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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened Canada with a 50% tariff on any aircraft sold in the U.S., the latest salvo in his trade war with America’s nor...
January 30, 2026 Business
A man has been charged with felony retail theft after police say he pocketed a bracelet from a jewelry store. Cranberry Township police charged George Tarnovan, 37, with ...
January 30, 2026 Local News
WINFIELD TWP — A conditional use hearing to operate a small storage facility on a residential-zoned property drew a large-than-usual crowd of concerned residents to a tow...
January 30, 2026 Local News
A Butler man is accused of breaking into a residence Wednesday, Jan. 28, and stealing $100 and a Mercedes-Benz, Butler city police said. Ronald A. Kapsin, 45, was charge...
January 30, 2026 Local News
Apple’s iPhone sales soared to a new quarterly record during the holiday season, despite artificial intelligence blunders that prompted the technology trendsetter to get ...
January 30, 2026 Business
After several days of digging out of the snow, Butler Mayor Bob Dandoy said there is still a lot of work ahead as the city’s streets department shifts its focus to areas ...
January 30, 2026 Local News
A Parker man was given a state prison sentence Thursday after pleading guilty to robbing a Brady Township home in May 2024, seeking retaliation against a witness and flee...
January 30, 2026 Crime & Courts
CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodríguez on Thursday signed a law that will open the nation’s oil sector to privatization, reversing a tenet of t...
January 30, 2026 Business
Butler City Council voted unanimously Thursday, Jan. 29, to approve a $412,000 prepayment toward the chassis for a new fire truck in an effort to save some money. Council...
January 30, 2026 Local News
Glenn Miller built his life around service, quietly giving decades of time and leadership to the Butler community. “He never did anything for a self-serving reason,” Stan...
January 29, 2026 Local News
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BRUSSELS — The European Union agreed Thursday to list Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organization over Tehran’s bloody crackdown on nationwide pro...
January 30, 2026 International News
WASHINGTON — House Republicans are proposing sweeping changes to the nation's voting laws, a long-shot priority for President Donald Trump that would impose stricter requ...
January 29, 2026 National News
Hundreds of organizations from across the country are staging a nationwide economic shutdown on Friday to protest the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement polic...
January 29, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — Democrats and White House struck a deal to avert a partial government shutdown and temporarily fund the Department of Homeland Security on Thursday as they c...
January 29, 2026 National News
Just more than a week before he was gunned down by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, Alex Pretti was involved in another incident with federal officers in ...
January 29, 2026 National News
Sports
In one respect, Karns City football's final home game of 1997 was no different for Nate Ridley. It was senior recognition night, and he was there to support the Gremlins ...
January 30, 2026 Sports
Ava McNaughton received her athletic inspiration at a very young age. “I was 5 and watching the 2010 Winter Olympics with my family,” the resident of Seven Fields sai...
January 30, 2026 Sports
As if Seneca Valley girls basketball’s perfect section record wasn’t enough, the Raiders have breezed through their WPIAL 1-6A slate with little, if any, trouble. SV (11-...
January 29, 2026 Sports
Alexis Cashdollar posted a game-high 14 points and Cecilia Christy another 11 as Mars downed Moon 44-42 in girls basketball action on Thursday night. Karmella Vigliotti a...
January 29, 2026 Sports
JACKSON TWP — Natalie Hambly is usually good for a remarkable quote. Yet, a few days before claiming Seneca Valley’s girls basketball scoring record, the Raiders’ senior ...
January 29, 2026 Sports
The WPIAL released its Class 3A and 2A boys team wrestling playoff brackets on Thursday. Three Butler County teams will be involved. In Class 3A, Seneca Valley and Mars w...
January 29, 2026 Sports
Every high school sporting event in Butler County provides a chance for students to coordinate and dress up as they support their hometown team. There are plenty more the...
January 29, 2026 Sports
Jake Kauffman grew to love girls basketball while following his older sister, Jordan, a former Butler Golden Tornado standout who graduated in 2020 and played at Slippery...
January 29, 2026 Sports
After this bout of extremely heavy snowfall followed by extremely frigid temperatures, I’m ready for spring. But I’ll have to wait until Monday for our famous weather pro...
January 29, 2026 Sports
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Arts & Entertainment
As if they’d leave “Clueless” off the list. Cher Horowitz fans, rejoice: Amy Heckerling's 1995 teen comedy is one of 25 classic movies chosen this year by the Library of ...
January 29, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
WASHINGTON — The head of artistic programming at the Kennedy Center abruptly stepped away from his post less than two weeks after he was named to the job in the latest si...
January 29, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
Other
Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, "If anyone wants to be first, he must be the very last, and the servant of all." — Mark 9:35 ...
January 30, 2026 Verse of the Day
January 30, 2026 Daily Photo Gallery
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