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Local News
When Nicole Lakovic walked into her bridal shower wearing a modernized version of her mother’s wedding gown, Connie Lakovic saw her transformed dress for the first time. ...
September 02, 2026 Special Sections
A feature film about the July 13, 2024, assassination attempt of then-presidential candidate President Donald Trump is looking for paid extras with no experience necessar...
September 02, 2026 Local News
West Virginia University Health System has agreed to keep Independence Health System hospital open for at least five years and negotiate in good faith with insurance plan...
September 02, 2026 Health
CRANBERRY TWP — The legitimacy of skill games was at the center of a lengthy dialogue at the township supervisors’ Thursday, Aug. 27, agenda preparation meeting. Supervis...
September 02, 2026 Local News
ADAMS TWP — A.J. Myers & Sons, the transportation company that serves Mars and Butler area school districts, as well as others throughout the region, announced it is bein...
September 02, 2026 Local News
SLIPPERY ROCK — Even after a proposed 287(g) agreement between the borough’s police department and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement was voted down by council, res...
September 02, 2026 Local News
Butler County Family YMCA has announced it intends to close its third childcare location at the HIS Kids Christian School building in Jefferson Township and consolidate i...
September 02, 2026 Education
CRANBERRY TWP — Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday made an appearance at Walmart in the township on Tuesday, Sept. 1, to celebrate the second anniversary of his of...
September 01, 2026 Local News
Slippery Rock Area School District administrators will temporarily oversee operations at Moraine Elementary after its principal voluntarily transferred to a newly created...
September 01, 2026 Local News
A Butler Township man was sentenced Tuesday, Sept. 1, in U.S. District Court to four years in prison followed by three years of supervised release after pleading guilty t...
September 01, 2026 Crime & Courts
Other News
KYIV, Ukraine — Russian aerial attacks overnight and during daylight Wednesday killed two civilians and wounded six in a central Ukraine city, local officials said, while...
September 02, 2026 International News
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran fired on U.S. allies in the Gulf early Wednesday following a night of American bombardment that Iranian officials say included a deadly...
September 02, 2026 International News
PROVO, Utah — The murder case against the Utah man accused of assassinating conservative activist Charlie Kirk last year is headed for trial, and the defendant could face...
September 01, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — Oil giant Chevron is planning to expand its operations in Venezuela, a U.S. official said Tuesday, just days after President Donald Trump announced an ambiti...
September 01, 2026 International News
WASHINGTON — The House passed a short-term measure Tuesday to fund the federal government into early December, a move designed to avoid a chaotic shutdown as lawmakers ca...
September 01, 2026 National News
Water issues at Rolling Valley Estates mobile home park in Connoquenessing Township have drawn the attention of a state legislator. State Rep. Aaron Bernstine, R-8th, cal...
September 01, 2026 Pennsylvania News
NORRISTOWN, Pa. — A Pennsylvania police officer who fatally shot a 22-year-old college student, who had ended up at the wrong house late at night and was waiting for frie...
September 01, 2026 Pennsylvania News
WASHINGTON — The U.S. military hit targets in Iran on Tuesday and Tehran fired missiles at American sites in Jordan in response as hostilities flare once again in an inte...
September 01, 2026 International News
PORT ARTHUR, Texas — Tropical Storm Edouard unleashed heavy rain and strong winds on southeastern Texas Tuesday, knocking out power to thousands, toppling trees and flood...
September 01, 2026 National News
Iran's president said Tuesday his country is ready to return to the ceasefire deal reached with the United States in June if Washington does the same, in conciliatory rem...
September 01, 2026 International News
Sports
The last play of the 2025 regular season determined the winner of the AFC North. Then Baltimore and Pittsburgh — the two teams playing in that game — soon entered new er...
September 02, 2026 Professional
JEFFERSON TWP — Freeport’s girls volleyball team had a few aces up its sleeve Tuesday night. The Yellowjackets had plenty, actually. “That’s what won us the match,” Freep...
