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Local News
Business owner claims his trash can was used A Butler man is facing charges after police said he placed his roommate in a trash can after he died from an apparent overdos...
June 30, 2026 Local News
NICOSIA, Cyprus — Natural gas could start flowing by 2033 out of two undersea deposits discovered by ExxonMobil off Cyprus, a senior executive with the company said Tuesd...
June 30, 2026 Business
WASHINGTON — U.S. job openings stayed at a surprisingly strong 7.6 million in May as the American labor market remains resilient in the face of the economic shock from th...
June 30, 2026 Business
WASHINGTON — Americans’ attitudes toward the economy improved slightly this month as gas prices declined, but their outlook is still mostly negative by historical standar...
June 30, 2026 Business
SLIPPERY ROCK TWP — Despite a short delay with opening due to some necessary repairs, the pool at Armco Park is open to swimmers. Armco Park’s pool opened June 16, 17 day...
June 30, 2026 Local News
As America celebrates its 250th anniversary, residents work to keep the stories of their towns — some more than 200 years old — alive through a patchwork of local histori...
June 30, 2026 Local News
Thunderstorms possible for America’s 250th
June 30, 2026 Local News
The contract between Mars Area School District and its teachers’ union is set to expire Tuesday, June 30. However, there is still a notable divide on salary increases and...
June 30, 2026 Local News
PennDOT announced in a June 29 news release that New Castle Road in Zelienople will be closed from 7 a.m. July 9 to 6:30 p.m. July 13, at the railroad crossing located be...
June 29, 2026 Local News
The Slippery Rock Municipal Authority will be replacing a water line along Elm Street in Slippery Rock starting in July, according to a Friday, June 26, Facebook post by ...
June 29, 2026 Local News
Other News
LA GUAIRA, Venezuela — Aid groups warned Tuesday that Venezuela’s fragile healthcare system is being pushed to its limits nearly a week after two powerful earthquakes, wi...
June 30, 2026 International News
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday erased limits on how much political parties can spend in coordination with candidates for Congress and president, striking down ...
June 30, 2026 National News
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Two U.S. envoys arrived in Qatar on Tuesday for talks with mediators about the implementation of an initial deal to end the war in Iran, an ...
June 30, 2026 International News
WASHINGTON — A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a broad conception of birthright citizenship, rejecting President Donald Trump’s executive order declaring that chi...
June 30, 2026 National News
RICHMOND, Va. — Five years after becoming the first Southern state to legalize possession of marijuana, Virginia has approved a legal way to sell it to recreational users...
June 30, 2026 National News
LA GUAIRA, Venezuela — With the window for finding survivors shrinking fast, Venezuelans combed Monday through more ruins of buildings toppled by last week’s powerful bac...
June 29, 2026 International News
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday dramatically expanded presidential power, upholding President Donald Trump’s firings of the heads of independent federal agencies...
June 29, 2026 National News
NEW YORK — Luigi Mangione’s federal trial in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson will now begin in January, a judge said Monday, delaying it from the fall....
June 29, 2026 National News
A JetBlue pilot reported hitting a drone as he approached JFK International Airport to land in New York Monday morning. The Federal Aviation Administration is investigati...
June 29, 2026 National News
DES MOINES, Iowa — Summer camp and other outdoor activities were canceled or delayed Monday as a heat wave held its grip on the Midwest and spread eastward. Communities o...
June 29, 2026 National News
Sports
June 30, 2026 Sports
Emersyn Jones could have a bad game and nobody would be the wiser. “She doesn’t let anything bother her,” Knoch softball coach Chris Gardner said of the sophomore shortst...
June 29, 2026 Sports
Editorial
June 30, 2026 Cartoons
Fourth of July celebrations take many forms, but one thing most have in common is taking place outside. This year, that could require some extra caution. From the Midwest...
June 30, 2026 Our Opinion
The First Amendment needs all the help it can get these days. Some progressives want restrictions on “hate speech,” while Democrats weren’t shy about pushing private com...
June 30, 2026 Other Voices
June 29, 2026 Cartoons
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is working around a bird that has taken up residence in one of the bridges it is working on in Armstrong County because the ...
June 29, 2026 Our Opinion
President Donald Trump is proud of America and he wants you to be proud too. He chides the head of the Smithsonian Institution for his 250th anniversary exhibits because ...
June 29, 2026 Other Voices
Community
Mac Wilson, of Cranberry Township, is participating in the prestigious Pennsylvania Governor’s School for the Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University this summer. Mac atte...
June 30, 2026 Community
Hunter Speer, 7, of the Fisher Dairy Farm at Portersville, readies his cow Friday, July 1, 2011, for competition at the Big Butler Fair. It was the first day of the Big...
June 30, 2026 Community
Bouncing signals off the ionosphere, ham radio club converses worldwide
June 30, 2026 Community
Rosy Selby, née Clarke, sometimes returns to Butler from Barbados
June 29, 2026 Community
The Grove City Area Historical Society & Museum continues its celebration of America’s 250th anniversary with July’s display at the Grove City Community Library, 125 W. M...
June 29, 2026 Community
Announcements
Arts & Entertainment
LONDON — Penelope Keith, a comic performer who shone as flinty but loveable upper-crust characters in British sitcoms “The Good Life” and “To the Manor Born,” has died ag...
June 29, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
WASHINGTON — The Chicago rapper known as Twista has pleaded guilty to five counts of willfully failing to pay his income taxes and faces up to five years in prison. The I...
June 29, 2026 People
LOS ANGELES — After watching a 20-minute tribute celebrating her groundbreaking career, Lauryn Hill surprised the BET Awards audience Sunday with an impromptu performance...
June 29, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — In a setback for Warner Bros.’ revamped DC movie operations, “Supergirl” was absolutely no match for “Toy Story 5” at the box office, opening a distant second ...
June 29, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
Other
This list is one in a series showing a snapshot of what life looks like in Butler County ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026. Butler County Seni...
June 30, 2026 Special Sections
This list is one in a series showing a snapshot of what life looks like in Butler County ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026. Pennsylvania S...
June 30, 2026 Special Sections
June 30, 2026 Daily Photo Gallery
The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me; your love, O Lord, endures forever — do not abandon the works of your hands. — Psalm 138:8 ...
June 30, 2026 Verse of the Day
June 29, 2026 Daily Photo Gallery
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