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Local News
CENTER TWP — Lucian Houllion, co-owner of Mill Hunky Coffee Company in Summit Township, has been steadily growing his tiny, mobile drive-through coffee trailer to the poi...
September 10, 2026 Local News
Butler County is set to receive $2.075 million in reassigned money from the state Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program to build a garage for emergency services and di...
September 10, 2026 Local News
SLIPPERY ROCK TWP — For those recognized at this year’s Butler County Chamber of Commerce Celebrate Business Dinner, the evening is less about a trophy than about having ...
September 10, 2026 Business
The Butler County commissioners’ plans to renovate Diamond Park in Butler include removing the 1,600 memorial pavers etched with the names of veterans and placing those n...
September 10, 2026 Government
The following items were collected from various police departments and district courts: Butler Aug. 22 — Jennifer Elizabeth Thomas, 36, of Franklin Township, was charged ...
September 10, 2026 Local News
ADAMS TWP — One decision made at Mars Area School District’s Wednesday board meeting was met with a resounding applause from a crowd of attendees that included members of...
September 10, 2026 Local News
Southern Clarion County Ambulance Service is asking the community for help to keep the service in business. Citing a significant decrease in the number of calls and patie...
September 09, 2026 Health
Sign-ups are now open for the three races scheduled to take place in Harmony on Thursday, Dec. 31. The runs range from a half-mile dash to a brand new, indoor toddler run...
September 09, 2026 Local News
BUFFALO TWP — Dozens of Freeport Area School District teachers, counselors and nurses showed up in matching red shirts to a school board meeting Wednesday, Sept. 9, to ca...
September 09, 2026 Local News
A Forward Township man is accused of sexually abusing a girl from the time she was about 9 years old to age 15, according to state police. James Boring Jr., 53, was char...
September 09, 2026 Local News
Other News
NEW YORK — The two measles-related deaths in Pennsylvania last month involved infants, and the virus itself caused one of the deaths, a Pennsylvania coroner confirmed Wed...
September 10, 2026 Pennsylvania News
MIAMI — Temporary legal protections for about 200,000 immigrants from El Salvador was in limbo Wednesday as a deadline neared for the Trump administration to decide if th...
September 09, 2026 National News
Democratic Sen. John Fetterman spoke to the Republican midterm convention via video Wednesday, an extraordinary escalation of the growing rupture between the Pennsylvania...
September 09, 2026 National News
DALLAS — Republicans opened their unusual midterm convention in Dallas on Wednesday by offering speech after speech bashing Democrats and celebrating President Donald Tru...
September 09, 2026 National News
McARTHUR, Ohio — A man whose 16 grandchildren were discovered living in squalid conditions at a rural southern Ohio home was found mentally incompetent to stand trial Wed...
September 09, 2026 National News
VIENNA — The U.N. atomic watchdog’s board on Wednesday reported Iran to the U.N. Security Council for the first time in 20 years, citing it for failure to cooperate in a ...
September 09, 2026 International News
NEW YORK — Oil prices shot past $100 a barrel Wednesday as fighting between the U.S. and Iran escalated, threatening to increase costs for consumers and businesses worldw...
September 09, 2026 Business
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy chided the international community Wednesday for not taking a tougher stance against Russia over its escalating bo...
September 09, 2026 International News
Sports
BUTLER TWP — Upcoming opponents watching Butler football's film might be fooled when they finally line up defensively on the field. Ahead of Friday night's trek to Meadvi...
September 10, 2026 Sports
Some teams are starting to separate themselves in the early going. Butler, Knoch, Karns City and Freeport all improved to 2-0 last week, and Seneca Valley sits at 1-0. B...
September 10, 2026 Sports
Here are the Top 10 passers, rushers, receivers and scorers in the Butler County area so far in 2026. Stats are provided by teams directly, via MaxPreps or accumulated vi...
September 10, 2026 Sports
Here are the latest standings involving Butler County-area teams, as well as full schedules for the week: Independent Team Ovr. Butler 2-0 Friday's game: Butler ...
