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Local News
NEW YORK — Stocks rose on Wall Street Friday and Treasury yields fell after the government reported that employers unexpectedly cut 23,000 jobs last month. Every major i...
August 07, 2026 Business
At Seven Field’s council meeting on Monday, Aug. 10, a public hearing will be held on the potential future of the borough’s EMS coverage. Keith Singleton, executive direc...
August 07, 2026 Local News
With the school year around the corner, Penn Township is holding a school supply drive to support students at Knoch School District. The supply drive has been ongoing sin...
August 07, 2026 Education
FYZICAL Therapy & Balance Centers has opened FYZICAL Cranberry, 200 Northpointe Circle, owned by Brian Osterried. The clinic will offer a variety of services designed to ...
August 07, 2026 Business
The Rotary Club of Slippery Rock is sponsoring a blood drive Wednesday, Aug. 12, at Center Presbyterian Church in the borough. The blood drive will be held from noon to ...
August 07, 2026 Local News
Flooding affects homes, businesses around county
August 07, 2026 Local News
Dump trucks, heavy machinery and other Pennsylvania Department of Transportation-related equipment are going up for auction, according to the Pennsylvania Department of G...
August 07, 2026 Business
A Butler man is accused of lifting a woman into the air by her throat after an altercation in Oakland Township, according to Saxonburg police. Lee Allen Yeager was charg...
August 07, 2026 Local News
More than 25,000 drivers committed violations regarding school zones and buses from 2021 to 2025, according to data from Pennsylvania Courts. Over 325 of them were in Bu...
August 07, 2026 Local News
A New Mexico court has ordered Instagram and Facebook parent company Meta to pay $567 million to address harms to young people from its platforms in the second phase of a...
August 07, 2026 Business
Other News
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — As California mourns the first death linked to the Gann fire, Gov. Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency in Calaveras County as crews battle...
August 07, 2026 National News
ANKARA, Turkey — Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan signed a defense agreement on Friday that would treat an attack on one as an attack on all three, officials said, solid...
August 07, 2026 International News
The Senate on Friday confirmed Cameron Hamilton as head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, returning the former Navy SEAL to the embattled agency he led temporar...
August 07, 2026 National News
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is moving to equip officers with body cameras in the next two months but the agency's policy gives it broad control over what footage ...
August 07, 2026 National News
Iranian lawmakers are debating the wording of a proposed deal with Oman on the Strait of Hormuz, with U.S. President Donald Trump insisting an agreement is getting closer...
August 07, 2026 International News
NONTHABURI, Thailand — A student opened fire at a high school outside Bangkok on Friday, killing at least five people and wounding more than 20, according to authorities,...
August 07, 2026 International News
WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court on Friday ordered the Trump administration to halt construction of its $400 million ballroom at the White House without congressional...
August 07, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy said Friday he will back Todd Blanche's nomination as attorney general, likely paving the way for Blanche to be confirmed to lea...
August 07, 2026 Breaking News
Sports
It’s a tricky one this year. Of the Butler Eagle’s 32 Sweet 16 football all-stars on offense and defense last year, only three are back. That kind of turnover means loads...
August 07, 2026 Sports
Following are tee times for Sunday’s Butler Eagle County Amateur golf tournament, scheduled for Lake Arthur Golf Club. 7:45 a.m. No. 1 — Frank LeFevre, Todd Kova...
August 07, 2026 Sports
Editorial
August 07, 2026 Cartoons
Since its beginnings in the late 1940s in Meridian, supporting the future of agriculture in Butler County has been at the heart of the Butler Farm Show’s mission. While t...
August 07, 2026 Our Opinion
For generations, farming has been built on hard work, determination and a willingness to adapt. While the image of a farmer driving a tractor through a field remains fam...
August 07, 2026 Other Voices
Community
The Butler YMCA will give away backpacks filled with school supplies Wednesday, Aug. 20. The annual Back-to-School Backpack & School Supply Giveaway takes place from 2 to...
August 07, 2026 Community
A clothing sale will be held Monday, Aug. 17 on East North Street in Butler. Butler Global Methodist Church, 200 E. North St. Butler, will have its Second Grace Clothing ...
August 07, 2026 Community
‘When I sew, my head is straight’
August 07, 2026 Community
Announcements
Arts & Entertainment
HALBERSTADT, Germany — A small organ in eastern Germany is the headliner of the world’s slowest concert. It has been playing the same piece of music by composer John Cage...
August 07, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
“Tony,” the Anthony Bourdain biopic, is a coming-of-age tale for a modern culinary giant. Set over just a summer, it's also clearly an appetizer. And like all first cours...
August 07, 2026 Reviews
“The Purge” for sex is the best way to describe the premise of “One Night Only” unless you prefer Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” for one-night stands. As the movie anno...
August 07, 2026 Reviews
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