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Local News
MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Monday that her country seeks to restart oil shipments to Cuba soon, a move that could provide much-needed relief ...
June 22, 2026 Business
A Beaver County man accused of shooting an occupied vehicle Saturday, June 20, in New Brighton was last seen fleeing from Cranberry Township police. Jalen Isaiah Sims, 3...
June 22, 2026 Local News
SLIPPERY ROCK TWP, Lawrence County — Through weighing, grinding, cleaning and every other step of the process, visitors to McConnells Mill State Park have the opportunity...
June 22, 2026 Local News
County amount increases by nearly 58% from 2024
June 22, 2026 Pennsylvania News
These real estate transactions were recorded in Butler County from March 30 to April 3: Adams Township Maronda Homes to Steven and Veronica Murhammer at Amherst Residenti...
June 22, 2026 Real Estate Transactions
Using past health battles as an inspiration to help others, a local fourth-grader and his father are advocating for state legislation that would require insurance to full...
June 22, 2026 Local News
On July 20, Bernie Hall will be sitting across the table from Nippon Steel — whose takeover of Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel one year ago he did not support — and bargainin...
June 21, 2026 Business
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve has for decades moved steadily from a remote, opaque government agency that shared little about what it did or why to a more transparent ...
June 21, 2026 Business
Other News
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Even as it battled the deadliest drug epidemic in American history, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration permitted hundreds of thousands of fentan...
June 22, 2026 National News
CHICAGO — A spate of shootings in Chicago has led to at least seven deaths and 38 injuries since Friday evening, police say, prompting President Donald Trump to renew hi...
June 22, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — Alan Greenspan, the jazz-playing U.S. Federal Reserve chair who was celebrated for engineering a decade of prosperity but later shared the blame for a devast...
June 22, 2026 National News
BEIJING — China on Monday announced sanctions on 10 American military-related companies in response to a recent U.S. move that bars some leading Chinese tech companies fr...
June 22, 2026 International News
KYIV, Ukraine — A Russian drone strike on the city of Sumy in northeastern Ukraine killed three members of the same family, including a 13-year-old boy and his father, an...
June 22, 2026 International News
OBBUERGEN, Switzerland — Vice President JD Vance on Monday said his lengthy talks with senior Iranian officials in Switzerland created a “good foundation for a successful...
June 22, 2026 International News
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is planning to offload its two warehouse properties in Pennsylvania and another in New Jersey — bought for a total of more than $...
June 21, 2026 Pennsylvania News
NEW YORK — A 51-year-old man fell to his death from an upper deck of Madison Square Garden during a concert on Saturday night, police said. Officers responding to a 911 c...
June 21, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Saturday announced that federal authorities had made “multiple arrests” of people he said were vandalizing the Reflecting Pool as h...
June 21, 2026 National News
Officials in Russia-occupied Crimea suspended civilian gasoline sales Sunday as Ukraine ramped up attacks on fuel supplies on the Black Sea peninsula. Gov. Sergey Aksyon...
June 21, 2026 International News
Sports
The readers have spoken, and North Catholic senior Logan Schade is the fan-vote winner of the Butler Eagle Male Athlete of the Year. Schade, who made the Butler Eagle Swe...
June 22, 2026 Sports
It’s been tough to match Justin Garvey’s success the past couple years. No Butler County boys tennis player has had as much individual and team postseason success the las...
June 22, 2026 Sports
See this week’s schedule of local sports across Butler County. Wednesday, June 24 Summer Baseball 7:30 — 412 Titans at Butler Iron Bucks Saturday, June 27 ...
June 22, 2026 Sports
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — JJ Wetherholt hit two home runs and had three RBIs as the St. Louis Cardinals avoided a series sweep with a 12-10 win over the Kansas City Royals on Su...
June 21, 2026 Professional
DENVER — Nick Gonzalez and Bryan Reynolds homered to help the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Colorado Rockies 8-6 Sunday. Gonzalez and Reynolds finished with two hits each t...
June 21, 2026 Professional
Butler’s Brandon Spithaler won his first race of the season at Lernerville Speedway, climbing from the No. 3 starting spot to claim the checkered flag in Friday’s Peoples...
June 21, 2026 Professional
Editorial
Community
Sharon Chernick, 74, still does almost everything now that she did before she lost her sight; she takes care of her houseplants and her cat, gets her reading in through a...
June 22, 2026 Community
Moraine State Park is hosting a family fishing day Friday, June 26, just past Pleasant Valley Beach on the South Shore. The Family Fishing Program takes place from 5:30 t...
June 22, 2026 Community
The Butler YMCA will have a pop-up yoga session on Tuesday, June 30, at 339 North Washington Street, Butler. The session will begin at 6:30 p.m. and is free for YMCA memb...
June 22, 2026 Community
A two-day yard sale to support a church sewing ministry will take place June 26 and 27 in Saxonburg. The event will be in Centennial Hall, 110 State St., at St. Luke’s L...
June 22, 2026 Community
Announcements
Gilbert “Gib” Taggart. June 22. Happy Birthday Dad ♥ Happy Father’s Day Love and miss you! Love, Your Family ...
June 22, 2026 Birthday Tributes
Arts & Entertainment
MEXICO CITY — As World Cup fever sweeps Mexico City, one of the tournament’s biggest fan favorites isn’t a player, coach or official mascot. Joining Merlin the duck in th...
June 22, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
A Paul Simon concert special and Season 2 of the live-action “Avatar: The Last Airbender” are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near y...
June 22, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — Oliver Tree, the eccentric American musician known for viral stunts, alt-pop tracks like “Alien Boy” and “Life Goes On,” and his unconventional style, died fol...
June 22, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — Clive Davis, the record company lawyer who became one of the music industry’s most powerful figures, launching or resurrecting the careers of such superstars a...
June 22, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — “Toy Story” still has a friend in moviegoers. The fifth installment in the Pixar series debuted with $160 million in domestic ticket sales, according to st...
June 22, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
Other
This article is one in a series of articles about what life looks like in Butler County ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026. Stories in this serie...
June 22, 2026 Special Sections
June 22, 2026 Daily Photo Gallery
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. — Psalm 91:1 ...
June 22, 2026 Verse of the Day
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