September 10, 2026 Sports
For the fifth time since 2022, our own Butler County Community College has been named Best Community College in Pennsylvania by Niche.com. This ranking site considers aca...
September 10, 2026 Sports
JEFFERSON TWP — Mars couldn’t solve Knoch goalkeeper McKenna Jones. Neither team could solve the weather. Jones made two stellar saves in the first half — and got some he...
September 09, 2026 Sports
BUFFALO TWP — North Catholic and Freeport girls soccer met three times last season, including a WPIAL Class 2A quarterfinal won by the Yellowjackets in overtime. The team...
September 09, 2026 Sports
Lucia Leyland scored one goal, and it was all Butler girls soccer needed Wednesday night in a 1-0 win over North Hills. Avery Singer provided the assist for Leyland in th...
September 09, 2026 Sports
NEW ORLEANS — The Southeastern Conference is no longer expected to vote on whether to expel LSU from the league Thursday, a person familiar with the matter said Wednesday...
September 09, 2026 College
It's Big Ten vs. SEC Week. No. 1 Ohio State at No. 4 Texas has been a red-letter game on the college football calendar for months, a litmus test in the debate over co...
September 09, 2026 College
Editorial
September 09, 2026 Cartoons
The national conversation about how much public surveillance is too much has come to the forefront in Butler County as municipalities weigh the pros and cons of automatic...
September 09, 2026 Editorial
I’ve long been intrigued by the presidencies of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Dwight D. Eisenhower and believe they each offer important and illuminating examples of the kind...
September 09, 2026 Other Voices
Community
Thirty-three empty pairs of shoes placed around the Diamond Park fountain represented the 33 lives that were lost to suicide in Butler County in 2025. Those they represe...
September 10, 2026 Community
Announcements
We remember Greg Prokopchak, who entered eternity just three years ago. May the Lord grant him rest and may his memory be eternal. With Love, The Prokopchak Family ...
September 10, 2026 In Memoriams
Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — Michael J. Fox’s battle with Parkinson’s disease has “gotten harder,” but he remains optimistic that a cure is coming. The 65-year-old television star was 29 y...
September 10, 2026 People
A new organization in the Karns City area is planning a family event for Sunday, Sept. 13. Karns City Communities that Care is organizing KC Strong Community Day, to take...
September 09, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
Release a butterfly in memory of a deceased loved one at an event Sept. 13. The Visiting Nurses Association will host a Community Celebration of Life and Butterfly Releas...
September 09, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
Twenty-five years after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, it can be difficult to remember just how personal the tragedy once felt. Before the documentaries, anniversary retr...
September 09, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
Grove City Area Historical Society kicks off its speaker series with a program about the music of World War II. Phil Atteberry will present a program on the music of Worl...
September 09, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
United Methodist Church, 130 Franklin Street in Slippery Rock, will have an artist and craft sale coinciding with Slippery Rock VillageFest on Saturday, Sept. 12. The sal...
September 09, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
On Sept. 11, 2001, the world watched two skyscrapers plummet to the earth as a result of the worst terrorist attack on American soil. At that same time, I was watching “B...
September 09, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
PumpkinFest a huge draw for the borough
September 09, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
Day 1 of the Boots and Grace Music Festival will feature headliner Karen Waldrup, backed by a six-piece band, in a performance the singer described as “having a good time...
September 09, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
Other
Parkers Appliance sees customers looking for option that best suits need
September 10, 2026 Special Sections
September 10, 2026 Daily Photo Gallery
Teach the older men to be temperate, worthy of respect, self-controlled, and sound in faith, in love, and in endurance. — Titus 2:2 ...
September 10, 2026 Verse of the Day
As temperatures begin to slowly drop, Eli Nickerson, HVAC service and installation manager with Armstrong Comfort Solutions, likes to take a cooler, late summer day to wa...
September 09, 2026 Special Sections
September 09, 2026 Daily Photo Gallery
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