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Local News
NEW YORK — Stocks shook off an early stumble to finish with slim gains on Wall Street Thursday and close out their first winning week since the start of the Iran war. Th...
April 02, 2026 Business
A 19-year-old man crashed into a tractor trailer on Tuesday, March 31, near the intersection of Pittsburgh and Litman roads, according to Butler Township police. Police ...
April 02, 2026 Local News
WASHINGTON — U.S. applications for unemployment benefits fell last week as layoffs remain sparse despite a softening labor market and rising energy costs due to the Iran ...
April 02, 2026 National News
Freeport Borough’s treasurer and tax collector is accused of punching a man following a two-vehicle crash in Jefferson Township, according to state police. Richard Bruce...
April 02, 2026 Local News
Adams Township and Mars are not the first pair of municipalities in Butler County to have considered joining forces. In November 2010, a referendum on a potential merger...
April 02, 2026 Government
The statewide trout season opens Saturday, April 4, at 8 a.m. Throughout the 2026 season, the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission will stock about 3.2 million adult tro...
April 02, 2026 Local News
Cranberry Township is trying to get additional money to help complete future Route 19 improvement projects that would benefit drivers and pedestrians but create brief tra...
April 02, 2026 Local News
You don’t need to know how to play every board game to have fun on the first Wednesday of each month. Just drop into the Cranberry Township Municipal Center and have fun....
April 02, 2026 Local News
OAKLAND TWP — With paving season getting underway, township officials opened and immediately approved bids for two of its road upkeep projects. Township supervisors voted...
April 02, 2026 Local News
A Chicora man is accused of being under the influence of controlled substances while at district court. Ryan Nathan Banner, 39, was charged March 17 by state police in B...
April 02, 2026 Local News
Other News
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s Artemis II astronauts fired their engines and blazed toward the moon Thursday night, breaking free of the chains that have trapped humanity ...
April 02, 2026 National News
Decision comes during ongoing conflict with Iran
April 02, 2026 National News
Jack Pugh, a former tight end on Wisconsin’s football team who stepped away from the sport three years ago citing mental health concerns, has died, the university announc...
April 02, 2026 National News
PARIS — A complaint filed Thursday in France seeks a war crimes investigation into an Israeli strike on a Beirut apartment building in November 2024 said to have killed s...
April 02, 2026 International News
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Thursday that Pam Bondi is out as his attorney general, ending the contentious tenure of a loyalist who upended the Justice Depar...
April 02, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Thursday he will soon sign an order to pay all Department of Homeland Security employees who have gone without paychecks during t...
April 02, 2026 National News
LONDON — Britain accused Iran on Thursday of holding the world's economy hostage as diplomats from more than 40 countries held talks on ways to reopen the Strait of Hormu...
April 02, 2026 International News
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran fired more missiles at Israel and Gulf Arab states Thursday, demonstrating Tehran’s continued ability to strike its neighbors even as U...
April 02, 2026 International News
The start of a scheduled preservation project for the Shearer Bridge in Butler and Summit townships, which carries Route 422 over Connoquenessing Creek, has been pushed b...
April 02, 2026 Pennsylvania News
Allegheny Health Network has announced its plans for providing health resources for the hundreds of thousands of visitors who are expected to enter the Pittsburgh area fo...
April 02, 2026 Pennsylvania News
Sports
One game doesn't make a successful career. It did make a special memory for Brad Mueller — and proved a small part of a career that has landed the 2003 Mars graduate in t...
April 02, 2026 Sports
The 2026 NFL Draft is coming to Pittsburgh for the first time, allowing fans to see where the league’s top prospects end up in person next month. Here’s information on ho...
April 02, 2026 Sports
Editorial
Community
Girls entering kindergarten through 12th grade in the fall are invited to join Girl Scouts by participating in an early-registration program with Girl Scouts Western Penn...
April 02, 2026 Community
Mars high school’s Mars Indoor Percussion and Mars Area Winterguard teams competed in the 2026 Three Rivers Winter Ensemble Association Championships on March 28 at Kiski...
April 02, 2026 Community
New Life Christian Ministries is sponsoring a one-day Women’s Conference on May 2, titled “The Together Conference.” Jennifer Cadamore will be the featured speaker. The ...
April 02, 2026 Community
County’s Agricultural Land Preservation Program could preserve land, even if sold
April 02, 2026 Community
Connoquenessing Township will be hosting multiple cleanup and recycling events in May. On May 9 and 16, the township will host recycling days in partnership with Connoque...
April 02, 2026 Community
Announcements
Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — Blake Lively’s sexual harassment claims against Justin Baldoni over the movie “It Ends With Us” were dismissed Thursday by a federal judge who left intact thre...
April 02, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
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