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Local News
A Butler man accused in April of threatening a woman and her children had his felony aggravated assault charge withdrawn at a Monday, Sept. 28, preliminary hearing. Dana...
September 28, 2026 Local News
State police are investigating a hit-and-run involving three vehicles that caused a head-on crash Sept. 20 in Jefferson Township, according to a news release Friday, Sept...
September 28, 2026 Local News
A motorcycle passenger was taken to a Pittsburgh hospital following a two-vehicle crash Wednesday, Sept. 23, in Franklin Township, according to a Friday news release. Th...
September 28, 2026 Local News
The VA Butler Healthcare System has been recognized at VA’s 2026 National Customer Experience Symposium with the Veterans Health Administration Customer Experience Award ...
September 28, 2026 Business
Seminar will focus on Roblox and similar platforms
September 28, 2026 Local News
Several Mars Area High School students were recognized at the 2026 Saxonburg Fine Art Show. Juried art show winners include senior Anya Ignatuk, who received second place...
September 28, 2026 Local News
A woman in Cranberry Township arrived home Thursday, Sept. 24, to find a Jefferson Township man naked in her bed, according to charges filed Friday. Cody J. Grupp, 33, w...
September 28, 2026 Local News
A Newell man died Sunday, Sept. 27, after being pinned between two door machines at the Cleveland-Cliffs Coke Works plant in Monessen, according to the Westmoreland Count...
September 28, 2026 Local News
A medical helicopter was requested for a two-vehicle crash between a tractor-trailer and a car Monday morning, Sept. 28, in Penn Township, according to Butler County Emer...
September 28, 2026 Local News
CONNOQUENESSING TWP — For the first time ever, the Big Butler Parts-A-Rama automotive swap meet expanded into the fall, holding its second event of the year over the week...
September 28, 2026 Local News
Other News
BOSTON — A maritime expert planned to visit a Nantucket beach Monday to inspect weathered wooden beams exposed by the weekend’s powerful nor’easter, possibly the remnants...
September 28, 2026 National News
HARRISBURG — A federal judge on Monday blocked the authority of President Donald Trump’s administration to withhold some federal counterterrorism funding from states that...
September 28, 2026 National News
DETROIT — The Trump administration on Monday released new fuel economy standards that relax regulatory requirements for automakers to control pollution from gasoline-powe...
September 28, 2026 National News
A Utah judge on Monday ordered a 71-year-old man who spent decades on death row for a 1985 killing to be released on bail, despite objections from the victim's family, af...
September 28, 2026 National News
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Christa Pike was 18 when she killed a classmate in a jealous rage and became one of the youngest women to be sent to death row. Now 50, she is schedule...
September 28, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — Andrew Bailey, one of the FBI's two deputy directors, announced Monday that he was leaving the position after just over a year on the job and would be return...
September 28, 2026 National News
BANGKOK — Two giant pandas arrived in Atlanta on Sunday morning as part of an agreement between the Chinese and American governments. Ping Ping and Fu Shuang departed Ch...
September 28, 2026 International News
KYIV, Ukraine — Russia’s round-the-clock bombardment of targets in Ukraine killed at least seven people and wounded more than 50 others, officials said Monday. Moscow’s ...
September 28, 2026 International News
CAIRO — Mediators are working with Iran and the United States on trying to broker a deal to end the fighting and open the Strait of Hormuz, three regional officials and t...
September 28, 2026 International News
FAIRFORD, England — Police were holding five men on Monday and examining suspected explosives found near a U.S.-operated air force base in England, as counterterror detec...
September 28, 2026 International News
Sports
Levi McClellan’s impressive season continued Monday at Hannastown Golf Club. The Butler senior shot a 4-over 74 in the first round of the WPIAL Individual Golf Championsh...
September 28, 2026 Sports
PITTSBURGH — Mike McCarthy and Aaron Rodgers have been around each other a long time. So much so that when the Pittsburgh Steelers coach told Rodgers and the rest of the ...
September 28, 2026 Sports
PITTSBURGH — Aaron Rodgers urged patience, not panic, after the new-look Pittsburgh Steelers seemed an awful lot like the old-look Pittsburgh Steelers through two weeks. ...
September 28, 2026 Professional
See this week’s schedule of local sports across Butler County. Monday, Sept. 28 Boys Golf 9 a.m. — WPIAL Class 3A Individual Championships First Round Girls...
September 28, 2026 Sports
Editorial
Community
A drive through Zelienople’s Main Street can take a while. There are only three traffic lights on the stretch of road that breaks up Route 19 into a few blocks of a busin...
September 28, 2026 Special Sections
What makes the Rocket Fuel Cafe an example other schools want to follow
September 28, 2026 Community
Oktoberfest in Seven Fields provided a chance to enjoy the season for both children and adults this weekend at the borough’s Town Park. Adults got a chance to enjoy live ...
September 28, 2026 Community
Announcements
Arts & Entertainment
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad — Calypso music lost one of its most emblematic voices Sunday with the death of Slinger Francisco, who was known on stage as the Mighty Sparrow an...
September 28, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
The limited series adaptation of “East of Eden” and an album from Quavo are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you. Also among the...
September 28, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — Seven years after becoming the second-highest grossing film ever, “Avengers: Endgame” returned to the No. 1 spot at the box office in a victory lap for Marvel ...
September 28, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
Other
ZELIENOPLE — Painters have a brush and canvas. Writers have a pen and paper. Skaters have a skateboard and a skate park. Locals consistently choose to perfect their craft...
September 28, 2026 Special Sections
A cohort of businesses in Harmony is planning two fall events to spur more foot traffic in the farthest ends of the borough. There will be two evening Moonlight Makers an...
September 28, 2026 Special Sections
September 28, 2026 Daily Photo Gallery
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