September 01, 2026 Sports
ADAMS TWP — Mars boys soccer’s rookie head coach Joe Haefner has yet to pick up his first win, but he also has yet to experience a loss. Thanks to the new PIAA rule that ...
September 01, 2026 Sports
Spencer Valasek scored a pair of goals and dished out three assists to lead Freeport to a 9-0 blowout win Tuesday night over Leechburg. The road victory is the Yellowjack...
September 01, 2026 Sports
PITTSBURGH — Brandon Lowe scored from third when San Francisco third baseman Oseilvis Basabe short-hopped a throw to first with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning...
September 01, 2026 Professional
PITTSBURGH — Joey Porter Jr.'s balky back felt good enough to return to practice Tuesday for the Pittsburgh Steelers. At the moment, his health appears to be the least of...
September 01, 2026 Professional
Sustaining success to the level achieved by North Catholic girls basketball requires young players to not only buy into the culture upheld by veteran coach Molly Rottmann...
September 01, 2026 Sports
STARKVILLE, Miss. — When Brandon Fusco went from playing Division II football right to the NFL, he took a giant leap. Now he’s taking another one. The Seneca Valley High ...
September 01, 2026 Sports
Editorial
Democrats and Republicans, in Congress and the White House, once collaborated on fraught legislation to address major public policy and fiscal challenges: Social Security...
September 02, 2026 Other Voices
September 02, 2026 Cartoons
Speaker Jam, the annual gathering of Butler County social service agencies and nonprofits, couldn’t have come at a more opportune time. The event, which allows people to ...
September 02, 2026 Our Opinion
Community
Although the subject matter of Butler Little Theatre’s next production is directly tied to 9/11, its director said the show is like no other media related to the historic...
September 02, 2026 Community
Susan Hetz would spread a purple yoga mat onto her wooden porch every morning in 2009, where sunlight drenched brightly colored prayer flags and several ceramic sun plaqu...
September 01, 2026 Community
Barbara Osche to head chapter of international organization
September 01, 2026 Community
Announcements
In loving memory of William P. Benzinger Jr. September 4, 1942 to September 1, 2018 It has been 8 years since you stepped into Eternity. We know you are with Jesus becaus...
September 02, 2026 In Memoriams
Arts & Entertainment
Losing Dolly Parton feels like losing a grandma. There are some celebrity deaths which feel too close to home, and I would say this was one of them. Flags at half mast do...
September 02, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
A Patriot Day concert dedicated to those who lost their lives in the terrorist attacks Sept. 11, 2001, will be held on the 25th anniversary — Sept. 11 — in Cranberry Town...
September 02, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
Takers of the upcoming Walldogs Mural Tour will hear about the creation of murals throughout Butler from some of the people who made them. The Butler County Historical So...
September 02, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
Join local historian and storyteller Bill May Saturday, Sept. 12, for his Historic Mansions of Butler Walking Tour. The 90-minute tour begins at 6 p.m. at the northwest c...
September 02, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
Seven Fields will host Oktoberfest from Sept. 25 to 27 in Seven Fields Town Park, 380 Castle Creek Drive. The event features rides, food and games, as well as alcoholic b...
September 02, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
NEW YORK — Dolly Parton is not done yet. The estate behind the icon, who died of cancer last week at age 80, has announced Dollyfest, a two-day festival to be held in Nas...
September 02, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
Evoking the same do-it-yourself pop-rock feminism of her '90s musical influences, Olivia Rodrigo raised $20 million for women's well-being with a benefit show that activa...
September 01, 2026 People
Other
Antique barns and wide-open green space accommodate the increasingly popular rustic theme many future spouses seek. Butler County venues host plenty of them each year. “M...
September 02, 2026 Special Sections
Big church weddings with fancy receptions in the once-popular month of June are quickly becoming a thing of the past with couples starting their futures together. Some c...
September 02, 2026 Special Sections
September 02, 2026 Daily Photo Gallery
Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it. — Proverbs 22:6 ...
September 02, 2026 Verse of the Day
September 01, 2026 Daily Photo Gallery
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