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Two years into his English literature degree at the University of Pittsburgh, sophomore Luke Johnson has noticed something in his liberal arts courses: Students in his cl...
Brian M. Bailey, the sitting mayor of Portersville, died of natural causes on Sunday morning, April 19, at the age of 67.
Prior to his death, Bailey had served as mayor f...
SEVEN FIELDS — A husband and wife died in an apparent murder-suicide early Tuesday, April 28, in the area of Graywyck Drive, according to state police.
Ryan Hosso, 26, c...
Earlier this year, the Saxonburg Area Authority received a grant of $489,558 through the Pennsylvania Small Water and Sewer Program. The funds will be used to upgrade a l...
ZELIENOPLE — Sam Keefer, a junior at Seneca Valley High School and a lifelong resident of Zelienople, took his oath of office as junior council member at Monday’s borough...
SLIPPERY ROCK ― Slippery Rock Area School District’s board unanimously approved installation of a platform and railings leading to the only roof access at Slippery Rock A...
CHERRY TWP — Moniteau School District’s board anticipates approving a preliminary general budget for the 2026-27 school year at its next meeting on May 11.
Austin Blause...
WASHINGTON — U.S. consumer confidence rose modestly in April despite growing anxiety over soaring energy prices brought on by the war in Iran.
The Conference Board said ...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The United Arab Emirates said Tuesday it will leave OPEC effective May 1, stripping the oil cartel of its third-largest producer and further...
WASHINGTON — The State Department said Tuesday that it is preparing a limited release of commemorative U.S. passports celebrating America’s 250th birthday that feature a ...
WASHINGTON — Federal law enforcement officials are evaluating how to proceed with some high-profile public events featuring President Donald Trump after the attack at the...
WASHINGTON — The U.S. military has boarded another commercial vessel during blockade of Iran's ports, but unlike in previous cases, the ship was ultimately allowed to car...
WARSAW, Poland — Prominent journalist Andrzej Poczobut has been released from jail in Belarus in a swap with Poland that saw a total of 10 people freed as the authoritari...
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania's high court ruled Tuesday that spreadsheets of raw data associated with every ballot are public records, providing access to the “cast vote rec...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The spacecraft that flew four astronauts around the moon is back where its record-breaking journey began.
NASA’s Artemis II capsule returned to Fl...
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A passenger on a Delta Air Lines flight from Atlan...
WASHINGTON — Former FBI Director James Comey was indicted on Tuesday in an investigation over a social media photo of seashells arranged on a beach that officials said co...
Ava Kamenski won two individual events (100-meter hurdles, 300 hurdles) and was part of two relay victories, helping Karns City’s girls track and field team to its fourth...
BUTLER TWP — Brendan Eicher is on a hot streak that he hopes can continue through the rest of the season.
Butler’s junior distance runner ran a 4:16.38 in the boys 1,600-...
JACKSON TWP — Ryan Rebholz allowed just two hits and shut Norwin out over 5.2 innings on the mound during last year’s WPIAL Class 6A Baseball Championship game.
He entere...
BUTLER TWP — Seneca Valley’s Mason Fisher drilled Kyle Casteel’s first pitch of the game into the right-center field gap for a double Tuesday night at Pullman Park.
Caste...
Sometimes little things are the evidence of a bigger event.
That was the case earlier this month when the Moraine Preservation Fund activated its osprey cam.
The camera ...
I fell in love with democracy before I fully understood it.
In high school civics classes in the 1990s, I learned about a system that was imperfect in its origins but evo...
Karns City Area Jr./Sr. High School will have its prom on Friday, May 1, at Butler Country Club.
The students will celebrate to the Hollywood-inspired theme, “Golden Age ...
Greater Federation of Women’s Club Intermediate League of Butler will meet on Monday, May 11, at Christ Community Methodist Church, 205 N. Duffy Road, Butler Township.
M...
Dr. Hunter “Patch” Adams toured the St. Barnabas campus April 29, 2010, spreading joy while proving that friendship, not laughter, really is the best medicine.
Adams, the...
Michael B. Jordan voicing a tiny woodland creature who switches bodies with a majestic bird in the animated movie “Swapped” and Kacey Musgraves’ seventh studio album, “Dr...
Taylor Swift has filed to trademark two voice clips and an image of her in concert in an apparent attempt to shore up her identity against AI incursions.
Her company, TAS...
With high school graduations on the horizon, for many students, it’s time for them and their families to look ahead to the next level of their education journey.
From st...
As college enrollment among 18-year-olds continues to decline, higher education institutions in the county are being pushed to rethink how they operate.
Slippery Rock Un...
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