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Local News
U.S. Attorney | ‘Disturbing developments’ required swift action as Valencia man plotted ISIS-inspired terrorist violence
PITTSBURGH -- At a news conference Tuesday, Sept. 15, U.S. Attorney Troy Rivetti of the Western District of Pennsylvania said a Valencia man alleged to be plotting a terr...
September 15, 2026 Local News
Coroner’s office called to fatal crash in Brady Township
At least one person has died as a result of a multi-car accident along William Flynn Highway in Brady Township. The crash was first reported over Butler County Emergency ...
September 15, 2026 Local News
Five Beneficiary Mistakes That Can Derail Your Estate Plan
You can spend thousands of dollars creating the perfect estate plan, but a beneficiary form you filled out 20 years ago could potentially undo much of that planning. Bene...
September 15, 2026 Business
Valencia man arrested on felony charges of intent to commit terrorism
Federal officials say he bought guns, ammunition to aid ISIS
September 15, 2026 Local News
Man wanted on attempted homicide charge caught after fleeing in Sharon
An unidentified man is in U.S. Marshals custody and receiving medical care after unsuccessfully attempting to flee arrest in Sharon on Saturday night, Sept. 12, on suspic...
September 15, 2026 Crime & Courts
Historical societies receive state grants
Two county historical societies will receive shares of in $4 million in grants awarded to support operations from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. The B...
September 15, 2026 Local News
Butler sweeping streets Sept. 15
Parking will be restricted on nine streets in Butler between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15, for street cleaning. The roads affected are North Bluff, Olive, DuBois a...
September 15, 2026 Local News
Moniteau continues dealing with cyber charter payments
CHERRY TWP — For a public school district like Moniteau, just a single student opting to instead attend a charter school can impact the district’s budget by tens of thous...
September 15, 2026 Local News
Former employee charged with $48K burglary at Miller’s Quality Meat
A former employee of the closed Miller’s Quality Meats in downtown Butler is facing felony burglary and theft charges after at least $48,875 in equipment went missing fro...
September 15, 2026 Crime & Courts
Butler Area School District signs new transportation agreement after A.J. Myers & Sons sold
BUTLER TWP — With A.J. Myers & Sons — the transportation company serving two Butler County school districts — sold, Butler Area School District signed an amended transpor...
September 15, 2026 Local News
Other News
Houthi official says Saudi airstrikes leave 3 dead, and other Mideast developments
A Houthi official said Tuesday that Saudi warplanes struck Yemen, killing three people, including two children, while Human Rights Watch accused the Houthi rebels of poss...
September 15, 2026 International News
NATO jets down drone over Lithuania and Russian ship fires flares at Danish helicopter
VILNIUS, Lithuania — NATO fighter jets shot down a drone that entered Lithuanian airspace overnight, officials said Tuesday, the day after the head of the alliance said s...
September 15, 2026 International News
Saudi pipeline hit by drones will be out of service for weeks, further restricting oil flow
CAIRO — A crucial Saudi oil pipeline that was struck in an attack will be mostly out of service for weeks as the damage is repaired, two regional officials said Monday, a...
September 14, 2026 International News
Supreme Court rejects Trump mail ballot restrictions ahead of midterms
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected President Donald Trump's bid to restrict mail ballots for the midterm elections, capping a flurry of last-minute legal a...
September 14, 2026 National News
McConnell returns to the Senate for the first time since his June hospitalization
WASHINGTON — Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky returned to the Senate to vote on Monday for the first time in three months, looking noticeably more frail after ...
September 14, 2026 National News
Trump dismisses new AI guardrails, says there is a 'SICK conspiracy' against AI and data centers
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Monday that he would be a sufficient guardrail against rogue artificial intelligence, claiming that any efforts to limit the tech...
September 14, 2026 National News
New warnings about the risks of AI to humanity revive a long-running debate
LOS ANGELES — New warnings from within the artificial intelligence industry have revived a long-running debate over whether advanced AI could escape human control and ult...
September 14, 2026 National News
NATO chief Rutte vows more support for Ukraine after Russian drone strikes near Polish border
WARSAW, Poland — NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said Monday, Sept. 14, that Russian drone strikes near the Ukraine-Poland border — one of which hit a train shortly aft...
September 14, 2026 International News
Detainees confined to small metal cages at Alligator Alcatraz, report finds
MIAMI — The state-run immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades known as “Alligator Alcatraz” violated a host of federal and state detention standards, accor...
September 14, 2026 National News
Houthis seize 2 strategic Red Sea islands, and other Mideast developments
Yemen’s Houthi rebels have seized the strategic islands of Greater and Lesser Hanish in the southern Red Sea, bolstering the Iran-backed rebels' ability to control a key ...
September 14, 2026 International News
Sports
Why defending WPIAL champ Freeport girls soccer isn’t throwing in the towel despite rash of injuries
The biggest form of adversity that has encountered Freeport girls soccer in 2026 has not come from an opponent on the Yellowjackets’ schedule. The defending WPIAL Cla...
September 15, 2026 Sports
How season-ending injury is reframing how Freeport’s Camryn Woods views her soccer future
Camryn Woods has gotten a glimpse of where her soccer career is going. A recent setback has helped give her an idea of what might be even further along down the road....
September 15, 2026 Sports
Lucia Leyland’s 2 goals power Butler soccer’s win; Freeport, Union, Knoch volleyball victorious: Roundup
Lucia Leyland scored twice, while Dakota Viehmann and Molly Rudish also found the net in Butler girls soccer’s 4-0 win over Taylor Allderdice on Monday night. The Golden ...
