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Local News
FBI, Defense Department speakers set for college’s free public event
April 03, 2026 Local News
WINFIELD TWP — Work is expected to commence on a long-awaited renovation to the Winfield Township Community Park later this year, according to Marla Klabnik, who serves o...
April 03, 2026 Local News
Knoch Primary School will welcome a new principal for the 2026-27 school year. At its Wednesday, April 1, meeting, Knoch’s school board voted to hire Angela Manchini. In...
April 03, 2026 Education
CRANBERRY TWP — The board of supervisors approved additional road maintenance projects at its Thursday, April 2, meeting, including a line painting program for its busier...
April 03, 2026 Local News
The Slippery Rock University Percussion Ensemble Presented an evening of music ranging across musical genres, including selections from jazz to classical to electronic, a...
April 03, 2026 Local News
Artificial intelligence chatbots are so prone to flattering and validating their human users that they are giving bad advice that can damage relationships and reinforce h...
April 03, 2026 Business
The Butler County Early Care & Education Council, a community collaboration supporting school readiness, is celebrating national “Week of the Young Child” with a free spe...
April 03, 2026 Local News
The following items have been collected from various police departments and district courts: Adams Twp March 19 — Kylee Fritzius, 35, of Cranberry Township, was charged w...
April 03, 2026 Local News
Laura Miller, director of curriculum at Butler Area School District, said she’s seen how children nowadays can’t read cursive writing, a stark divide from older generatio...
April 03, 2026 Local News
NEW YORK — Stocks shook off an early stumble to finish with slim gains on Wall Street Thursday and close out their first winning week since the start of the Iran war. Th...
April 02, 2026 Business
Other News
ORLANDO, Fla. — Governors in Florida and Mississippi signed into law measures that require officials to verify the citizenship of voters, just as similar legislation bein...
April 03, 2026 National News
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s Artemis II astronauts fired their engines and blazed toward the moon Thursday night, breaking free of the chains that have trapped humanity ...
April 02, 2026 National News
Decision comes during ongoing conflict with Iran
April 02, 2026 National News
Jack Pugh, a former tight end on Wisconsin’s football team who stepped away from the sport three years ago citing mental health concerns, has died, the university announc...
April 02, 2026 National News
PARIS — A complaint filed Thursday in France seeks a war crimes investigation into an Israeli strike on a Beirut apartment building in November 2024 said to have killed s...
April 02, 2026 International News
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Thursday that Pam Bondi is out as his attorney general, ending the contentious tenure of a loyalist who upended the Justice Depar...
April 02, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — U.S. applications for unemployment benefits fell last week as layoffs remain sparse despite a softening labor market and rising energy costs due to the Iran ...
April 02, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Thursday he will soon sign an order to pay all Department of Homeland Security employees who have gone without paychecks during t...
April 02, 2026 National News
LONDON — Britain accused Iran on Thursday of holding the world's economy hostage as diplomats from more than 40 countries held talks on ways to reopen the Strait of Hormu...
April 02, 2026 International News
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran fired more missiles at Israel and Gulf Arab states Thursday, demonstrating Tehran’s continued ability to strike its neighbors even as U...
April 02, 2026 International News
Sports
Knoch is hot. Paced by Kaden Dreher’s two hits — including a triple — and Cooper Allison’s home run, the Knights’ baseball team won its seventh straight on Thursday, down...
April 02, 2026 Sports
JACKSON TWP — Inexperience does not have to doom a season. Just ask Seneca Valley boys volleyball coach Brett Poirier. With a 15-player roster that includes 13 juniors an...
April 02, 2026 Sports
One game doesn't make a successful career. It did make a special memory for Brad Mueller — and proved a small part of a career that has landed the 2003 Mars graduate in t...
April 02, 2026 Sports
The 2026 NFL Draft is coming to Pittsburgh for the first time, allowing fans to see where the league’s top prospects end up in person next month. Here’s information on ho...
April 02, 2026 Sports
Editorial
Community
Girls entering kindergarten through 12th grade in the fall are invited to join Girl Scouts by participating in an early-registration program with Girl Scouts Western Penn...
April 02, 2026 Community
Mars high school’s Mars Indoor Percussion and Mars Area Winterguard teams competed in the 2026 Three Rivers Winter Ensemble Association Championships on March 28 at Kiski...
April 02, 2026 Community
New Life Christian Ministries is sponsoring a one-day Women’s Conference on May 2, titled “The Together Conference.” Jennifer Cadamore will be the featured speaker. The ...
April 02, 2026 Community
County’s Agricultural Land Preservation Program could preserve land, even if sold
April 02, 2026 Community
Connoquenessing Township will be hosting multiple cleanup and recycling events in May. On May 9 and 16, the township will host recycling days in partnership with Connoque...
April 02, 2026 Community
Announcements
In loving memory of our beloved parents Ervin and Norma Jean Werner whose wedding anniversary is April 3, 1948. You are near, even if we don't see you. You are with us, e...
April 03, 2026 Other Tributes
In loving memory of our beloved mother and grandmother, Isabelle L. Michaels, who passed away 40 years ago, April 3. Sadly missed by, Her Family ...
April 03, 2026 In Memoriams
In loving memory of our beloved father and grandfather, Joseph Raducz, who passed away 28 years ago, April 3. Sadly missed by, His Family ...
April 03, 2026 In Memoriams
Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — Blake Lively’s sexual harassment claims against Justin Baldoni over the movie “It Ends With Us” were dismissed Thursday by a federal judge who left intact thre...
April 02, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
Other
April 03, 2026 Daily Photo Gallery
All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: "The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel" —...
April 03, 2026 Verse of the Day
April 02, 2026 Daily Photo Gallery
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