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Local News
NEW YORK — Jalapeño peppers linked to a multistate salmonella outbreak have been traced back to a grower in Sinaloa, Mexico, federal officials say. At least 345 people i...
August 06, 2026 Business
NEW YORK — In the past year, the U.S. has seen a jump in frequent marijuana users going to the hospital with a nausea and vomiting condition, according to a report releas...
August 06, 2026 Health
A man was taken to the hospital with a head injury following a single-vehicle crash Wednesday, Aug. 5, in Slippery Rock Township, according to Butler County Emergency Ser...
August 06, 2026 Local News
CRANBERRY TWP — Cranberry Township’s board of supervisors has voted unanimously to apply for a grant to fund a potential new traffic signal at the intersection of Freedom...
August 06, 2026 Local News
GoFundMe started for care, recovery costs
August 06, 2026 Local News
A Butler County judge is considering the county’s appeal of a state Office of Open Records determination ordering the county to release inmates names to a faith-based Mer...
August 06, 2026 Crime & Courts
JEFFERSON TWP — Knoch School District is seeking hundreds of thousands of dollars in grant money to help with repairs in and around the intermediate elementary school. K...
August 06, 2026 Local News
CONNOQUENESSING TWP — With the open comment period for a proposed $9.15 million Act 537 sewer plan set to end Saturday, residents are down to their last days to give feed...
August 06, 2026 Local News
MIDDLESEX TWP — After months of searching, the board of supervisors chose its successor to Jeffrey Winkle as township manager — former New Castle mayor and city administr...
August 06, 2026 Local News
For four months, residents of the 12th State House District have not had representation in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. An Aug. 18 special election will fi...
August 06, 2026 Local News
Other News
CHICAGO — A deluge of 90,000 rubber ducks poured out of a truck and into the Chicago River on Thursday, then bobbed along a stretch of the skyscraper-lined river in the a...
August 06, 2026 National News
Miss North Carolina USA Brittany Boltinhouse has been stripped of her crown. Miss USA and Miss Teen USA Chairman and CEO Thom Brodeur announced Wednesday that the 27-year...
August 06, 2026 National News
President Donald Trump’s administration has detained dozens of parents and spouses of active-duty U.S. troops as it rolls back immigration protections for military famili...
August 06, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — A Senate committee voted along party lines Thursday to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress over his refusal to answer questions at a hearing on hi...
August 06, 2026 National News
ROME — Italy placed all its major cities under the highest heat alert Thursday as a blistering heat wave gripped Europe, setting a national temperature record in Austria,...
August 06, 2026 International News
Sports
BUTLER TWP — It’s three weeks until the PIAA high school football season. Butler County teams unofficially kicked off the proceedings Thursday with the third Butler ...
August 06, 2026 Sports
INDIANAPOLIS — NCAA Division II will move to the age-based eligibility model that has prompted athlete lawsuits across the country since it was adopted in Division I. Th...
August 06, 2026 Sports
PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Penguins made a significant investment in their future Thursday, signing forward Ville Koivunen to an eight-year contract worth $4 million ann...
August 06, 2026 Professional
MILWAUKEE — Dustin May won his Milwaukee debut, and Jackson Chourio and Gary Sánchez hit home runs as the Brewers defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-2 Thursday afternoon. ...
August 06, 2026 Professional
Butler’s varsity football team hasn’t beaten Seneca Valley on the football field in 7,224 days. That drought will continue for the time being. The Golden Tornado and Raid...
August 06, 2026 Sports
VERONA — Jane Wymer is enjoying quite a week on the golf course. Wymer, 58, of Penn Township, won her 13th Butler Country Club women’s championship Tuesday. She followed ...
August 06, 2026 Sports
Auto racing may predominantly be a man's world, but some talented young women are making their mark at Lernerville Speedway. Macey Adamik, a 17-year-old who will be a sen...
August 06, 2026 Sports
Editorial
Community
The following area residents have been named to the president’s list at their respective colleges and universities. Kent State University Center Township: Victoria Nebel ...
August 06, 2026 Community
Senior centers at Butler, Chicora, Cranberry Township, Evans City, Slippery Rock, Mount Chestnut and Winfield Township will serve the following menus this week. Lunch is ...
August 06, 2026 Senior
A recent graduate of Seneca Valley Senior High School received a college scholarship related to community service. Luis Torrenegra received $2,000 through the Passavant ...
August 06, 2026 Community
Dare I say the days of summer are starting to wane in Butler. The back-to-school ads are running full-bore on TV, and the meaningless NFL preseason games have begun. One...
August 06, 2026 Community
After a $500,000 donation from Slippery Rock University alumni Joe and Pam Finney, the university will launch a new finance lab in the fall. Students in the Haverlack Col...
August 06, 2026 Community
A book’s home might be dictated by its order in the Dewey Decimal System, but materials in the Butler County Federated Library System might spend months or even years awa...
August 06, 2026 Community
Announcements
Arts & Entertainment
“House of the Dragon” creator George R.R. Martin has been struggling with depression. The fantasy writer whose “A Song of Fire and Ice” series inspired HBO’s “Game of Thr...
August 06, 2026 People
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