borough’s Main Street has been completed. At the borough’s meeting Monday, Aug. 31, ...
September 01, 2026 Local News
Residents of Fifth Avenue in Butler have not been able to park their vehicles on the street since work on a pipe replacement project by Pennsylvania American Water began ...
September 01, 2026 Local News
Planned as a parking area for Pullman Recreation Complex Butler Township will be building a new parking lot to the north of the Pullman Recreation Complex in coming month...
September 01, 2026 Local News
Military veterans and families of the 16th Congressional District will have an opportunity to hear from their congressman and seek information related to receiving benefi...
August 31, 2026 Local News
Police say man self-reported when he discovered girl’s age
August 31, 2026 Local News
The Butler VA Health Care System will begin offering seasonal flu vaccination clinics for Veterans on Sept. 15, providing no‑appointment access for U.S. military veterans...
August 31, 2026 Local News
A 30-year-old man with criminal charges both in Butler County and federally had his preliminary hearing continued for the sixth time since it was initially scheduled in J...
August 31, 2026 Local News
BUFFALO TWP — Nearly 10 years later, Kevin and Catherine Slane, now of Buffalo Township, are still mourning the loss of their daughter, Alexandra, who died in October 201...
August 31, 2026 Local News
Other News
MIAMI — Tropical Storm Edouard was expected to strengthen significantly and possibly reach hurricane force Tuesday as it moved toward the Gulf Coast, where heavy rains an...
September 01, 2026 National News
Iran's president said Tuesday his country is ready to return to the ceasefire deal reached with the United States in June if Washington does the same, in conciliatory rem...
September 01, 2026 International News
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is meeting with finance ministers of the world’s largest economies this week at a time when the United States has disru...
August 31, 2026 National News
NEW YORK — The online prediction market platform Kalshi said Monday that it has permanently banned former U.S. Rep. George Santos for his bets on whether he'd attend the ...
August 31, 2026 National News
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — After six months of war, Iran’s leadership has coalesced around a hard core of military generals and clerics long entrenched in the ruling t...
August 31, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is stepping down after 18 months on the job, the White House said Monday, in the latest departure of a top military leader durin...
August 31, 2026 National News
MIAMI — A controversial policing tactic that permitted staggering amounts of deadly fentanyl to reach the streets as federal authorities sought to build bigger drug cases...
August 31, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has frequently suggested he wants to seek a third term, posting about mounting another campaign, donning 2028 caps and discussing way...
August 31, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — A divided Supreme Court on Monday allowed the White House to continue construction on a $400 million ballroom project as lawsuits play out. The decision rep...
August 31, 2026 National News
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. — Rescue crews looking for missing people have found at least two bodies since a major flash flood swept through the Grand Canyon, and f...
August 31, 2026 National News
Sports
Sustaining success to the level achieved by North Catholic girls basketball requires young players to not only buy into the culture upheld by veteran coach Molly Rottmann...
September 01, 2026 Sports
STARKVILLE, Miss. — When Brandon Fusco went from playing Division II football right to the NFL, he took a giant leap. Now he’s taking another one. The Seneca Valley High ...
September 01, 2026 Sports
BUTLER TWP — Lucia Leyland always goes right. “Every single time,” said the Butler senior midfielder, who booted in a penalty kick a minute into the second half of a 3-1 ...
August 31, 2026 Sports
Slippery Rock girls volleyball rallied from a two-set deficit to down host Wilmington 3-2 Monday. Lexi Caldwell had 30 assists and 10 digs while teammate Savannah Smith d...
August 31, 2026 Sports
PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Steelers general manager Omar Khan said cornerback Joey Porter Jr. knows how the club feels about him. The team, however, doesn't feel strongly en...
August 31, 2026 Professional
CHERRY TWP — The Moniteau Warriors ultimately lost their opening game of the 2026 season on Friday night, Aug. 28, but most Moniteau supporters expressed optimism for the...
August 31, 2026 Local News
ADAMS TWP — Some members of Mars Area School District’s athletic department are looking to potentially restructure the district’s baseball program to expand opportunities...
August 31, 2026 Sports
See this week’s schedule of local sports across Butler County. Monday, Aug. 31 Boys Golf 3:15 — Riverview at Freeport, at Buffalo GC 3:30 — North Allegheny at B...
August 31, 2026 Sports
Editorial
Community
The Butler Collaborative for Families is partnering with the Butler County Suicide Coalition to host a free QPR Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper Training at noon Thursday, S...
August 31, 2026 Community
The Rotary Club of Slippery Rock installed its 2026-27 executive board during a luncheon last week. Judith “Judy” Hughes was named president, Steven M. Plavny was named v...
August 31, 2026 Community
Butler Township woman in training for 2027 international race
August 31, 2026 Community
The Big Butler Fairgrounds will be full of family fun at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 1, and Wednesday, Sept. 2, at 625 Evans City Road in Franklin Township, as the Zerbini Fami...
August 31, 2026 Community
Announcements
In loving memory of our dear dad and grandpa, Regis R. Ferrere, whose 99th birthday is today, September 1, 2026. Happy Heavenly Birthday To our Angel in the sky. Nothing ...
September 01, 2026 Birthday Tributes
In loving memory of our nephew, cousin, grandson, Kevin Neal Jackson. August 2, 1991- September 1, 2017 “Sometimes solutions aren’t so simple,” “Sometimes goodbye’s the o...
September 01, 2026 In Memoriams
In loving memory of my beloved Phyllis Roudybush, whose birthday is September 1st. No one knows the silent heartaches Only those who lost can tell, The grief that is born...
September 01, 2026 Birthday Tributes
Arts & Entertainment
Evoking the same do-it-yourself pop-rock feminism of her '90s musical influences, Olivia Rodrigo raised $20 million for women's well-being with a benefit show that activa...
September 01, 2026 People
Other
September 01, 2026 Daily Photo Gallery
Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker; for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care. — Psalm 95:6-7...
September 01, 2026 Verse of the Day
The following are first-place winners from the Butler Farm Show, which ended Saturday, Aug. 15. Rabbit Breeds Dwarf Papillion – Blue/Sr. Buck, Cora Schneider, Ellwood Cit...
August 31, 2026 Local News
August 31, 2026 Daily Photo Gallery
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