September 14, 2026 Sports
North Catholic’s Megan Endler scores 3 goals, handing important lesson to Karns City girls soccer
Karns City girls soccer coach Tracy Dailey was unusually upbeat after suffering a 5-0 non-conference loss at North Catholic on Monday afternoon. “All in all, it was a...
September 14, 2026 Sports
McCarthy stays vague as Steelers sit Joey Porter Jr. amid back rehab, contract limbo
PITTSBURGH — Mike McCarthy is pretty much over talking about Joey Porter Jr.'s back and his contract situation. Until one or the other is resolved — having both go away ...
September 14, 2026 Professional
Meet the 2026 class of the Seneca Valley Hall of Fame that will be inducted this month
The Seneca Valley Sports Hall of Fame will welcome six inductees (five individuals and one team) later this month. An induction dinner will be held at 6 p.m. Sept. 24 in ...
September 14, 2026 Sports
Butler County local high school, college sports schedule for week of Sept. 14
See this week’s schedule of local sports across Butler County. Monday, Sept. 14 Boys Golf 1 — Seneca Valley at New Castle, at Sylvan Heights GC 2:30 — Butler at...
September 14, 2026 Sports
Editorial
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September 14, 2026 Cartoons
Don’t be seduced by the language used for AI
The attacks on Hugging Face ran from May to late July, yet the details of what actually happened when OpenAI’s artificial-intelligence agents deceived their human oversee...
September 14, 2026 Other Voices
Community
Bakery owner also contributes to locally grown charity
MARS — A few years into her growing interest in baking, Heather Sprague realized how many works of literature — nonfiction and fiction — include references to bread. In t...
September 14, 2026 Community
BMH Advanced Lung Center to host Lung Cancer Awareness Walk
To raise awareness about lung cancer screening, prevention and treatment, Independence Health System’s Advanced Lung Center at Butler Memorial Hospital will host its annu...
September 14, 2026 Community
Touch-a-truck event in Jackson Township
Jackson Township is hosting its fifth-annual Touch-a-Truck event Saturday, Sept. 26. Get an up-close look at big trucks and vehicles from 1 to 4 p.m. at Sippel Reservoir ...
September 14, 2026 Community
Tarbi family holds 2nd annual memorial bike ride for Dylan
BUFFALO TWP -- It has been more than three years since Robin Tarbi lost her 13-year-old son, Dylan, in a traffic accident, and for her, the scars have not yet fully heale...
September 14, 2026 Community
Announcements
Town and County
CELEBRATING A BIRTHDAY Tuesday, Sept. 15, is Brandon Wojtalik, of Butler, son of Tracy Davis, who is turning 29 years old today. ...
September 15, 2026 Town & County
Richard McClaine
In loving memory of our beloved Richard “Pete” McClaine who passed away 19 years ago today. Your chair has long been vacant, Your voice has long been still, But the heart...
September 15, 2026 In Memoriams
Amy Monteleone
In memory of Amy Monteleone September 13, 1969 - December 2, 2011 What once was such a happy day Brings many painful sorrows, A day when silent tears Are shed for all you...
September 15, 2026 Birthday Tributes
Tina Letcher
In loving memory of our beloved Tina Letcher who passed away two years ago today, September 15. Words can never express how much you are loved and missed. Forever in our ...
September 15, 2026 In Memoriams
Karen Scott
In loving memory of our beloved Karen Scott, whose birthday is September 15. Happy Birthday Sissy. If tears could wash away our pain, We would not feel such hurt again, T...
September 15, 2026 Birthday Tributes
Arts & Entertainment
What to Stream: ‘Dancing with the Stars,’ Carly Rae Jepsen, ‘Tony’ and ‘Marvel’s Wolverine’
The return of “Dancing with the Stars” and a new album from Luke Bryan are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you. Also among the ...
September 15, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
Bob Mackie, designer to the stars who dressed Cher and Marilyn and defined ’70s glamour, dies at 87
NEW YORK — Bob Mackie, the fashion designer whose visually provocative Hollywood style defined glamour for the 1970s — including putting Carol Burnett in some of her kook...
September 14, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
'The Pitt' looks to repeat and 'Widow's Bay' could bring an epic wave as Emmy Awards arrive
LOS ANGELES — The 78th Emmy Awards are here. “The Pitt” will look to find its place in the television pantheon and “Widow's Bay” will ride a storm of buzz into the ceremo...
September 14, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
Celine Dion thrills fans with emotional comeback concert after overcoming rare illness
She hit the high F, held it, then blew out a breath and turned to look back at the band — a quick, disbelieving glance toward her musical director. Some 30,000 people rea...
September 14, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
Other
Photo Gallery: Sept. 15
September 15, 2026 Daily Photo Gallery
Work begins on wire rope workshop restoration
Crews from Grossman Construction were making structural repairs Monday afternoon, Sept. 14, to the historic structure on Rebecca Street in Saxonburg, where the borough’s ...
September 15, 2026 Daily Photo Gallery
Verse of the Day
Live in harmony with one another; be sympathetic, love as brothers, be compassionate and humble. — 1 Peter 3:8 ...
September 15, 2026 Verse of the Day
The Latest
Cleanup underway following Main Street demolition
09/15/2026
Harrisville to take out loan for sewer improvement project
09/15/2026
Today in History: Sept. 15, Birmingham church bombing
09/15/2026
Trial in 2023 Butler Township boy’s death canceled for now
09/15/2026
NFL Week 1 recap | Offenses provide one of the highest-scoring opening weeks in history
09/14/2026
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